Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-32295757-20170623104535/@comment-29068459-20170912162111

Many Roman leaders (and leaders in general) where complete braggarts. Alexander the Great literally called himself a god (and I guess if he was Zeus' son he'd be Jason's half brother...), Julius Caesar took credit for some things he didn't do, but people still followed these guys. Jason can still be inspiring, not to mention that with defeating not just a Titan, but one of Kronos' brothers, you can't not have him as a Praetor.

One of the things that I loved about Thalia is that even though she was a hero, she did have a "Zeus" in her. She had power hunger, and she didn't appreciate it when things didn't go her way. But she had to fend for herself. If Jason had everything handed to him (lauded as Jove's son, and the champion of Juno), then yes, logically he should be arrogant at the start.