Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35094745-20180504013804/@comment-35147935-20180528052414

I am taking an example from Harry Potter series where the target audience was younger than here, but the villain was depicted as a bloodthirsty guy and all that, and he killed at least ten people. Here the target audience is mature enough to understand death and yet, Rick refused to make the villains actually do something, well, vile. In PJO, Luke/Kronos didn't actually do anything to qualify as a better villain than Voldemort. I mean, they have threatened the demigods millions of times but always, they slip away. At least one good major character death makes us understand that the author is not afraid to take risks and kill characters in order for the story to progress. Like Sirius Black, or Tris Prior etc. So I appreciate that Rick could actually do this after all his happy endings and stuff because none of his villains yet has made an impact. After Kronos, Gaia and the giants, who are supposedly invincible, died, but the demigods who are mortal and have a short life, survived. In TOA, none of the Triumvirate actually made a mark. We never actually got to see the true extent of Caligula's rage or temper, in particular. At least Commodus was explained in flashbacks and Nero was explained through Meg's history. So this one move will convince us that Caligula is a real badass viallin. I completely disagree with all of you who want Jason back. Stay dead, I say. Because only then will both readers and characters understand that no demigod's life is forever and life is transient etc