Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-28759193-20160724170410/@comment-24067344-20170423213342

Commander Tool Belt wrote: Immortals can't be charmspoken. Rick made that quite clear. So in actual fact, how Gaia was charmspoken is baffling. I guess the reasonable excuse would be that her charmspeak got more and more potent, but there was just like a month or two between the two events so it makes no sense how she would have gotten that good within such a short time. I often wonder if Rick is trying to make everyone get more powerful so they can catch up with the likes of Percy, Frank or Jason, Perfect example is Hazel. Where the heck does the power of the Mist come from. But then it doesn't seem to work cause as Hazel and co are getting more powerful, Percy, Frank and co are getting more powerful as well, so they are at an impasse. Frank for instance's shapeshifting got uber fluid and easy. It became easier for Jason to summon lightening. So and so.

Well, it seems to be that Riordan contradicted himself. For example, Khoine knew Piper had charmspeak, but even her charmspeak made her hesitate, including the fact that gods aren't totally resistant against it, and most likely vulnerable. Piper's charmspeak purpose is to convince the being, not exactly always overpower them tbh. As for Piper becoming so good with charmspeak, you have to remember Hazel, Frank and Jason got a ridiculous power boost in the last few books. Or what I like to say "Downplay the others to make the others stronger". It contradicts what I said ealier, but I think it's a mixture of that, both power boost and downplaying the others so others can get spotlight, which is why Percy and Jason didn't look as powerful in Mark of Athena, or basically 4 of the 7 in BoO were almost useless compared to what Jason, Piper and Leo achieved at that time.