Board Thread:Percy Jackson & the Olympians/@comment-39214247-20190515230242/@comment-38639610-20190629002213

RubyLotus12 wrote: No, its fine if you have lengthy explanations! That proves your point more then 'i thunk hi his sad', right? But anyway, I have my reasone:

1. He messed with fate. He tried to bring Bianca to life, and thus messed with the circle of life. I mean, lots of characters lost their loved ones, and even though some people see this a Nico's act of love, I think it's stupidity.

2. He has no personality. In the beggining, when he was 10, sure he was okay, all energetic and excited and curiuos. But then, after Bianca died, he's like all emotionless, which made him unexiting. Sure, OMG, he went through a lot! But htink about this. Leo lost his MOM in a fire, went through many horrible foster homes, got disowned, and finds out his power is what killed his mother. And, to top that off, people hate cause he  goofs off when hes trying to make people feel better and flirts to much when hes trying to find love. Im sure if Nico flirted, everyone would be FINE with it. 1. I would argue him messing with Fate makes him a better character. That makes him flawed. Despite him knowing it was wrong, his selfish desires and his deep love for his sister pushed him to try and defy Fate anyways. You think it's stupid? Well, you are right. It was dumb of him. That's what makes him human. All the characters in the series have done dumb things. Percy frequently lets his temper get the better of him and goads the gods, Annabeth let her pride cause her to challenge the sphinx when otherwise they would've been fine, Leo faked his death to reunite with a girl he barely knew and caused his friends horrible anguish... etc.

2. "But then, after Bianca died, he's like all emotionless, which made him unexiting." Personality≠Emotions. You can be unemotional but still have a personality. Either way, Nico isn't unemotional. He tries to appear unemotional as a defense mechanism to all the pain he's in. While Leo laughs and jokes to hide his pain, Nico tries to at like he doesn't feel anything at all when he clearly does. In the Blood of Olympus, every time Reyna shared her strength with Nico, she felt his emotions which she stated was so overwhelming it was more potent than an entire legion. When Reyna hugged Nico in front of the camps, he teared up in happiness. You'll find nearly every decision he makes in the series is based on emotion. Get his sister back? Get his father's approval? Deal with repressed homosexuality? Reach out to Bob and talk to him? Rescue Hazel and act as her older brother? All of these are very emotion driven choices. You'll also find his personality section on his page is one of the largest in the wiki. It's not that he lacks a personality: it's just that you don't find it appealing, which is perfectly alright. It seems this all comes down to preference. You seem to prefer positive characters (young Nico and Leo). Others, like myself, prefer darker characters like Nico. Nobody's wrong. You can understand why people like Nico without liking him yourself. I'm not a big Leo fan but I can recognize why he'd appeal to some people. You can understand someone's opinion without agreeing to it.