User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-4485028-20131029213732/@comment-6007020-20140330233833

I can understand how Nico's crush did come unexpected, but rethink things for a while. Almost every time we see Nico before Cupid's "challenge", it's been through Percy's eyes. It's well established that Percy isn't the sharpest trident in the ocean. Next point, someone coming out can come out as a massive plot twist to anyone. There are tons of people in my life that were utterly suprised and had to do a triple-take when I told them. No one besides Percy and Hazel even relatively knows Nico, so the others would just assume he's a quiet loner with a grudge against Percy. Annabeth would assume this as well, considering she knows about what happened with Bianca. Hazel only knows present Nico, the one that came and saved her, and would guess that he doesn't like Percy's presence and to avoid stirring old wounds, not comment on it.