Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-30191571-20171015031450/@comment-31481772-20171015053205

Hello. Before I make my arguments, I would like to say that Frank is my second most favorite character in the HoO series. For me, his best moments came in Son of Neptune (which you must have finished) and in House of Hades (which you might read next).

I agree that Frank was insensitive to Leo in the former half of the book. I think the "bench-pressing dialogue" at the beginning of the book is an example. Though I cannot justify his rudeness, I can explain it:

1) Frank was insecure. He had just started a relationship with Hazel. Suddenly, Leo showed up and Hazel started behaving strangely with him, as though he were her ex. Frank was afraid Leo might "steal" his girlfriend.

2) Frank was afraid. Afraid of Leo's control over fire - the one force of nature that can cause his death.

3) Leo wasn't all that nice to Frank. Leo also tried to be sarcastic and incisive towards Frank quite often in the first half of the book. Remember the Chinese handcuffs? Just because Frank figured out a round-about way to solve the problem, is he okay to target with a sarcastic comment?

Finally, Frank and Leo patched up - with each other and with Hazel! At the ichthyo-centaurs' camp.

I think of Frank as one of the sweetest guys among the Seven, once you get to know them better. At least as sweet as a child of a war god can be.