Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542839-20140227002012/@comment-5471249-20140427085756

Crim2003 wrote:                                                                                                         S eriously, if the love of your life disappeared for how many months, wouldn't you be a tad mad about it. And now she really wants to give Hera a godly smack across the face! Thank you for another great question!

I believe that it was 3/4 months...Anyway, I would extremely worried and depressed, and much more than "a tad" upset at whoever caused this entire situation to take place. In this case, the only responsible culprit for my boyfriend's lengthy absence would be Queen Hera. Thus, yes, I, like Annabeth, would feel very much compelled to get back at Hera any way that I could!! Unfortunately, though, I would have no way of doing that...She is an extremely powerful goddess after all. Percy, however, is just as much of a victim as myself, since his separation from me depressed him as much as me.

My point here is---even though I would be extremely upset, the only victim of this anger would be Hera. Unfortunately, I would have no way of getting back at her for doing this to me. BUT that does not give me the right to threaten my boyfriend, as if HE is responsible, just because I have nobody else to threaten within my reach...

I would just give him a warm and tearful hug, share my new found exuberance with him, and later have a discussion with him about what it was like surviving without him at my side... Afterwards, I would jokingly tell him: "Percy, please try not to let Hera wipe your memories and kidnap you from me again, you see where that got us both..."