Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170317173745/@comment-34897228-20180308155829

Zeusnineteen wrote: Philosophernoct wrote: Okay, I'm writing this third time. Others were so long so I couldn't send them, cause I didn't read about rules before I send them (I'm new.) Kind of funny, right? Okay, I'm writing this one piece by piece like a chocolate cake so it will not be that long;

I have to say Percy and Annabeth. (Dont attack me fans). Why I think that way is because; I liked Percy in the first series. He was more understanding and modest character and I liked him that way. Though, I didn't like him very much, but I liked his characterization in Pjo more than HoO. He was better back then, though he was not totally humble or understanding, yes. He irked me many times, for example is his behaviour to Ethan just because his mother is Nemesis, goddes of Revenge (Not just revenge), and Percy is against to revenge. And It was kinda ironic, If you consider Percy's father aka Poseidon known for his temper and revenges. Go and read about your dad someday Percy, I'm sure you will find interesting. Anyways, In HoO, Percy, to me, was a complete Sue. (Which I don't like to use this word, but it was kinda necessary.) Sorry, guys but HoO ruined Percy's image, his characterization-Sue, was out of character. Rick made Percy so overrated, which I don't like when it's ruined characters personality. I think that's because in the first series Percy had more flaws and imperfections. He was unconfident, afraid of the world, impulsive....

But now, in the second series, he looks "too perfect", too confident, sometimes even arrogant, he appears to don't have concern or care about the world, instead he is too busy whining to the gods about how he doesn't have any free time anymore. Yeah and because of that, I liked him much more in the first series. Some people may be say that this is a character development. Which to me, it is not. Character development does not mean you have to change your character's main personality traits. Like Percy, he was kinda awkward, not-so-perfect and not-so-confident guy in the first series, but later in the second series...No. Character development does not mean you have to make your characters so overpowered, so confident and perfect. I think this is one of the Riordan's problems. I am sorry, but sometimes (usually) I think Riordan uses these two things, when he wants to develop his characters; first, he makes them so much powerfull and than they became overly powerfull characters. And second is, he use love plots. (I admit that I don't like love-triangle stories and other love based types of stories and plots, but Riordan uses this to much and this is getting cliche and old.) Like Leo for example, he was kinda-awkward, sweet but also acting a little bit jerk when he feels to and also was a lonely character. He felt alone even when he was with his best friends aka Piper and Jason (I don't want start to talking about them) Until he/Leo finds his true love, Calypso. Actually it was kinda waste of the story, when they were in love each other. They have pretty common. I like to see that they become friends and they understands that love is not necessary to find a happiness in life. If Leo finally understands that he is fine without girls, and Calypso, after so many heroes left her, she finally realizes that she is fine without any love relationships and men. This is character development to me. But, no, that didn't happen. We have to see love and characters finds their true loves and soul mates in their lives to become happy. Because Leo needs love in his life to feel not alone anymore, and Calypso also needs that, she needs relationship in her life to become happy.

Okay this is getting long so I stop here.