Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170816065540/@comment-29729973-20170910045914

VidiaPhoenix wrote: Ea225225 wrote:

VidiaPhoenix wrote:

Ea225225 wrote: Alright so we talked about Son, HoH, MoA, and LT. So now we are about to talk about the final book. . . BoO, let the HATE begin!! I didn't actually hate it. It had some good parts. It was more... underwhelming. The only part I hate is the Leo ending but we have all beaten that topic to death so let's not bother bringing it up again. I actually liked the ending. . . I'm surprised. Most I talk to hate that ending. I disliked it because Leo lied about the cure (giving a fake one to his friends) then prioritized his GF for a few weeks over his best friends mourning his death.

Not just that, it renders the threat of Gaea moot. Countless demigods died in the fight against Kronos, showing that it was a hard win made with a lot of sacrifices. No protagonist died fighting Gaea except Leo. Then he revives. So, there was not really any threat. Everyone survived and, if they didn't, they simply revived. No sacrifice was needed on the heroes part to defeat Gaea. This is why people say Kronos was a more dangerous/compelling villain even though, logically, he is weaker than Gaea. Leo did it because he knows Percy, Piper, Jason, or Annabeth would never let him do it, so he told it to Frank and Hazel.