Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160902235812/@comment-31481772-20170410135717

Percy Jackson has many more achievements to show in less years of experience than Jason. I feel this is a psychological issue.

Percy has been encouraged and supported right from his childhood. Even when he was having a bad time at school, his mother, Grover and a few other friends stood by him. His friends and mentors have been quite supporting of him. That made his experience in the PJO series easier.

Jason's mother was alcoholic. She put him into camp when he was two. He was brought up by a pack of wolves, who would probably be much less caring than humans (Note: wolves, not dogs). Jason was put in the Fifth Cohort, the least respected cohort at that time, when he wasn't even five.

The rule-obsessed Romans wouldn't have made many exceptions for Jason in camp work. He was also under great pressure to prove himself, being a child of Jupiter. He probably had to wait for very long to become Praetor, thanks to Octavian's politics.

Percy wins, thanks to a more positive outlook. Maybe if Jason had received more support from his childhood, he would fully blossom.