User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Burning Maze Official Discussion/@comment-33199960-20190108160330

Unlike most of the fandom, i was kind of happy that R.R killed one of the main characters. It just shows how the life of a demigod, magician is dangerous. Doesn't matter how strong you are, doesn't matter if you have faced titans, giants, primordial deities, you. are. still. a, mortal.

Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Frank, Carter, Magnus, all of them can die at any moment. They are still vulnerable to diseases, curses, sickness and everything else, just like us. Rick wants to show us that, despite all the accomplishments, they are still just teenagers living in a dangerous world, where they can die at any time.