Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150930233157/@comment-10353303-20160405013022

Khandelwals wrote: ^Jason still could easily shock percy tho, The theoretical ideas that you have are great and all, but how practical are they? ur assuming percy will be able to come up with these powers out of the blue? hes never done this before, we cant assume that percy will be able to draw water from grass. I mean they are great ideas, but they wouldnt practically work. To dissect your argument piece by piece.

1. "Easily". Define easily. What terrain or location are they fighting in? What are they armed with? What is their physical and mental condition prior to entering combat? What is the weather? Who is with them? What is the relationship (if applicable) to those others with them? Is there any information that one party can use to stall/cripple/defeat the opposing party? Why are they fighting? A fight is much more complicated is not simple where Jason can "easily" shock Percy. Conversely, Percy would not be able to "easily" drown Jason either.

2. To the contrary of what you think, quite practical. He has shown himself to conjure water from nothing (during the Mount Etna eruption). My suggestions are merely an extension of this ability. I never mentioned that he would be perfectly alright after using it. There was one particular moment in the original PJO series where he uses water from dew, that is why I referenced the grass. No assumptions were being made, I've based all of my points on what I read from the book.

3. You have given a rebuttal, but not a very sound one at that. Have the applications I proposed ever been used? Certainly not. However, they are simultaneously quite plausible, as I mentioned above. Ergo, they are not "impractical", but rather, are extensions of existing powers that I based off existing powers. In essence, it is conjecture, albeit one founded with solid evidence that has already been established.

As for your comment 8th, "doubt" is a very loose word, especially when we know that despite his immaturity, Percy is capable of intelligent thought, I reference a quote from The Son of Neptune by Hazel: "Hazel  made a mental note not to underestimate  Percy  again. ... goofy from the questions  he 'd asked—about the Feast of Tuna and all—but clearly  he  was  smarter than he  let on. ... " He has shown, time and time again, his ingenuity in combat. I give the example of his fight with Iapetus, where he devised a plan by which to drown the titan in the Lethe. So unlike you, who ignores everything said purely out of a blind love for Jason, I present to you my case, with evidence to back up what I say.