Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170317173745/@comment-34946084-20180413135131

Well, you're right about that Philo. I agree with you.

''VishwaUser wrote: Maybe they both are really intelligent, but in different areas.''

Annabeth is a walking encyclopedia. She acts like know-it-all and her 'intelligence' largely based on her knowledge. She knows things, because she researched those things. Anyone can know and learn about greek myths or different things, if they research them. This is nothing to do with intelligence. It's about knowledge. Someone can be knowledgeable about most things, but this doesn't mean that this 'someone' is also intelligent. Annabeth is, supposedly use her wits and quick-thinking, because this actions can really prove that Annabeth is really that intelligent and smart, rather than being a walking encyclopedia. But when it comes to showing or acting, Annabeth is, largely, proves that she is more like a walking encyclopedia rather than intelligent, witty and a quick-thinker.

Riordan first, wrote Annabeth this way, basicaly:  Take Annabeth and fill her head with sometimes completely unnecessary information and just have her sprout that information when the case is needed or in random situations in order to make her look like a know-it-all.

I once, read something about Annabeth, and I agree with it;

'For most authors that write YA novels a smart girl is a girl that holds a lot of information, is the "guide" of the group and sometimes comes up with a not so really brilliant plan yet compared to the other idiots she's surrounded by she seems a genius. Sometimes the authors go as far as lowering the IQ of the other characters just so that one female can look smarter by comparison.'

I don't understand why was it needed for her to hold so much information and be a brainiac, simply because her mother is the goddess of wisdom. The key word is wisdom not book smart. Yet Annabeth is the furthest thing from wise but then again so is her mother.

In the end, I would say that, Annabeth is the furthest thing from wise, and she show little bit actual intelligence and brilliance, and she is mostly show that book-smarts and being knowledgeable, and she shows that she is know-it-all.

And this is weird, because Riordan did try to portray Annabeth as actually intelligent character, he always told us that, but when it comes to act, it was backfired.

On the other hand, Reyna is not a walking encyclopedia. She is not know-it-all or she is not so much knowledgeable about everything. But she is, on the other hand shows much more intelligence and wisdom than Annabeth ever did. Because, Reyna...she has real wits and she is capable of quick-thinking, so much more than Annabeth. Even if she is not know-it-all or she has not book smarts.

So, I would say that, Reyna is maybe show little knowlegde and she is the furthest thing from know-it-all, but on the other hand, she shows actual intelligence and brilliance, and she shows real wits and quick-thinking most of the times, and, she usually shows much more wisdom than Annabeth.

So, answer to your writing Vishwa, I don't think that Annabeth is really that intelligent and wise, I usually see her as knowledgeable and as a walking encyclopedia. But when it comes to Reyna, I see her as an really intelligent and wise character, even if she is not that knowledgeable and know-it-all.

Is that make sense?