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This is a whopper, a commemoration to TOA, which I just reread.

194: In the first three books of The Trials of Apollo, where all three emperors of the Triumvirate Holdings are revealed, Apollo has a run-in with each emperor before finding the Oracle they hold.

195: Triumvirate Holdings and their allies have specific beings they prefer to use to carry out deeds and fight enemies:

• Nero prefers to use Germani, ancient mercenary warriors.

• Commodus prefers blemmyae, the tribe of chest-headed men.

• Caligula prefers the Pandai, the large-eared mercenary tribe.

• Medea uses storm spirits, or venti, against her enemies.

• Tarquin has his eurynomoi, which also transform his vryokolokai.

• Python considers Triumvirate Holdings themselves his middleman to world domination before absorbing their power.

196: Triumvirate Holdings and their allies separately held the five oracles Apollo had to find on his quests:

• Nero found and attacked the Grove of Dodona in The Hidden Oracle.

• Commodus guarded the Cave of Trophonius in The Dark Prophecy.

• Caligula and Medea held the Erythrean Sibyl in The Burning Maze.

• Tarquin had the Cumaean Sibyl’s jar in The Tyrant’s Tomb.

• Python resided in the Cave of Delphi until The Tower of Nero.

197: Triumvirate Holdings and their allies all had specific connections to Apollo, which became significant when he became mortal:

• Nero is a descendant of Apollo.

• Commodus and Apollo were lovers when the former was young.

• Caligula wanted to be the new sun god, Apollo’s successor.

• Medea is the granddaughter of Helios, Apollo’s predecessor.

• Tarquin was sold the final three Sibylline books-the other six being burned- by the Cumaean Sybil, one of Apollo’s oracles.

• Python is Apollo’s nemesis, who he defeated for control of Delphi.

198: The emperors of Triumvirate Holdings and their allies have separately ruined the lives of young demigod girls:

• Nero killed Meg’s father and gaslighted her while acting as her stepfather, also holding his alter-ego as the Beast over her, also treating his other eleven demigod girls and boys similarly.

• Commodus captured Georgina after she was driven insane by the Cave of Trophonius, also taking the Throne of Mnemosyne, the only cure and extraction of the madness she was suffering.

• Caligula ruined Tristan Mclean’s reputation by filing many legal papers against him, working with various people with connections to him until he and Piper only had their house in Oklahoma. He also killed her ex-boyfriend, Jason Grace. He also burned down Aeithales, Meg McCaffrey’s childhood home.

• Tarquin’s attack on Camp Jupiter killed many Roman legionnaires, including the parents of the girl Julia, who stays with Terminus at the boundaries of New Rome and is later adopted.

• Medea first takes away Coach Hedge when Piper’s introduced and nearly kills her, Leo, and Jason. Then she later works with Caligula to extract Apollo’s essence, an alliance that almost kills her and inadvertently gets her ex-boyfriend killed, shaking her severely.

• Python regaining the Oracle of Delphi affects Rachel’s prophetic abilities as Apollo’s Pythia and the monster even begins to speak prophecies through her, warping fate through prophecy.

Am I the only one who noticed how some things were just added and never mentioned or vice versa? Like, look at the biggest example:

Storm spirits were never seen until TLH and then were mentioned in almost every book and even major characters.

Other examples:

Harpies are mentioned since they "clean" CHB, but then Ella, a harpy, becomes a major character in HOO and TTT.

The wind gods were only referenced in TLO, but then they are seen in almost every book of HOO and even harnessed for Zeus' chariot.

The Minotaur was major in PJO, TLT, and TLO, but then never seen again, only referenced in 3/5 of HOO books, and never seen nor mentioned again.

Telekhines are shown fairly majorly in BOTL and TLO but almost never seen again in HOO, just minimally shown in MOA.

Basilisks were never mentioned nor shown in PJO but in SON and BOO of HOO, they are shown and fought by Frank and Jason.

The Chimera was shown in the very first book TLT, but then never seen nor mentioned, although since she was with Echidna and she was never mentioned, it makes minimal sense.

This one doesn't really bother me despite the implementation of them, but Katobleps, cow-like monsters are never seen nor shown until HOH, and as soon as they are shown, Frank jumps in and kills all of them for a snake.

Yales, and this one is bothering me, are never mentioned at all but are then suddenly used as an obstacle for Meg and Apollo in TDP.

There are multiple creatures and beings and even places, such as Aeithales and Aeolus, the god-emperors (never mentioned and are suddenly behind the past two series and have been working to destroy the McLean's! Still great villains), Python, and found Oracles, but I digress.

Apollo (wearing a rap outfit): Here’s one awesome thing about me, it’s that I never back down from a fight with anybody

Clio: What about Typho-

Apollo: Shhh! We don’t speak of that

Apollo: Clears throat. As I was saying, take Python for instance. He disrespected Leto and didn’t let me set up my oracle. Well, I’ll teach it to disrespect me...and I can’t think of anything that rhymes with Oracle!

Audience: cheers

Scene fades to black and suddenly lights come on in a flash. A cave is visible, with a Hephaestus automaton that resembled a dragon.

Apollo: Wassup, Python you stupid snake

Python: I better toss you in da lake!

Apollo: Yeah, good luck with that. I’ll throttle you harder than a pig who’s fat!

Python: Ya mean you?

Crickets: chirp

Apollo: Was that supposed to be a burn? Anyway, make way I want to put a little something in this cave

Python: What? No, not my cave, knave!

Apollo: Well, you don’t have a choice on the matter

Die or move- I would take the latter

Python: Oh, it’s on, golden boy! CHARGE!

Apollo: Shoots with Bow and Arrow

Python: Aughhhh!

Apollo: From now on, Python will never bother anyone again!

Muses: Boom!

Note: this is what I think the second song of a musical mentioned by Percy Jackson might sound like. I made a post like this in which I reimagined the opening song.

I was rereading ToN and I happened to notice something I didn’t pay much attention to before.

Remember how Apollo/Lester said that, during his dream of Nero, there were 11 children (12 including Meg). What else has 12 people? The Olympians. Who else had an abusive, tyrannical father who was being controlled by another force? The Olympians.

Ik that this is obvious. Like, dUh HaZe LeStEr LeGiT sAiD tHaT nErO wAs PoSiNg As KrOnOs. But it goes deeper than that.

What I concurred, is that ToN is basically a modern version of the Zeus Overthrowing Kronos myth. Just think about it. Nero would be Kronos, Python would be the curse Ouranos cast on Kronos. If you think about it, ever since Ouranos cast that curse on his youngest titan, Kronos has been living in fear of his children, letting that curse control him. This is exactly like that, but with Nero and Python instead of Kronos and The Curse.

I am aware that Meg and Apollo are two different people, but think of them as Zeus for the sake of this post. They are trying to overthrow their dictator-like ruler, just like Zeus did.

Now, I also know that Meg/Lester aka Zeus has Python to defeat, so I ask you to think of Python as two things. The curse Ouranos placed on Kronos, and the future Metis predicted for Zeus’ child.

What did Zeus do when Métis said “Hey hon, our son is gonna overthrow you!”? Well, he pulled a Kronos and swallowed Métis whole. Read: He stopped it before it could ever happen. What did Lester do when he killed Python? He stopped the tyranny before it could ever happen.

Now, there’s one more major character in this story. Rhea. Now, hear me out, I think Rhea would be ToA Zeus. Why? Because both of them set up their children to end the reign of a bad king/dictator. Listen, Zeus and Rhea are nothing alike (personality-wise), but they played the same role. Understand? Probably not, because I can’t explain worth trash. But I hope I at least got the general idea of my post to you: ToN is basically a revised version of Zeus defeating Kronos.

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I have a question.

Why hasn't Ouranos been used as a villain? Like, the past three Greco-Roman villains have been good, Gaea being able to still use some work, but Ouranos is apparently more powerful than them. First, his son is chosen, Cronus. I get it, he's cruel and wicked and isn't a bad first villain. But, apparently, he inherited that from Ouranos, meaning Ouranos has that to an even greater extent. And yeah, Cronus ate his kids, but he only did that because of his paranoia about what Ouranos cursed him about, while Ouranos chucked his kids into the pit of Hell. And he has the scythe, but he didn't have that until Gaea made it so he could kill Ouranos.

And then Rick chose Gaea, who could've been a better villain. I don't understand how Rick didn't think of Ouranos after Cronus. Yeah, I get it, he's been diced into a million pieces and stuff, but so was Cronus, and Rick found a way to bring him back. And he's stronger. His power is only outdone by Chaos and somewhat rivaled by Tartarus and Gaea. He has absolute control of the sky and is able to create incredibly durable chains straight from darkness and use them to bind and send his really strong giant children into Tartarus. And, even when he was on land, out of his main domain, it took the three most powerful kids, Cronus' scythe, Gaea(though I don't think she did anything besides providing the scythe and coming up with the plan), and trickery to finally get that guy down and diced, and he still put up a great fight and effectively cursed his son. Gaea didn't really do much herself until the end, besides mentally torturing the Seven and stuff, and at the end, she was gone in 90 seconds due to the plan based on Ouranos' defeat, defeated by three demigods and a bronze dragon, while Ouranos was still fighting after finally being put down by all the things mentioned earlier.

And then Rick chose the Triumvirate and Python. I admit, they were pretty good and implemented other mythologies and Roman mythology pretty well, Apollo also doing an incredible narrating job. In all, I admit, they were really powerful, and Apollo having lost his powers made them even more formidable, but my main problem is that Rick still didn't choose Ouranos after the other two. You choose his son, and then his wife, and then still don't choose the second most powerful person in Greco-Roman existence.

So that's what I have to say. I am currently writing a fanfiction story with Ouranos as the head villain, and hope to live up to my expectations. Thoughts?

You know how Python got the power of prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi? Well, WHAT IF HE CREATED THE PROPHECY THAT KILLED JASON!!!

What is it with the mythologies of Riordanverse, serpents and snakes and them being the villains? I mean, like,

• Greco-Roman Mythology:-Python

• Norse Mythology:-Jormungand

• Egyptian Mythology:-Apophis

I wasn't afraid of snakes and serpents before, but after reading the books and seeing some of the art, I. AM. DAM. SCARED. OF. SNAKES. (Anyone else?)

I mean, just look at this guy. Seems like he will come out of the picture and eat you raw. Look at that evil smile. Seems like he had made a full-on strategic plan to eat your one last blue cookie (Just kidding, lol.)

But, jokes (and fear) aside, ever wondered why exactly are serpents and snakes potrayed as villains?

Serprnts and snakes are often used as symbols of evil. Why? Because some of them are poisonous and dangerous. (The most important two qualities and characteristics that a villain MUST have.)

Even in the Biblical story of Eden, there is a sly serpent that tempts Adam and Eve to disobey God.

Serpents and snakes are often thought of as "clever" and "sly"; "evil" and "mischievous"; "mysterious" and "perplexing". But why? What made them symbols of evil and villains? What is the their fault that they ate poisonous and dangerous? You might be thinking that we are slowly moving onto Biology, but actually, we are not.

Now, you probably must be wondering, 'Did the snakes and serpents get angry at the Gods?'

NO. (Actually, they kinda did in Hindu Mythology, but whatever)

In fact, snakes were often regarded as symbols of rebirth, rejuvenation and immortality. But what made them that way? Was it some sort of Snake War-I?

What do you think? Thoughts?

(I will be continuing this, thank you for asking, even if you didn't ask)

THIS IS COMPLETE NONSENSE AND IT WILL BE APPRECIATED IF IT IS TAKEN THAT WAY. THANK YOU.