Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170317173745/@comment-35251411-20180408152656

Lostofme wrote: Seguwm0516 wrote: Annabeth not intelligent and overrated? I seriously disagree with that part. Reyna is smart, but I think she's just more mature than Annabeth, not smart. How she survived in Tartarus with her words and her use of knowledge can't be compared to any demigod in the series. The Arachne scene, I say Arachne dumb, not Annabeth low qualified. In the myth, Arachne really acted stupid and she was so much obsessed with her talents. I just think she didn't change for the whole time. Back to the Reyna part, she does seem like a leader, and smart, but how she solve problems, is slightly over the average of most demigods. Other demigods in the book solve their problems by their knock out abilities while Annabeth do them only with her wits. I didn't say Annabeth is not intelligent, I said she is not that intelligent. And she is overrated, highly. Maybe not as Percy, but still. Arachne was in the myths, not dumb, no. I think you missed the point. She sure maybe was arrogant but not dumb. Her actions was stupid? Maybe, but that doesn't mean that she is complete dumb, which, she isn't. In the series, Annabeth tricked her too easily, she was just standing there and talking nonsense, and Arachne like a complete dumb, buys all of her nonsense words just like that. It's just... like of creativity, I say. Because Riordan makes all villains complete dumbs so It's not hard to defeat them. Anyone could've defeat Arachne.

And Tartarus part, she was with Percy. If they weren't together in that place... Annabeth probably went insane, even or she get herself killed within second. If Ipeatus and Damasen weren't there, I really highly doubt she could've survive or Percy could've survive. Look what happened to Nico, he barely survived and he was no one with him, he nearly went insane.

Can you give me an example, where did Annabeth solve her problems with using just her wits? And consideribly brilliant thing, I mean. Really brilliant thing. In the PoVs of Hazel and Piper, they admire Annabeth a lot. They respect her as the brain of the team, and throughout the whole Greek books, Annabeth is the one who has most knowledge about their world. Percy also mentions that she was the one with the answers when they faced monsters, gods, and etc. Like when Percy fought with Antinous, Annabeth told him that he was a son of Gaea and couldn't be defeated on ground. Annabeth also survived alone for a few months alone in the woods when she was seven, which is pretty tough. Daedalus gave her his laptop, and that seems like he treats her as his heir, the next genius. And to bring up Reyna again, Reyna is smart too, but the one who thinks outside of the box, I think is Annabeth. During the cross overs, she also realize the wolf and the lion, and based on her fact, notices the last one is the dog. She talks about using Egyptians weapons, Magicians using greek weapons to defeat the mixed up magician Setne. Maybe I have more love towards Annabeth, but regarding that she wasn't the super powered heroine in the series, I think she isn't overrated of what she really is.