Next up will be Trials of Apollo; The Tower of Nero

I'm not gonna lie, I think The Trials of Apollo is the best-written saga by Rick Riordan.

Let's talk about the characters, they are outstanding! I love how Apollo grows from his punishment, he realises how important feelings are, he finally understand the value of friendship and human life. He got really courageous, he went trough a lot, hoping to become a god again, and when he finally return where he belongs, he realise that he doesn't really belongs there.

Then we have Meg, she is so strong...

Piper, his father, Jason... (</3)

Leo and Calypso..

All this characters have conquered my heart from the first word.

And what to say about the friendship, the romantic relationship and all the adventures!

In this saga you can see how much Rick Riordan has improved his writing; his humour was put in second place and the character development was put in first place.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians will always have a special place in my heart, but The Trials of Apollo has something more.

What do you think?

(The last one is my favorite. SHUT UP OCTAVIAN! Well, I guess he did, in the last book. When he was flung into the air. You know what I'm talking about.)

Am I going crazy or Camilo from Encanto is really similar with Leo? Like their vibes, personality, appearance and all. This is all I’ve been thinking since I saw the movie and I haven’t seen anyone mentioning it

come on, yesterday I quickly posted a headcanon about heroes of Olympus entering the environmental agenda and today I want to write a text to detail my countless thoughts about it a little more (I thought a lot about it before I went to sleep) and well let's go.

first it's important to note that percy jackson and the olympians have already brought up some environmental issues since the first book (ray thief) so we already have a taste of that plot in the first saga, and i think the pjo ending leaves a door open for heroes of Olympus being a saga that penetrated these environmental issues.

First of all I want to quote about how the villain of the heroes of Olympus is gaia the goddess of nature and mother earth?+?+ and how she could rebel against humanity for this neglect. (A first act that Rick already had in hand)

grover underwood: the grover is a very important character in the Olympians and for sure hdo could have been a way to delve into the emotionality of this character, not only for the environmental agenda, which is an issue that makes the grover upset, rather than the lightning thief he tells percy that it's been a hard time for the satyrs, that there are no stars in the sky because of the severe pollution humans cause. It would have been amazing to work with the underwood kid. screaming angrily

percy and grover friendship: can we talk about how there's no in-depth information about their empathic connection? for me rick riordan could have used these loopholes to develop these not-so-explored issues, but that would make a very interesting subject for the story, (going into friendship, given the fact that in heroes of Olympus the development of friendship is left out of side.)

Tartarus: Grover is very scared of the underground, this could be a tip for us to explore his emotional character, his deepest fears and disturbances. I think the empathic link between the two in Tartarus could be an amazing plot for the narrative as well.

Grover and insecurity: I don't see a lot of fandom talking about it, but Grover is a very insecure character about himself and his abilities, even though he is a dreamy satyr.

Excerpts that show this insecurity:

"It's just my luck. I'm the weakest satyr ever, and I meet the two most powerful half-bloods of the century, Thalia and Percy." " the lightning thief

"I have to leave. Juniper is waiting for me. It's a good thing she finds cowards attractive." - the battle of the maze.

These are just two of several sentences in which he tends to deride himself in percy jackson, he blamed himself for having "failed" his two missions as a protective satyr, was seen as a late satyr by the council of split hull elders . (no wonder he had been surprised at the lightning thief when percy had said he wanted him on the mission.)

Think of a Grover being >>the protagonist<< of a prophecy of heroes, the first spirit of nature (satyr) to be part of a prophecy, it would be a great symbolism for us to explore this character and these insecurities.

Great ethan, but what about the heroes of Olympus characters?

I think the heroes of Olympus characters need not be mutually exclusive, that's not exactly my intention, but we have characters in Percy Jackson and Olympians who had great potential to be properly explored in the second saga too, we have the stoll brothers, Clarice , Rachel dare we even have alabaster an exile who fought in the chrono war, characters that have great potential and that were not even remembered. (Needless to mention how much grover was forgotten in heroes of Olympus)

Camp cj: as I said, some elements do not need to be exclusive, let's remember that camp Jupiter nurtures a great disregard for the figures of nature and this could be an issue to be worked on.

Powers of Nature: DO I NEED TO SAY THAT GROVER HAS AMAZING POWERS?? incredible powers that deserved to be explored by rick, he can talk to the animals and even give >blessings< to the animals, something that no other figure can do except the gods. He can read emotions and is a natural sniffer, and over the course of the books he has perfected woodland magic. Imagine these powers taking a voice in heroes of Olympus, imagine a grover discovering that he can be his inner traveler and change the world even more in his own style. (Grover is also a potential climber, I really wanted to see some of those potentials in tartar, and it's worth mentioning that grover almost ran into tartar in the lightning thief.)

*Okay ethan, but grover is a character who values ​​tranquility, would he be okay in this scenario? and there?"

Grover cherishes cautious manners, he's a cautious character, but what many forget is that he can get pretty bloodthirsty to see animal cruelty and cowardice, percy's words in the lightning thief, and heroes of Olympus would be taking care of that. Grover is also a traveler who has been and fought in the chrono wars, he has seen many of his friends of nature die, he has seen biots set on fire and I can take a chance that since his whole life he has witnessed neglect and deforestation with his home.

interesting conflicts: one of my favorite parts of this text, conflicts in the friendship of percy and grover, with the return of mother nature we could have a loophole to develop the friendship of percy and grover on a more catastrophic level, with gaia's uprising recruiting spirits from nature and forming a legion (army) of natural figures ready to charge humanity.

would Grover prey for his tranquility and caution even with a new war that would take such a toll on him? what would he turn his annoyance into? what weight would the deaths of your friends have? Would he give reason to the conflict and his comrades recruited into Gaia's army? Would Percy and Grover have to get their friendship back? Was there a defecting hero?

about tartar I still want to make a text just to deal with this tartar+percy&grover scenario.

well im sticking around here i would most likely still have >a lot< to discuss about this subject and about how heroes of Olympus could have been a phenomenal saga working with socio-environmental agendas, I could talk about it thoroughly for eternity and still have more to say, but I will stay here.

AHHHHHH is all i can say. Now let me tell you when I say I love Diana I mean it! She is easily in my top 3 of Olympians(in Greek and Roman) including her brother and Hades. I knew Jason was gonna die while I was reading PJO cause I like to spoil things for myself and I didn't realize it would be in that way! Now let me get started on the topic of Reya and Thalia. I ship them harddddddd but the fact that they are hunters is a problem for the ship. I hope they can pull a Jo and Emmie. I doubt it will happen but I would love for it too. Honestly good for Leo and Calypso to settle down. Lavina is one of my favorite demigods!! I love Emmi and Jo I knew they were a thing from the moment I read about them! I'm so glad Frank didn't die! Okay so about that question....How does Lupa tie in with Artemis/Diana? I mean I know Lupa raised Jason practically but other than that?

There is a skateboard shop Percy loves to go to, and he considers shopping for a skateboard "special".

""Nothing," she said. "I'll tell you what. This afternoon we'll celebrate the end of school. I'll take you and Tyson to Rockefeller Center—to that skateboard shop you like." Oh, man, that was tempting. We were always struggling with money. Between my mom's night classes and my private school tuition, we could never afford to do special stuff like shop for a skateboard." (Sea of Monsters)

He knows what the rush of skateboarding feels like.

"Now, if you've never seen a Greek chariot, it's built for speed, not safety or comfort. It's basically a wooden basket, open at the back, mounted on an axle between two wheels. The driver stands up the whole time, and you can feel every bump in the road. The carriage is made of such light wood that if you wipe out making the hairpin turns at either end of the track, you'll probably tip over and crush both the chariot and yourself. It's an even better rush than skate-boarding." (Sea of Monsters)

This doesn't prove it, but it's just a supporting quote for the others. He compares a rock formation to a skateboard ramp, describing it pretty accurately.

"Up ahead was an outcropping of rock, almost as tall as the trees. The woods were full of weird rock formations, but I’d never seen this one before. It was shaped like a giant skateboard ramp, slanted on one side, with a sheer drop-off on the other." (The Demigod Files)

It's also interesting that Piper picks up on that after just looking at him. Either she's really observant, or he really gives off those vibes.

"He wasn’t really Piper’s type. If she’d seen him in the mall somewhere, she probably would’ve thought he was a skater—cute in a scruffy way, a little on the wild side, definitely a troublemaker. She would have steered clear. She had enough trouble in her life. But she could see why Annabeth liked him, and she could definitely see why Percy needed Annabeth in his life. If anybody could keep a guy like that under control, it was Annabeth."

Can other deities 'claim' kids who aren't necessarily theirs? Like could Apollo claim Annabeth even if she isn't a kid of Apollo? And more importantly could a deity claim a regular mortal? I've had this question for a while now but no answers.

Thalia is mentioned in SOM during Percy's dream as having stormy green eyes but later they are electric blue?

Hey everyone! I wanna create a Percy Jackson Playlist

(about the character!). Do you know any good songs for it?

Just started to read TOA and I don’t like it compared to the other Riordanverse series that I’ve read for example the PJO series. Do you agree? Does it get better later in the series?

So I was looking on the Romances (CHB) and one of the images shows some of the people who have shown attraction towards Percy.

As you can see, one of the people (in green) is Hazel. Furthermore, when you click on it, it says "Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Calypso, Reyna, Hazel Valentines day".

The thing I was wondering is..when did Hazel show attraction to Percy?

Since I haven't seen any posts about our queen, Thalia, I'd like to wish her a happy birthday!