Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26468287-20150614010051/@comment-3389778-20150714181547

Moonlight Guidepost wrote: I think you're missing the point. They're comparing her to OTHER demigods, not plain human beings.

That aside, I say she could do that because a.) plot and Riordan's odd writing happenings b.) she's a demigod. I think you're missing the point.

The statement I replied to mentioned three things 1. Piper's only weapon is her charmspeak (Which is wrong, Piper has Katropis and Zethes' sword. Wordplay FTW) 2. She sucks at Sword-Fighting 3. Annabeth is better at Knife Combat than Piper.

Never in that statement was Piper being as good as the other demigods or human beings was mentioned.

I replied in kind. Replying to a claim that says Piper is bad at sword-fighting (Without evidence) and I supported with evidence that Piper is not bad at Sword-Fighting.

And while we're on this topic- Just because Annie is better than Piper at Knife-combat doesn't mean that Piper sucks at it. Just because Usain Bolt is faster than you doesn't make you slow- it just means that Usain is just really, really fast.

Piper would suck at Knife-combat if she didn't even know which part of the knife you had to hold.

Also, by the logic of your final point- it means that all of our heroes never achieved or earned their achievement. They win because Plot and that the writers make it so.

That means everything that the characters do- everything that makes them awesome and the reason why you love them so much- is void.

And if you do use that logic but only apply it to Piper- than that's a double-standard and is frowned upon by most people.