User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Official "The Sea of Monsters (movie)" Discussion/@comment-7742465-20130703043838/@comment-7742465-20130704000342

By removing things like Percy's bath in the Styx and Rachel, they would be taking away a lot of character development. Rachel wasn't just another love interest. Her being the new oracle, would mean they would have to show things like how Hades protected Nico and Bianca, but couldn't save Maria, how Hades cursed the Oracle of Delphi, so that no one else could take her place and why Luke's mother became insane by trying to become the new Oracle.