Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160902235812/@comment-25155763-20170411001638

VishwaUser wrote: Percy Jackson has many more achievements to show in less years of experience than Jason. I feel this is a psychological issue.

Percy has been encouraged and supported right from his childhood. His friends and mentors have been quite supporting of him. That has made his experience in the PJO series more comfortable. Even when he was having a bad time at school, his mother Sally, Grover and a few other friends stood by him.

Jason's mother was an extreme alcoholic. She put him into camp when he was two. He was brought up by a pack of wolves, who would probably be much less caring than humans (Note: wolves, not dogs). Jason was put in the Fifth Cohort, the least respected cohort at that time, when he wasn't even five.

The rule-following Romans wouldn't have made many exceptions for Jason in camp work. He was also under great pressure to prove himself, being a child of Jupiter. He probably had to wait for very long to become Praetor, thanks to Octavian's politics.

Percy wins, thanks to a more positive outlook. Maybe if Jason had received more support from his childhood, he would fully blossom. Could this be one reason why Jason came to like the Greek camp more? Well Percy lived with an abusive stepfather for who knows how long, not to mention actually SEEING Smelly Gabe hit his mother. At least Jason was at an age where he couldn't comprehend what was going on. And you do realize that despite the pressure, Jason was treated like a king. No one wanted to get on his bad side. And Lupa actually seems pretty loving, and wolves have the same familial ties dogs do-that's why they live in packs.