User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Percy's Talk with Hera/@comment-4515675-20111020175256

I can understand why you think Annabeth might not be the 7th hero, I for one have my doubts as well since it would be just too obvious and things are never that easy.

Concerning Hera, I have a question, how does she know who the 7 heroes are? I mean I understand that gods can see into the future and everything but if you look in the PJO and HoH they're not all knowing and the prophecy of the 7 was given for many years now. I'm just wondering based on what did Hera choose the other 6 and if she has or doesn't have a word to say.

I agree that maybe she didn't have time to get to Hazel but if you look at Leo, Frank and Jason she watched over them ever since they were babies. If Hera knew that Hazel would be part of the 7 would she really risk losing her? Unless of course she knew that she would eventually be brought back to life but again that wasn't really her doing.

How much do the gods really know? Are the six heroes so far overpowered because they are the ones from the prophecy or were they chosen to be the six because they were overpowered. This is the reason why Annabeth doesn't fit the pattern so far. I don't think she has any other powers than the ones we already know about so how does she fit in with the rest?

No, I don't hate Annabeth. No, I have nothing against her and she happens to be a favorite character of mine so don't even bother asking me such a thing. It's just that there are a lot of question marks even with the other heroes chosen so far let alone her.

How was Hazel picked? It's clear to me that Hera had no interaction with her in the past nor the future. Same for Percy and if Annabeth is the 7 hero then you can be sure as heck that it's not Hera who chose her. That's the interesting part, just how much is Hera involved in this?

She told Jason that he was going to be the one to unite the two camps then she told Percy that he was going to be the glue so basically they kind of have the same job but she just made it seem like Jason's was more important. She also told Jason that he was going to be the leader and the greatest hero of all times. I mean, isn't this just Hera's pride speaking? It seems to me that she's pretty sure about things that she shouldn't be so sure about.

This is what she told Jason near the ending of TLH: “The prophecy demands that we change. The giants will rise. Each can only be killed by a god and demigod working together. Those demigods must be the seven greatest of the age." Greatest of the age, what exactly does that even mean? Most powerful? If that's so could the gods and Hera be wrong even about the current six? Were they just picked because the gods thought they were the strongest? I dunno, prophecies are made to be tricky and it seems that up until now things have gone way too smoothly. I just think that we will have a huge surprise by the end of the series.

Also, I saw a lot of people saying that RR posted on his blog that the 7 from the prophecy will be the sons/daughters of the gods from the Olympian Week. I've read his blog many times but couldn't find that and it bugs me that I haven't noticed such an important clue. Can someone tell me when he posted this so I can take a look? Please and thank you!