Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-31393646-20170603124449/@comment-32159399-20170607063637

Ea225225 wrote: I also hate that some of you guys think he is weak, and label him inferior to Percy at EVERYTHING. I know Mark of Athena, they made him look like that. But Rick did that to him intentionally. He just did that to Jason, just so Percy or anybody close to him would shine at that moment. Rick did the same thing to Percy so JASON can shine in BOO. But if you just reread Lost Hero, those times he got knocked out in MOA, just seems unreal and unrealistic for Jason. The time when he got knocked out from the Romans in Camp Jupiter is a perfect example. Jason could have easily have just hold Piper and flew out of the mob, and try to calm them down in a safer distance, but Rick instead try to keep occupied, so it wouldn't be too easy for him. From the things he did in Lost Hero and from other parts in the series, you really think he would be beaten by weak dolphin warriors and a weak minor river god so easily?

I kind of agree to a certain extent but I kind of disagree too. First, nobody here thinks Jason is weak; they just think he's weaker than Percy. Also, in MOA, Rick did not purposely make Jason look weak. He knew about the 'Jason and Piper hate' so he was desperately trying to make them appear stronger. And I know a lot of the times when Jason was knocked out in MOA was a bit unrealistic, you should note that Rick's books are quite inconsistent. For example, Percy didn't faint when he  got backhanded hard by Porphyrion but he fainted when Blackjack kicked him in the head.

"Porphyrion backhanded Percy like a pesky fly. The son of Poseidon flew into a column with a sickening crunch."

And Percy when he didn't have the Curse of Achilles, he didn't faint when he got flicked hard by Kronos  but he fainted when Blackjack kicked him in the head.

"Kronos looked at me with an amused smile. Then, he flicked his fingers and I flew across the room. I crashed into a pillar. I struggled to my feet, blinking stars out of my eyes but Kronos has already grasped the handle of his scythe."

And I know that when he could have gotten to a safe distance and then tried to calm the Romans when they were angry in MOA but please consider that demigods don't always remember to use their powers even in times of danger. And Jason couldn't anticipate that he was going to get knocked in the head with a brick; it was really spontaneous. Another thing I want to settle is that the dolphin warriors are not weak. They are actually extremely skilled and seasoned warriors and they outnumbered Jason greatly. What Jason did in TLH was very impressive but that didn't mean he could definitely defeat the dolphin warriors, especially if they outnumbered him. Going by that, Percy should have easily defeated the empousai in HOH according to what he has done before. And Acheolus isn't weak excuse me. He was able to hold his own in hand to hand combat with Hercules who was insanely strong for a very long time.

Anyways, we seriously need to go back on topic.