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XXDaughterofZeusXx wrote:

How can you say that about Percy. I caught one of the guys at my school crying when Luke and Ethan died..... I admit Ethan did change his mind at the worst possible time though. I'd be sad to see Percy die, sure. But in my opinion, and be free to disagree with me, I think he could make the final chapter just a bit more emotionally enthralling if he finally kicks it. Maybe that wouldn't provide any closure for the audience, but I think I could finish sobbing and congratulate Riordan. Then smack him. Then apologize and thank him again.

Crying when Ethan died is a little weird. I remember him being pretty cool, yeah, but I thought he could have been used so much better. He kind of had the same problem Bianca had, except unlike her, we never really got the feeling he was more than a footsoldier. More of a product reacting to the situation rather than a reactant producing the situation.

Even when he did something to change the plot it was only for a second, like you said. He really didn't even kill Kronos (though I'm kind of fuzzy on what actually happened there...Luke killed himself, right?) The only legacy he has is the shrines to the minor gods in Camp Half-Blood, which is pretty cool I guess.

I couldn't shake the feeling that Bianca's was supposed to play a massive role in TC. That role could have been dying, but aside from Nico at the end, no one cared when she met her maker.

So yeah, I'd keep that dude who cried over Ethan's death at arms length. And watch him. Very closely. He might be a reactant producing a product in a reaction