Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24749544-20170926092409/@comment-24749544-20171003015855

Oceanhalo12 wrote: In reference to the original post:

I disagree because for one thing, the gods would still keep having kids, regardless of how many lived or died. And because the other side-monsters don't use shields at all and sometimes not even weapons, a shield is not necessary except when fighting gods/titans/giants. And since the last Titanomachy/Gigantomachy was the original in Greece, demigods haven't fought those immortals for the past few millennia. So we can assume they stopped using shields when they moved to England/France/Germany and then America with protective borders. We are reading this book at a rare mini-climax in the worlds fate, and there's not a war everyday in normal times. Not to mention the only demigods who don't are the Seven, most of whom have powers that wreck everyone anyway. But Thalia, The Hunters. Amazons, Hazel, Reyna, Malcolm, Lee, Silena, and Beckendorf use them, thus your exaggerating. It only seems that there's no shield usage because the main characters don't due to power that can act as one(Gems/earth. skeletons, water, fire, wind, etc.), but most others do seem to use them. Yes it is a bit of an exaggeration. the point is though that it would still help. percy doesn't need hands to control the seas does he. thing is though, that whenever he uses a shield in inevitably saves his life.