Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170108025358/@comment-29729973-20170912162912

Zandris Hugal wrote: I like Percy Jackson. He was actually one of my favorites whilst I was reading. But after I finished, I took a step back and said "did I really appreciate Percy for what he was in HoO, or did I just like him due to the PJO series. To be honest, I like characters who grow. But Percy just stopped growing. He was his PJO self in Son of Neptune book (Percy's best book). But then, if anything his character degraded. He just became a bit flatter, and honestly became more selfish (he still considered wringing Nico's neck after he learned Nico was captured, and only didn't when he saw what state he was in. And then, when Percy knows that Nico has been through horrible things due to the Doors of Death, he tells Nico to take them there anyway). I mean, I fully respect that he went into Tartarus for his girlfriend, but even down there he was heartless to Bob at first (I would feel guilty if someone who had once been great, even though my enemy, was reduced to that). And then in BoO he was just a background character.

Honestly, Riordan just rode off of the popularity of the character to jumpstart this series. Let's be honest, if it wasn't for his popularity, another character could have filled his role. You're right about him thinking about wringing Nico's neck, that was messed up. But he told Nico to take the Seven to Doors of Death because he HAVE to, it was their only chance to save the world. Also, Rick put Percy as background, because characters like Jason and Piper were hated, they needed to shine. Also it would make sense for Percy not to have that much spotlight in BoO because he already had his own series, and SoN was HIS book, also Percy and Leo stole the show in MoA, and HoH was mostly about him and Annabeth in Tartarus. Rick needed to give Percy a break.