Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4531192-20141008075409/@comment-4515675-20141025152900

Darkcloud1111 wrote:

Phoenix jz wrote: tbh, aside from the fact that Thalia got kicked from the big part as usual, what about Grover?

I'm pretty sure Percy has stated many times the Grover is his best friend, and I don't think that title has been given to anyone else since then, yet we don't see him again. I at least figured we'd get to see them meet again, after so long. The biggest reunion we get is him and Annabeth. Percy never meets his mother and step-father, but we only get a passing mention of him and Poseidon fighting side by side. This is despite the fact that Poseidon not contacting Percy at all was somewhat of a big deal, as all the other gods had in some way contacted their children. This goes back to what we've been saying, that family and friendship was pushed to the side in order to make room for romance. I wouldn't mind it if he balanced things out but he didn't. We had so much emphasize on the couples that there were little to none interactions amongst the seven as friends and the few that were fell flat. Also, it kind of annoyed me how RR tried so hard to push Jason, Leo and Piper into the spotlight, especially with having Jason take Percy's role with helping the gods and Piper being the mediator between camps when it was actually Reyna that put a stop to the war and united them. It's true what Piper said, Reyna didn't get the credit she deserved (nor Annabeth, Hazel and Frank), it mostly went to Jason and Leo who in my opinion don't deserve all this praise.