Lost Hero Reaction Post: Part Two

[greenconverses]

I'm finished now, so you can hit me all with your squee or RAEG or tears of despair, whatever. As always, spoilers under the cut.

First, let me jut get this off my chest.


"Exactly," Jason said. "Percy Jackson is at the other camp and probably doesn't even remember who he is."


what

WHAT

WHAT

THAT'S YOUR LAST LINE, RICK, FUCKING FOR REAL.

YOU DO REALIZE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE WRITING THE DAMN KANE CHRONICLES TOO THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT A FUCKING YEAR FOR THIS TO BE RESOLVED, IF IT EVEN IS AT ALL. JUST ARGHHHHHHHH



i mean not that this doesn't give me a million ideas for fic especially of the percy/annabeth angst variety BUT FUCKING STILL


All right, now that I've got that off my chest, I can honestly say that I did like The Lost Hero ... when I wasn't being reminded that Percy was missing and we weren't out there looking for him. I really did start to like Jason, Piper and Leo's quest once we hit Medea and Midas, and things started rolling. Not to mention I love the idea of all the Big Bads from Greek mythology coming back to life. (Fan theory #1: Does this mean we're going to be getting a reappearance from Luke at some point?) But the instant any of them mentioned Percy, like even as "that guy Annabeth's looking for," I just got thrown out of the story because - once again - I was reminded that my favorite character is missing and these assholes DON'T GIVE A FUCK.

Don't get me wrong, I think the set-up with the exchange of leaders between the Roman and Greek camps is going to be awesome, but really, really bad choice on Rick's part to make Percy go missing before the big Save Hera quest started because his fans have the attachment to Percy first and foremost. I was expecting the quest to be to, you know, get him back and the fact that it wasn't kind of made me want to punch things. Even if I ended up kind of liking the quest in the end.

So like I said, I probably would've liked the book more if there hadn't been the specter of MISSING PERCY hanging over the entire thing. I liked the first part, liked all the Epic Battles, I started to like Jason and Piper more as the book went on, although I could really do without the shipping. And yes, we get the two of them are OMG SUPER HAWT and will make pretty babies together.

I'm ... not sure how I feel about the explanation of the Roman camp. With the amount of handwaving the Mist allows in series, it makes it completely obvious that Rick hadn't planned for the Roman camp with the previous series. I would have liked to see a least a tiny bit of foreshadowing with them in PJO, but it completely came out of nowhere. I did, however, like his explanation for why the Roman gods still existed - it's a little less complicated that having two separate pantheons, I think.

And does anyone think that there's going to be a MORE BADASS THAN THOU showdown when Percy and Jason finally meet? With everything Jason's accomplished, there's certainly going to be a contest, methinks. (Although Percy pretty much wins because, hey, he was offered immortality and pissed Zeus off by thumbing his nose at him. Jason... killed a sea monster, whoo)

Also, this leads to my Fan Theory #2: Without his memories and with the influence of the More Badass and Serious Than Thou Roman camp, Percy is going to turn into a dick. But he'll get better. Obvs. so i may or may not already be writing fic about it shut up and stop judging me

I wasn't exactly satisfied with the Thalia and Jason reunion, although it was explained pretty well. I didn't like the handwaving, "She's been at this longer than you, of course she wouldn't be surprised and accepted it as truth right away!" explanation. I liked getting the background with their mother and Zeus's relationship though. Really interesting.

And probably most surprising thing about this book?

I ENDED UP LIKING HERA, GUISE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

It was those scenes with her and Leo, I swear.


All right, so throw everything at me. I know some of you have lists *eyes tatooine* or need to get some flailing and capslock out of your system, so have at it!

Comments

[artemisrae.livejournal.com]

PERCYS NOT ABOUT TO GET SOME ROMAN GIRLFRIEND IS HE?!

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

OH JESUS CHRIST, HE BETTER NOT

NO MORE LOVE TRIANGLES FOR HIM

[artemisrae.livejournal.com]

APHRODITE DID SAY TRAGIC.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

FUCK APHRODITE AND I SAY THIS AFTER THIS BOOK MADE ME LIKE HER A LOT MORE

[tatooine.livejournal.com]

SO MUCH WORD TO THIS

"Oh hey, so everyone thinks I'm the retarded one. Well, guess what, I'm closest to creation and totally savvy, so haters to the left."

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

god i love that scene so much. Still not sure how I felt about the Aphrodite cabin scene at the end though.

[tatooine.livejournal.com]

I hated that Drew was such a stereotypical popular girl brat.

[heyjessiex.livejournal.com]

Drew reminded me of this girl last year, so when the scene came along, I was all, "TAKE THAT, BITCH. YOU'RE GOING DOWWWN."

So. Yeah.

[tatooine.livejournal.com]

STAY BACK ROMAN SKANKS.

[artemisrae.livejournal.com]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT ME THAT THIS IS MY GREATEST CONCERN SO FAR.

[tatooine.livejournal.com]

That you're a shipper. It's okay.

[green-climber.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it says about ME that I am practically now having an anxiety attack over this. I don't know if I can make it a whole year, guys...

[angel-2606.livejournal.com]

Normally, I'd say this is what fanfic is for, but then again, I'm sorta on the boat where I'm thinking that there's a strong possibility that not even fanfic will help me last a whole year......how sad is that??

[green-climber.livejournal.com]

I don't even want to think about that. But again, hoping feasibility triumphs--that seems like it would cause a major plot for two people who are supposed to be secondary characters. And yes, we have absolutely had enough third parties in Percabeth without adding any new ones. Oh, man. RR, please don't destroy these books for me. I would much rather see something where Percy doesn't necessarily remember Annabeth in specifics, but still feels drawn to her, because the mist can't be THAT powerful, right? Right? Oy vey.

[artemisrae.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY TWIST THE KNIFE RSQUARED.

[heyjessiex.livejournal.com]

IF PERCY GETS A ROMAN GIRLFRIEND I WILL NOT BE AMUSED, I MEAN, SCREW YOU, APHRODITE/VENUS, WHOEVER YOU MIGHT BE, YOU WILL *NOT* MESS WITH OTP WHEN THEY JUST GOT TOGETHER.

Okay, now that I've got that out of my system, I totally believe that ~the power of love~ will cure Percy's amnesia and help him find Annabeth.

I've been watching way too much Disney.

[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

BUT IT WOULD BE PRETTY FUNNY, (FOR LIKE A MINUTE) TO SEE ANNABETH KICK THE ROMAN SLUTS BUTT AND THEN HAVE EVERYTHING GO BACK TO REGULAR PERCABETH LIFE.
LMAO

BUT YES, RR STAY AWAY FROM THE FANDOMS OTP