Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26468287-20150614010051

Sooo a lot of people seem to like Piper. They claim that she wasn't stereotypical child of Aphrodite and was a really great person and all of that jazz. Well, I disagree.



Her only ability is to charmspeak- in other words, all she can do is control people against their will. Also, in every single book she is grumpy and/or complaining about something. Whenever I read about her, she depressed me and bored me with her continual worrying. She reminds me of some girls I know- they claim they don't like drama, but they are the instigators of it. She demands that Jason love her, even at the beginning of the series he didn't even know her. I mean, come on Jason! You can do better than Piper. Reyna is a great alternative.





To emphasize my point, let's compare Piper to the other girls in Heroes of Olympus. Annabeth has no powers, but she has overcome countless obstacles with only her wit- the Quest of Athena, Tartarus, not to mention all of the quests she did with Percy. What has Piper done with her charmspeak? Not much. I feel like Rick Riordan was struggling to find ways to make Piper useful. Ok, then there's Hazel. Hazel is super powerful- she can control the mist, she can summon precious metals from the ground, and her personality is much better than Piper's. Reyna is a BEAST. Period. The Roman army is totally devoted and loyal to her. She is the ultimate leader- abandoning her prestigious post in order to find the Seven and save her people. She defeated the giant, Orion, that even the Hunters of Artemis could not kill. And she did all of that despite Jason's rejection, because she didn't need a man. Unlike Piper, who spent half of her time worrying that Jason would ditch her. Similarly, Calypso let multiple guys she fell in love with leave her, because she knew it was the right thing to do. She is extremely unselfish compared to Piper, who is just totally possessive.



So… yeah. That’s my opinion. What’s yours?  