Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160719232709/@comment-28590810-20160723192959

Commander Tool Belt wrote:

MeatFaceFTW wrote: Leo takes this one.

I don't understand how people can like Leo over Will. We've barely seen anything from Will, and we think he's better. Leo is only 'bad' in one book. Let's use Piper as an example. Piper was cringe-worthy in the first 2 1/2 books, and even that's an understatement. Still, people say that Piper isn't annoying and a bad character. But Leo apparently gets worse in ONE book, and everyone hates him. Does that really work? Leo's been through A LOT more than Piper, yet he still stays strong. I don't understand the logic here. That is exactly what I have been saying for the past 24 or so hours. The inconsistency is irritating.

Plus Leo's obsession with Calypso is actually understandable. Like, this is a guy who girls paid no attention to for basically his whole life, then he meets a girl who he likes, and kisses him. Man, obviously he cannot afford to let her get away. His obsession is very much excused.

As for Piper? Man, even when she was obsessed with Jason how many people did we see hit on her? This is only a discussion about who would win in a fight and a lot of people agree that Leo would be the winner.

People has reasons to like Will more than Leo, after all we all have opinions.

You know what is the diference between she and Leo?

Piper got bettter, Leo got worse.

In Lost Hero, Piper was a whiny teenager who believed her life of rich girl was horrible and was obsessed with a boy, Leo was a sad clown who used humor to hide his insecurities because of his tragic back story and still was helpful to his friends.

By BoO, Piper was a sensitive girl who was in sync with her emotions, brave, supportive of her friends and worked to be useful to the seven. With Leo, the "I use humor to hide my fears" became "I use mean jokes about other people who did nothing to me because they intimidate me" Im sorry but that sounds like a bully to me.

Yes, Leo finally found a girl who likes him, Yey! Oh, but they only knew each other for a few weeks and half of the time they were in the Island, Calypso ignored and treated him badly but after a kiss he is disposed to do an almost impossible promise to the River Styx.

But people still don´t like Piper (and that is right) and love Leo or vice versa. Personally I´m not a fan of Piper but agree that she became a better character by the end of the books.