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VishwaUser wrote: Haha well Piper is pretty flawed. But I still feel she has done some pretty noble things through the HoO series. Like she considered being merciful to the well nymphs who were trying to kill her Jason. Piper is indeed flawed, but the problem is no one calls about these flaws, characters in the book, I mean. And thas is the real problem about her, to me.

And about nymphs thing and scene,

Piper thought she was going to drown and she almost did, filling up the trap so Jason and Percy could escape. However, this inadvertently cleaned the much polluted and neglected nymphs. So Piper helped them even though they were going to drain her of her beauty, youth, and life. So it's a combination of miscommunication and Piper's willingness to die for Jason. That entire thing about "already dead" to save him/Jason. Which doesn't really endear Piper to me anymore, because, she's willing to die for a lie. This thing and scene, was like a suicial thought, she was delusional at that time. And It's sad more than romantic, and while it didn't make me respect Piper, it made me pity her. Really, I was just pity her in that scene. I didn't see this act as a noble thing to do, It was more likely, sad. She really does want what she has with Jason to work. But it's based on a lie and that doesn't make for a good support.

And there is another thing, It's not really a selfless thing to do. A sad thing, for sure, and a pitiful thing, but not as a noble or a selfless thing. Because there is a difference between those to acts. It would be selfless or noble thing to do, if Piper was sacrificing her powers and her life simply for the benefit of the mission, or for the nine nymphs rathen than for delusional thoughts and for lies. And, in that case, what is not selfless is Piper deciding that if she dies, she might as well help these people. The selfless or noble thing to do is, "What right do I have to live when these nymphs have been trapped like this for centuries? It'll be to the benefit of the quest and the world if I sacrifice my abilities." The selfish or rather than a sad or pitiful thing is "I'm going to die. I guess that I should help these people. Maybe I won't die that way."