Board Thread:Percy Jackson & the Olympians/@comment-44158888-20191018130452/@comment-24098124-20191019024245

Housedunn wrote: Cuz he constantly manipulated everyone around him, betrayed and tried to kill Percy every summer, was tied to annabeth absolute obsession over him (which was her WORST part of her character) and was a pedophile to top it off.

Also I just thought about it: he’s exactly like anakin skywalker. A child in a prophecy who betrays his loved ones and joins the dark side to turn around to kill the evil lord at the expense of his life. I think he somewhat redeemed himself and I can understand his actions as wanted to be free and not a tool of the gods as he saw demigods as.

As for your pedophile remark, I always got the feeling he loved Annabeth as a younger sister while Annabeth had the romantic feelings for him, at least until the events of The Lightning Theif. I think he was unsure if she liked him romantically or not and just wanted to make sure before he died.