Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-35324803-20180509140036/@comment-35551103-20180603200920

Bluebookworm14 wrote: Helldenzian wrote: NyxHemera4562 wrote: Cheetahstar2334 wrote: I agree.

And it seems completely unlikely that a weak mortal like Lester would be able to survive being around Caligula but Jason, the giant killer, the titan fighter, the former praetor of Camp Jupiter, would not.

And poor Thalia and Reyna... Why Lester survived while Jason died? I feel it's because the titular character is never killed in Rick's books. Like in Percy Jackson series, Percy himself never died. In heroes of Olympus, Leo, one of the seven, was brought back. And in TOA, Apollo is the titular character. He or Meg would never be killed. I mean, this isn't Divergent 😁. But Jason's days as a protagonist are over. Now he is a background character whose death won't affect the series at large. I guess Percy too could be killed but hey, to both Rick and us, Percy is the Very First character we meet, so obviously he won't be killed because irl, people would go literally mad and maybe even stampede Rick's house or something. And we didn't get to know Jason the way we got to know Percy, so it doesn't matter either way. Apollo can't die, because he is a main character of the series like you said. Also, Caligula wasn't intent to kill him, but on the other hand, he was intent to kill Jason really and actually, so...yeah.

If Riordan kill Percy somehow, i would be really really and really surprised. Percy is generally fans's favorite character, so, he can't die. Call me a nitpicker, but it's worth noting that in the book, Apollo breaks the fourth wall--meaning that he's aware that it's a book, and he addresses the reader directly. It's mentioned that he's being forced by Zeus to record his mortal misadventures as part of his punishment.So, obviously (and because he's the narrator), Apollo won't die. Everyone else, however, is fair game. It is hinted that there will be even more deaths in the Tyrant's Tomb, so my advice is to stock up on tissues. I can not call you a nitpicker- because why would I? I literally said that Apollo can not die because he is a narrator and the main character of the series, so, I basically thinking the same thing.

''On the topic of why Apollo survived and Jason didn't--Caligula needed Apollo alive to perform the ritual, and he was never serious about killing Apollo on the spot. Don't you know you can't just eat a sun god raw?''

True, and plus Apollo can not die- as it is said before. But just once give me a villain that doesn't screwing around with the heroes (and Caligula killed Jason but I was talking about that he was screwing around with Apollo.); because it was always like that; it is a norm for villains that they are always screwing around instead of going and killing directly. A villain who goes and directly kills a hero without any excuses and without srewing around? That would be nice see that.

(I recommend Medea's cookbook, titled 50 Ways to Cook Things in Your Grandfather. )''

Uhh, boy....that's so sooo wrong.(:

Jason and Piper, however, were casualties that he didn't care about.

Duh. He should've killed them too (and he did kill one of them), because they were helping Apollo. Killing Apollo's all helpers and allies is logical thing to do.

''It is heavily emphasised that Caligula is about as different from Commodus as you can get--Commodus is all about flashy suits, gold jewellery, loud crowds and glitter confetti. Caligula's brutal and direct. You promise him something? Better choose your words carefully, because he'll hold you to that promise. Caligula doesn't play games. He kills, plain and simple.''

And...yes. A villain who directly kills.