Frank Zhang

• Remove Annabeth. The 7 are supposed to be the most powerful demigods of the generation and she has no power. She can be like what Nico and Reyna were, Backup with her own special quest {Athena mark} where Percy dreams she's in danger goes to help and they fall in tartarus and she can replace coach hedge in the shadow travel with Nico and Reyna, This way she is playing a big role but not taking time that can better be used to introduce new characters

• Add a child of Demeter. She an elder olympian, only daughter of Rhea who could have children and is one of the more maternal goddess. Also her children have crazy powerful potential with creativity {earth, plants, seasons}.

• Have Frank utilise his Mars powers much more. Imagine if he was a super strong fighter who had weapon powers like Clarisse, summoned zombies more than 2x and could control emotions of war and shape-shifting. That would make his curse understandable. His potential is great but Rick just put him down as a shape-shifting archer. He could even have potential for chlorokinesis {obviously very weak}

• Have Fazel build up throughout the series and they start dating at the end of Blood of Olympus.

• Give Frank and Hazel magical weapons. Everyone else got something unique.

• Still keep Nico but not make him on the Argos,

• Give Hazel all of her underworld abilities and make her strong with them {her curse was additional to standard Hades power it shouldn't have replaced them}

• Give Piper love magic like the rest of her cabin {making someone clothes 2x small so restricting their movement or so much perfume smell their eye stings} I see her using these power to cause slight disadvantages to her opponents.

• Only the 7 on the Argos and maybe Will to better introduce him for his and Nico's arc and to act as the healer of the group and the one who stays on the Argos.

• Have a lot more Frank and Hazel P.O.V

• Have all the 7 involved in Gaea defeat in a way that only their individual powers allow.

• Keep Leo single. Up to Blood of Olympus only Jasper are a couple on the Argos as Percy has a long distance relationship with Annabeth and Frazel is developing.

• Make Hazel a year older and Frank a year younger.

• If The Oygia incident had to happen it can be Calypso loving Leo as a friend and Leo returns that friendship. Once free she decides to focus on herself and her garden but still considers Leo her best friend and Leo enjoys helping her garden as it calms him. {And if Caleo had to happen this friendship could become a relationship}

• Have people call out Leo's bullying and mean humour and he learns to care about humans more than machines and become more empathetic.

• Also have Leo use some real weapon

• Have Leo die permanently

one thing wonderful about the books of riordanverse is the representation it offers. however, even though, i respect rick riordan for including representation in his books, it doesn’t pertain to the fact that i particularly fancy the way rick riordan has shown representation in the books for it is, more often than not, unfortunately inaccurate.

such inaccuracies can be seen in some, if not most, of the asian characters representing their respective backgrounds in the books. and one culture, whose representation has been inaccurate is chinese culture.

for the sake of this post, we’ll be taking a look at frank zhang—his chinese name and grandma zhang—why her mandarin wasn’t even mandarin in the first place to begin with.

frank zhang. discernible mistakes occurring due to lack of research can be found clearly in the name itself; more specifically, his chinese name fai.

“No one called him Fai except his grandmother.”

“What sort of name is Frank? She would scold. That is not a Chinese name.”

~son of neptune, page 74

fai is indeed a chinese name and there is not something quite exactly wrong with grandma zhang calling her grandson fai, for from what i know, it isn’t particularly uncommon for chinese people to have two names—a western name and a chinese name.

however, the problem arises when we learn that the zhang family speaks mandarin.

the name fai isn’t even mandarin; in the hanyu pinyin system—which is the official romanization system for standard mandarin chinese—fai doesn't create one word and i doubt that 'tis even pronounceable in mandarin.

on the other hand, arguments can be risen that fai is a variant spelling from the wades-giles system—which is the romanization system for mandarin chinese produced by thomas francis wade—but when we look at all the instances where grandma zhang has been implied to take pride in her ethnicity/nationality as a chinese and i highly doubt that she’d use a foreigner’s romanization system even though assumptions should never be made.

Grandmother scowled. “Yes, clean your ears, Fai Zhang!”

~son of neptune, page 77

grandma zhang calls frank 'fai zhang'. this isn't necessarily wrong but as far as i know, people from the three east asian countries namely south korea, japan and china, call themselves with their last names first and assuming the pride she takes in her ethnicity, she should've called frank 'zhang fai'.

taking the last point into consideration, and keeping in mind that grandma zhang takes pride in her chinese ethnicity, we reach our next point, which is the inaccurate use of chinese languages.

“‘A woman appeared at the fire,’ she continued. ‘She was a white woman—a gwai poh—dressed in blue silk, with a strange cloak like the skin of a goat.’”

~son of neptune, page 77

the term gwai poh is a chinese slang, yes, but it is cantonese, not mandarin. and the latter is the language that grandma zhang speaks.

if you wanted to say “foreigner” in chinese slang, the cantonese version gwai poh (cantonese romanization) isn’t even valid in mandarin which is the language grandma zhang speaks. the closest thing to gwai poh in mandarin would be lao wai—which is the pinyin transliteration for 老外 which is an informal slang for ‘foreigner’ as well.

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with a tad bit more research similar to how rick riordan used the knowledge of seven being an unlucky number due to july being the ghost month and how ‘zhang’ (张) means ‘master of bows’, he could’ve avoided making these simple mistakes, and given our beloved character frank zhang’s culture a much better representation.

i hope you all enjoyed reading the post and comment on your thoughts down below but please be respectful, and i hope you have a nice day!! <33

So I was reading some bios and stuff and noticed that Percy’s older than Jason well actually Percy and Annebeth are older than everyone on the Argo 2

If you could live the life of any demigod in the RV who would you pick?

These are some of the opinions i have. idk is they are unpopular..

1. Solaneglo is amazhang

2. Percabeth is Amazhang

3. Caleo is amazhang

4. Jiper is trash

5. Piper is trash

6. Frazel is awesome

7. Nico is THE BEST I LOVE HIMMMMMMMMMMMM

8. Leo is awesome, amazhang and underrated.

9. Bob's death was sad ( i cried)

10. Bianca's death was sad ( I also cried)

Silena Beauregard and Charlie Beckendorf vs Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang

Okay, I've been thinking about this one because apparently no one ever did this before.

This is what each demigod (the one I could have think to) smells like, but in real terms:

Percy Jackson: smells like sea. "Cloud Collection n.3" by Zarkoperfume.

Annabeth Chase: smells like books, elegance. "Joy" by Jean Patou.

Thalia Grace: smells like forest and rain. "Devil's Nightcap" by Lush.

Jason Grace: smells like rain's air. "The smell of weather turning" by Lush.

Piper McLean: smells like fruits, beauty. "Imperatrice" by Dolce & Gabbana.

Nico di Angelo: smells like earth. "Baccarat Rouge 540" by MFK.

Will Solace: smells like summer in the USA. "Opium" by Yves Saint Laurent.

Clarisse La Rue: smells like impulsivity, danger. "Marijane" by Alyssa Ashley.

Frank Zhang: smells like sense of power. "Creed"

Hazel Levesque: smells like cold but warmth at the same time. "Pure musc" by Narciso (white edition).

Leo Valdez: smells like fire and mechanism. "Fahrenheit" by Dior.

Silena Beauregard: smells like love and femininity. "Narciso for her" by Narciso Rodriguez.

Drew Tanaka: smells like vanity who stuns you. "Bright Crystal" by Versace.

Grover Underwood: smells like nature. "Neroli Portofino" by Tom Ford.

Coach Gleeson Hedge: smells like masculinity and strength. "Black Musk" by Montale.

Mellie the nymph: smells like grace. "Chloé" by Chloé.

Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano: smells like something who can overwhelm you. "Ayurveda" by Tesori d'oriente.

Hylla Ramírez-Arellano: smells like wealth. "J'adore -dior-" by Dior.

The languages are in this order

Greek

Latin

Spanish

French

Italian

Russian

Arabic

Swedish

Dutch

Samoan

Macedonian

Romanian

Portuguese

Hebrew

Gaelic

Then repeated Greek and Latin to get:

Jason, Grace, goddess of Rome, Jupiter and Luke and Grace, the younger sister of Aries, the son of the earthly blessings of Jupiter. Jason served as chief of the Twelfth Justice Corps in Castro's camp until Frank Hanang was passing through the grave. The first of the Half-Blood camp and the chief justice of the camp. Their relationship with Piper McClain lasted until their departure, as the relationship seemed "difficult" and was seen as an extremely rare marriage goddess. A few months later, Caligula, with the third commander, fell down while fighting among the ships. Nico also believes Asunison is better than an angel, but he's not sure if Asunison is in Elysium when he wants to be reborn. He is also a seven-time Olympic champion.

Original:

Jason Grace was a Roman demigod, the son of Jupiter and the mortal Beryl Grace and the younger brother of Thalia Grace. Jason was a praetor of the Twelfth Legion at Camp Jupiter until he gave his rank to Frank Zhang during The House of Hades as a field promotion; he was the former head counselor of Cabin One at Camp Half-Blood and the Pontifex Maximus at Camp Jupiter. He was in a relationship with Piper McLean until she broke up with him because their relationship felt "forced" and was largely orchestrated by the marriage goddess, Hera. A couple of months later, he died at the hands of the third emperor, Caligula, when fighting aboard his yachts. Nico di Angelo subsequently has a feeling that Jason is somewhere better, although he isn't sure if Jason is in Elysium or if he chose rebirth. He is also one of the seven Heroes of Olympus.

❝ scoreboard;

dodona: 02 pts.

erythraea: 04 pts.

cumae: 01 pts.

delphi: 03 pts.

❝ riddle;

» assumed I was favoured by archer

but my place, was in the battlefield

descending from the place labelled, “the gate”

my ancestor killed by the doorkeeper of the gods

with mixed ancestries, I was born

to be blessed by the one who warns «

~ answer — frank zhang

~ answered by — @Aiden-1089

❝ rules:

+ you will be given a riddle/poem (usually four to six lines long) describing a character or an object. you will have to guess, and if it the answer is correct, you will score a point on behalf of your team.

+ you can guess how many times you want, there's no limit, but please don't spam.

+ if two people have guessed at the same time (or) have guessed with a negligible time difference, both the teams get a point.

+ please don't google the answers or cheat, use your memory.

+ you can choose your team based on your godly parent, legacy or preferred god/goddess.

+ don't forget to mention your team after you've guessed or the answer wouldn't be counted.

+ some days, there will be a bonus riddle, where the character/object is from one of the rick riordan presents books. keep your eyes open ;)

+ if you want to be pinged everytime a riddle is posted, please say so in the replies.

+ i will post a riddle everyday at 12:30 p.m GMT.

❝ teams;

I think it’s good that he included representation, but i think he could have done better. Take Hearth, for instance. It’s constantly said that he’s deaf and uses sign language, and I feel like his whole presence in the book revolves around his deafness.

Next we have Alex Fierro. Again, it’s constantly said that she’s gender fluid, although she’s not as bad as Hearth. Unlike him, she has a purpose beyond representation.

Now we look at Frank. I’m Asian. Does anyone else think Rick could’ve done a little better than the “Chinese Canadian Baby Man”?

Now we have ADHD. What was that even for? It wasn’t really a huge problem and we never really got to see any of their struggles in school. I get the “battle instincts” thing, but we never got to see any of their hyperactivity.

Fourth, does anyone else think we need more mental disorders? Nico had some depression problems, but seriously, we need more, and we need people to recognize that they’re mental disorders. Schizophrenia? Panic disorder? Social anxiety?

Come on Rick! I love you, but you gotta do more research.

Cousin: MARK

Annabeth: Rebecca (I'm sorry... but I see that)

Percy: Dillion( I kinda see it but I don´t)

Jason: Andrew ( Uhhhhhhh)

Hazel: Justine ( THE HECK!?)

Frank: Whoisdis? Mike?

Leo: Why does this look like Jace Menendez? The very short guy in you´re grade ( Quoted by Mark)

Piper: Sophia ( Me: -.-)

Reyna: Lauren ( How the-)

Nico: Edmund ( WHY DO YOU ALWAYS GET THE WORSE OF NAMES!?)

okay, so this game is basically what it sounds like. i will give ya'll the picture of a character from r-verse and ya'll will have to guess the name of the character.

only catch: you can't guess the correct identity of the character.

and with that being said, let's get the character.

btw there's only one rule in this game (apart from the unsaid but dreadfully clear rule that ya'll can only guess wrong characters) but please stay in-universe with your answers!! :))