User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-4902593-20131221130927/@comment-3146930-20140330222201

But that idea breaks down when you really consider it. I mean it isn't like a child of Hermes could summon a fireball just because they are in a lot of trouble. Percy for as powerful as he is, normally follows a set of rules to limit what he can and can't do. He even states himself that Poseidon is god of the oceans, not all liquids everywhere so for him to just control poison, then have Annabeth tell him to never use that power again, really just seems like Rick couldn't think of a good end and had to write something. I mean unless that kind of thing comes up again in BoO, then even including it in the first place seems kind of dumb unless it is somehow building to something.