Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20161114162352/@comment-31918175-20170504182858

Hold on to your seats cause this is gonna be a long one, and by long I mean reaaaallllly long (sorry if I'm not supposed to write so much, this is my first time responding to any thread. Let me know if I shouln't do it next time):

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I don't really think I'm sure about Calypso being cursed to fall in love with whoever falls on her island. Correct me if I'm wrong but she said to Percy that the gods always manage to send someone who she can't help but fall in love with. I personally disagree with things such as love at first sight and etc., but I do think people can be attracted to each other at first sight. That's obviously not what happened with Caleo but my point is that love is something you build upon, Apollo even mentioned that eros can make anyone fall in love or hate each other automatically it has to be based on feelings that the person already has that he can then magnify or whatever. Calypso just kept being sent the type of people that she would be attracted to which later due to being the only people on the island and her tending to them she ends up having feelings for them which are usually not returned. This signifying why she acted as some might say OOC in HoH. She didn't act out of character to me more like she had a change in character which can happen when you've had your heart broken by like three different people. Now she and Leo also spend a large amount of time together alone which can cause feelings to develop. Also taking into account that their lives aren't like most of ours. Most of us stress over school and sure we contemplate death but for them (demigods in general) it's more of something that they have to face every day. This causes for things such as romance to happen quicker because they know they have a shorter chance at it. Now, this is mainly for Leo considering that Calypso is immortal while on the island, so let's talk more about Leo's condition. I understand where most talk about how instead of being forced into a relationship he could have learned how to further his friendships with others, thing is that's not always easy. I for one know the feeling of having lots of friends that I care about and that I know care about me but still, manage feeling left out. Now it might be selfish or whatever, but it's just kinda this weird feeling that even if someone might think of you every once in a while you're never the first person anybody thinks about. I think that's what Leo felt considering he was the seventh wheel and spent most of his life running away from everything, therefore, causing him to feel left out. This feeling probably made him more susceptible to "falling in love quickly". Moving on to just before he left they were already close enough that they were joking about Calypso's and Leo's garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters and Leo was speaking of how he planned to get her out right before the raft showed up. This shows that they both felt significantly better around each other and that know after their time together Leo feels the need to get her out of the island. Now here's the part that I do agree is a bit over the top, Leo's promise to the river Styx that he'll come back for Calypso. But, at the same time, I get it. I mean think about it, he spends his time flirting with girls that he knows are out of his league and he'll never get with them but now he has formed a bond with Calypso, a girl whom he originally didn't like, and she just kissed him after the raft that only shows up when she likes a boy comes to take him away. If he originally had a small crush Calypso and desire to free her, the fact that she likes him as well will obviously cause those feelings to go a little haywire enough for him to make such a daring promise. As some did point out he did seem quite obsessive over Calypso, but it was seemingly his first time falling for a girl who returned his feelings after a time of feeling left out. Also, he had to leave her the moment after she confessed her feelings in the form of a kiss and magical raft appearing. For those saying he was killing himself and was risking it all just for her I want to know where you came with that conclusion. Seriously, Piper, Jason, and Leo had already spoken about the prophecy and came to the conclusion Jason and Leo were most likely the storm or fire and according to the rest of the prophecy one of them was going to die. Now as Leo also said in BoO, Nike also mentioned that it was one of the four that went to her (Percy, Frank, Hazel, and Leo) and the only person that fit all those requirements was Leo. He was going to die in order to defeat Gaea, and he spoke this with two gods as well as telling Frank and Hazel, and he was taking the Physicians Cure  because he knew that he was the one who was going to die. He took this as a opportunity to defeat Gaea and then save Calypso. But I get it, despite all that I too after reading BoO felt somewhat unsure about the ship. I thought maybe Calypso in some way or another didn't care for Leo and that later she would just dump him after getting her off the island. But, after reading the first 2 books of ToA I feel more reassured of their relationship in one way or another.