Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-35324803-20180509140036/@comment-35911236-20180617232729

Florez.jonathan wrote: Thats true, most Tv shows/Movies/Books always kill off a main character, and then after the audience cries and the creators get the reaction they wanted, they bring back the character. Rick has done this countless times so the way he firstly broke up Piper and Jason and then killed Jason was a turning point. Props to Rick for having the guts to finally do something drastic. However i still disagree with what he did and i still find it unnecessary. Jason and Piper are honestly my favorite characters so i may be a little biased lol. Rick may very well kill off more characters in The Tyrant’s Tomb and get this reaction that he wants from his audience. However i still believe that there is a chance that Jason and any future deceased characters can be brought back. Sure, in TBM Apollo made it pretty clear that Jason’s death was permanent, but it could just be Rick’s intention to make us feel like he will never be back and then we cry and all that and then last second he brings him back. There are countless other examples of this exact thing happening and i really hope Rick brings Jason back. (Again im biased since he and Piper are my favorite characters). Maybe by the end of Book 5, Apollo will have matured enough that when Zeus offers to turn him into a God again, with newfound Humility, Apollo rejects the offer and instead asks for Jason Grace to be brought back. Seeing that Apollo has learned his lesson and gained humility, maybe Zeus brings back Jason AND makes Apollo a God again. Its an unpopular opinion i know but thats the thread of hope i shall hold onto until 2020. Here’s to the dreamers *raises glass*. Now onto Thalia and Reyna, I believe Thalia will react in a violent way. Apollo himself stated that he wouldn’t want to be in the same state as her when she found out. Reyna will also be devastated, but Thalia’s reaction will probably be worse. However i sincerely doubt that any of the 7’s reactions or even Thalia’s will be as heart breaking, gut wrenching, and devastating as Piper’s reaction. Piper is the only one out of the 7 that actually witnessed his death. She was at the beach in Malibu when Tempest brought Jason’s dead body. She cried and cried and cried over his unmoving body. She held his body in her own hands and begged Apollo to bring him back. She refused to believe he was dead as she kept chanting it to herself because she couldn’t believe it. The way her break down is portrayed in the book was enough to even break me inside. The amount of sheer trauma she endured is more than any of the 7 will ever have to endure when it comes to Jason’s death. Piper was the only one who was the closest to Jason. He was the love of her life and he gave his life so that she could live. She’s the one who has been with him through everything and the only one who was romantically involved with him (excluding Reyna since Jason didn’t like her back). If we are being honest, Thalia barely even sees Jason at all. In real life also when someone dies, it usually hurts much more for their significant other than say their sister. So that’s why I Believe no one’s reaction will be as tear worthy as Piper’s. Kudos to you. I agree with most of what you said, but I think that Thalia's reaction may be equal to that of Piper's or slightly better. She practically raised Jason, after all. It is true that they don't see each other much, But they love each other. I think that Zeus won't revive Jason though. Remember, its was said that the death would be permanent, though I'm certain that there can be a loophole. Reyna will be devastated. I know that I'm mad at Rick for killing him off (he is one of my favorite characters), but it must of been hard to kill off a character that he worked so hard on. He is taking a risk. Some people ay stop reading the series altogether, but this character death just makes me want to keep reading his books. In the end, it depends on Rick's decisions for his work.