User blog comment:Hyperborean/Thalia, huntress no more?/@comment-4618022-20111216000251/@comment-4531192-20111217215129

Again, I don't think you can say that the other girls depend on Thalia. Sure she is their leader and they depend on her, but only to a certain extent. I mean, the girls aren't no sheep who need to be led like a bunch of idiots. I also don't think Thalia is someone Artemis necessarily needs, look at how Zoe was replaced. If Thalia left, Artemis would only find a new leader or promote one from the rest of the group. It's kind of like in the army, if a sergeant dies/is fired, sure it's bad, but it's not the end of the world. The only obstacle I see for this whole Thalia thing, is that it would indeed be illogical from Rick Riordan to do so, I think it would make for a bad/corny plot change.