Board Thread:Percy Jackson & the Olympians/@comment-32674683-20170726163746/@comment-28759193-20170728183600

Hmmm, very good question. Sometimes I have wondered just what if. In my opinion, I think Percy at some point or the other, did show liking towards all three, and he never seemed to spectacularly favor Annabeth, but the series was always going to be written in the way that he would end up with Annabeth. Let's take it from Battle of the Labyrinth, because that is when some things start getting serious.

Before Battle of the Labyrinth, I had never honestly really seen Percy or Annabeth show that they liked each other. Then Annabeth kissed him and the volcano exploded- and Percy landed at Ogygia.

At Ogygia, it is made very clear that Calypso liked him. In fact, Percy almost wanted to stay on that island. He in fact liked her too. He could have avoided his destiny as the next child to reach 16 blah blah blah, but he instead decides to leave because of his friends. Not because of Annabeth. Not because he liked Annabeth more than Calypso. Because of his firends, and the impending war with Kronos. I am sure, also that Nico must have been somewhere in his thoughts as well, because he didn't want Nico to go through all that hassle. So from where I'm sitting, Percabeth isn't really happening.

Then when Percy gets Rachel to go unto the Labyrinth with him and Annabeth, it is veryyy clear to me that Annabeth sees Rachel as a threat = she's jealous.

Come the beginning of the Last Olympian, Rachel kisses Percy, who states that he prefers to hang out with Rachel to just take his mind off all the other stuff going on. She seems like his rock at this point. Again, to me seems like Percabeth just isn't the destination.

I could go on and on, but my point is what if Percy himself could write his own story, where Rachel didn't become the Oracle, and Calypso wasn't cursed? What would the end product have been?