User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-25519482-20141014032352/@comment-24996281-20141014190811

Hmmm. I think it backfired and made people hate them even more. He could have shown a positive side to Jason and Piper without completely marginalizing Annabeth and Percy. As others have said - he made them both appear weak and incompetent. Percy could control poison in HoH, but He can't do a thing about it, under the water in his own domain, when he faced Polybotes? I think many were disappointed that after a three book build-up referencing the Percy/Polybotes rivalry, that it was Jason who defeated him! I mean, who is o.k.; with that? And Annabeth in the pit with Piper? She was completely lost and out of it. I get that they were supposed to be tormented by their demons from Tarturus, but still, it was a little overboard. And it would have been nice to hear how they were coping with those demons, rather than a 1/2 page each where they (kind of) discuss it with Jason and Piper. I don't know, I think he made a mistake.