User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-1820614-20141014181757

What was the giants plan to win the war and destroy Olympus? Okay, maybe I missed something or am not remembering something, but all I remember is some vague comments about attacking the Olympians at their roots in Greece and waking Gaea. The Titans plan involved dividing and distracting the Olympians with Typhon and Oceanus while Kronos led the main assault on Olympus. Kronos gets to the throne room, destroys it, and regains his own Titan form. The Olympians feel a sudden power loss while the Titans get a sudden power boost. Then I guess he planned on outright overpowering the Olympians and tossing them into Tartarus.

What about the Giants then? Even at full strength they lack the power to take on the Olympians head on since only a single demigod is needed to kill them. Gaea was supposedly so powerful the Olympians couldn't stop her. And attacking the "roots" of Western Civilization were supposed to somehow weaken the gods, but the giants did not attack anything at all. Was their plan really nothing more than to wake Mom and let her do all the work? Gaea manipulates the demigods. Gaea awakens the giants and tells them what to do. Gaea takes advantage of the split between the Roman and Greek aspects. Upon reflection, what exactly did the giants do themselves without mother? How were they supposed to be better than the Titans?