Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542839-20140227002012/@comment-5471249-20140604120757

Arctic Blue wrote:

In the Demigod Diaries, Rick Riordan specifically says that Annabeth is one of the Seven. Agreed, BUT that might have simply been a  misinformation campaign  on his part, which he intends to reveal to us in another major plot twist--Nico will be revealed as one of the Seven (by Rachel the Oracle, or Hades himself), and will head back to Greece in order to rejoin his friends in the Gigantomachy... In a post-book interview, Uncle Rick will finally reveal to us, that the only reason he chose to give Annabeth a POV in the books was to confuse us, so that we wouldn't see this new plot twist coming... Think about it, Uncle Rick has done things similar to this in the past:

Example 1 ("The Lightning Thief"): Stating that Percy will ultimately be betrayed by a friend, but Annabeth and Grover stay loyal to him until the very end... Then, after the entire adventure is over, Luke reveals himself to be the main villain! What a twist!!

Example 2 ("The Sea of Monsters"): Stating that Percy is the ONLY living child of one of the Big Three, and thus, the only possible "half-blood of the Eldest Gods" from the Great Prophecy. HOWEVER, at the very end of the book, Thalia is magically resurrected! What a twist!!

Example 3 ("The Last Olympian"): In all of the books leading up to this one, Percy is clearly established to be the Hero of the Great Prophecy. Then, he hears Rachel's revelation about him NOT being the Hero... (What a twist!!)  Then, it turns out that the "half-blood of the Eldest Gods", and the "Hero" of the Great Prophecy are two different people... ''' What a double twist!! '''

Example 3 ("The Mark of Athena" and "The House of Hades"): Annabeth speculates that Nico di Angelo is secretly in love with her, and then, in the next book, Nico is revealed to be gay and secretly in love with Percy ( The Best twist of all, which none of us ever saw coming!! )

OVERALL--Thus, considering all of these unexpected plot twists that we have seen from Uncle Rick in the past, I can certainly see this as another potential one!!! BUT, there is only one way for all of us to find out...