User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Piper isn't that bad/@comment-4515675-20111014101628

I'll start by saying that Piper does not break the mold of the Aphrodite children.

1) Piper cares about looks, her own and of others. She was always trying to hide her 'natural beauty' instead of just being comfortable with whom she was. Also, all through TLH she states on several occasions how good looking Jason was. So she cares about looks but not in the cliche way that the other Aphrodite kids do.

2) Piper tends to look down on others and judge people. Through the book she often taunts Leo and I know that people think she's just joking but she sounds very insulting to me. She also judged the kids in the Aphrodite cabin even if she had only met them for a few hours and acted like she was cursed to be the love goddess's daughter.

3) She's too emotional and complains almost 24/7. She complains about being pretty, she complains about her dad not spending enough time with her, she complains about her mother being Aphrodite, she complains about the kids in the cabin and so on and so forth. I know she's just a teen but she makes her life seem like a Greek tragedy and it's not so bad. She wins the quest, she gets the guy, she saves her father, it's almost a too perfect ending so far.

4) She is overprotective of Jason. No, no matter what you tell me, her love for him comes out of nowhere. She knew that the three months of memories of him were fake so how can she still love him? She has no idea who this guy is, from where he comes from yet she's totally smitten with him. She threatens Drew and tells her how Jason is hers like no one else can have him. I do like girls who can fight for their men, I really do, but this is ridiculous! Jason is not a thing for her to own, how could she even say that. She also doesn't seem to care whether or not Jason has someone else back in Camp Jupiter because she sees opportunities. That has to be the dumbest excuse of not caring that I've ever seen.

You're right, Piper is not like the other Aphrodite kids, she's way worse than any of them. At least they embrace who they are and have no shame in showing it. She acts like she's so much better than them. I personally don't have such a great opinion of her yet at the same time I can't bring myself to hate her since I don't care enough. She seems like a fake to me, like RR wasn't exactly sure what to do with her character.