User blog comment:SayuriDarling/Full first chapter of The Mark of Athena/@comment-24.208.158.68-20120607204315/@comment-24.208.158.68-20120607220827

It still seams that the titans are much more powerful/competent than the giants. For example, in LO Poseidon was defending his home from the two sea titans, who were apparently so powerful that he couldnt even come close to beating them, and eventually he (assumingly) abandoned his sea palace in favor of Olympus. Sure there were two, but he fought them for days on end and was still not able to defeat them, whereas Percy and Terminus take out Polybotes in a couple of minutes. Whereas the titans come off as cruel, powerful, calculating beings that wish to rule, the giants come off more as cruel, barbaric, and headstrong beings of chaos.

The giants are pretty arrogant, and that's what is going to be their downfall. Kronos had everything planned out in different ways so it always seemed that whenever the heroes had a victory, Kronos actually benifitted as well (ex. golden fleece bringing Thalia back to life and almost interfering with the prophecy). The giants have just straight up lost 3 times to heroes and only half won another time. I feel like they're not as real of a threat as the titans.