Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-4531192-20131225200707/@comment-7167230-20131231074936

I believe that Hazel would  definitely ' win, but why are there so much hate in these comments? '

"Let the Piper hate commence!"

"It's pretty much guaranteed that she'll win because not many people like Piper."

" "Jason is so hot and Percy's unimpressive" OH MAH GOD SHUT UP"

"I think everyone is sick of Rick trying to convince us that Piper is 'awesome and a strong Aphrodite kid'"

Piper is my favorite character. And I don't want to be rude to anyone, but seriously?

She. Is. A. Freaking. Child. Of. Aphrodite.

It's in her nature to think about her boyfriend a lot, and to think he's better than Percy, is that wrong? Percy's Annabeth's boyfriend, not hers! You guys want her to compliment Percy and says that he's better?!

Children of Aphrodite are definitely not the best fighters. Yeah, I get that. But compared to other children of Aphrodite (other than Silena), she's way better than them. Piper honestly has many fans, but there are so many haters too. Do you guys think Rick likes the hate towards one of his characters? I find it very wrong.

Yes, you can say Piper's not as impressive as Hazel. She's not. We all know that.

But what I am seeing (in my perspective) is that some of you are bashing on her role in the story. You want her to be better? How? She's a rather large part and it's going to be hard for you guys to read her major parts in the book, won't it? Since you all seem to give her hate.

Besides, Piper hates being a child of Aphrodite. She's much more down to earth than the others, and even when she does have those "child of Aphrodite" moments, that's because it's who she is! It's not like she can help it. She was born that way and that's the way she is.

And yea, this seems to be more of a popularity contest, now isn't it? It's obvious Hazel can defeat Piper in a fight, but come on. Comparing personalities?

They've both had troubled pasts, Hazel's mother and the curse, and Piper always being ignored and left alone by her father. If anything, Piper's past is similar to Annabeth. Both being left alone by their dads, ignored. But Annabeth gets no hate. No, because she's not like Piper? They both have wonderful personalities, not gonna lie. They're rather alike, are they not?

Piper is really brave too. Just because she doesn't have great fighting skills/abilities doesn't mean she's useless. She knows how to fight without charmspeak. And do remember that Hazel is helping her with how to fight with a sword.

I find that Piper is being hated on because of the way she thinks. Because of the way she thinks like an Aphrodite child would. Even though that's who she is.

'Ughh, sorry if I sounded rude or offended anyone. :] I just wanted to prove my point, that's all. I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, I just wanted to stick up for my favorite character. Is that wrong? If it is, I'm sorry. '