Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-35757203-20180602185840/@comment-24055022-20180603010849

Yes and no. She seemed to be going through some mid-life crisis. Piper just suddenly deciding that Hera and/or her mother, Aphrodite, were pushing her and Jason together? No. Just no. Like, where did that come from? That is what a lot of people who have also read these books ridiculously believe, but that is nowhere near the actual truth, and I can't believe Piper went down that road.

The only illusion was at the Wilderness School, before the real Jason appeared. From that point on, everything was real and not apart of some stupid illusion. Hera may have had them cross paths, but where they took their relationship from that point on was both their decision. How they truly met wasn't the best, but it doesn't mean that their relationship was doomed to ever be something from the start. So many relationships go through tough times, but the truly good ones always make it through, and Jason and Piper's was one of those.

If Piper kept thinking about this, questioning her relationship, then yes, she needed to end it with Jason, at least take some time to herself, until she decided whether their relationship, their feelings for each other, were real or not, were what she really wanted or not. By breaking up with Jason, she spared him from continuing to hurt him as well as herself, and risk ruining and saving whatever was left of their relationship at that time.

I think she realized now how stupid she was being, but Jason knew she still loved him. I just know she would've gone back to him someday, and he was waiting for that day when she was ready again. No doubt, no illusions. Just them.