User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-4902593-20140419123930/@comment-3146930-20140511135422

That is his Fatal Flaw after all. He has the need to protect his friends and pretty much everyone he knows, which usually puts him in the role of the big hero. If he were to manipulate someone into doing what he wanted, he would probably feel really bad about it and wouldn't be able to keep it up for long.