Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20161114162352/@comment-29377413-20161126074552

Commander Tool Belt wrote: Falconfly wrote: Five months seems more reasonable than two weeks Ha. You should see a couple in my school that have only been talking for three days.

Anyway, yes, Snowflakes has a point, sure Caleo is forced and all, and Solangelo is out of good intention, but my point is that when Leo landed on her island, even though she was a brat for the first few days, Leo still tried to reach out to her, then she warmed to him, then she liked him (due to her curse) but even after she leaves the island, she still loves him, so even though the initial feeling was forced, she genuinely loved him afterwards. All Calypso did was a common saying. She judged Leo by his cover, without getting to know him, and even after the curse, she got to know him and realised that he was a keeper. It's not as if as soon as the hero leaves, Calypso immediately stops loving them. What would be the point of her punishment if she gets over them as soon as there're off the island? She is supposed to suffer her loss the moment they leave and she is to keep suffering until another hero comes, for her to fall in love with. That's her punishment.

Yes, she still loved Leo after, but that's still the work of the curse. You can still see traces of her love for Percy when Leo arrived at the island in the beginning as well. It may not seemed like it but she was probably already prepared to fall in love with another hero since at the time she was convinced that the gods weren't ever going to remember their promise anytime soon.