Leo Makes Random Gifts For His Friends. He's Not The Best At Talking About His Emotions And How He Feels

Leo makes random gifts for his friends. He's not the best at talking about his emotions and how he feels but he's good at making things. Whenever his friends have a problem, he immediately starts working on something that can fix it. It doesn't matter if it's a really small problem he'll still try to make something.

So. Obviously the Luck Runs Out references in Mutiny are heartbreaking and fantastic.

But I think the song was also setting up some parallels with Puppeteer.

Puppeteer: "There's no length I wouldn't go, if it was you I had to save. I can only hope you'd do the same." Mutiny: "Don't make me fight you, brother, you know you'd have done the same!"

And the thing is, Eurylochus would have done the same. Earlier in the story. During Puppeteer, he wanted to run. He wanted to abandon his men. And Odysseus was the one to fight for their crew. And it worked!! They got out! Odysseus gave them a shred of hope and got them out of an impossible situation! So Eurylochus learns from that. He grows and changes. He becomes someone who refuses to leave his men at the mercy of a monster. Unfortunately, this was around the same time that Odysseus decided to become the monster.

That's the tragedy of it all; they both change, and they're still at odds! Eurylochus is throwing Odysseus's own past heroic decisions back at him. Odysseus retaliates by reminding Eurylochus of his own past cowardice. They don't know each other anymore!! They're two desperate people trying to make the best decisions they can, and they just keep getting people hurt, and they're both so tired.

Puppeteer: "I've got all the power, yeah, I've got all the power-" Mutiny: "If you want all the power, you must carry all the blame!"

In a way, the Eurylochus vs Odysseus conflict parallels the Odysseus vs Circe conflict. And the Circe Saga ended with Odysseus at Circe's mercy as he begged her to let them leave. The Thunder Saga ended with Eurylochus and the crew at Odysseus's mercy, with "Captain? ... But we'll die." Circe spared Odysseus. Odysseus chose to let his men die. He's come full circle, paralleling the enemy he once faced, and then going further than she did.

Does any of that make sense? I don't know, it's almost two in the morning. Anyways, the Thunder Saga ripped out my heart and I'm obsessed with the tragic humanity of all of it!!!

Piper often takes Leos on a drive and then leaves him at the gas station when he gets annoying. It's happened enough that Leo has just started standing there still until Piper comes back and gets him.

The first few nights after Leo's mother died and his aunt abandoned him, Leo wouldn't sleep at all. He would get mad at himself whenever he fell asleep. It was like his own sort of self punishment.

Leo and Will are actually pretty good friends. The months that Leo was building the Argo 2, him and Will started to slowly get a bit closer. Will was one of the people (Piper and Jason) that check up on Leo to make sure he was taking care of himself. It start off as Will doing his duty as a medic but it slowly turned into genuine friendship. Whenever they would speak together they would slowly slip into a less understandable southern accent.

I really gotta reread this series, it's like my roots.

You know what's so great? Ares is well known as a huge asshole rule breaker/criminal. But he is SO in tune with people's emotions and is so seamlessly good at comforting/helping control the environment to be comfortable for Gregor. But where would someone naturally aggressive and abrasive like Ares learn that let alone have it become second nature?.. Well. He was bonded to a heavily traumatized/fear driven teenager.

I like to think Ares learned it when dealing with Henry. They wouldn't be the type to show weakness in front of anyone. No tears, no fear, no distress. But Ares learned to pick up on it and how to be strong for him in a different way than just flying fast and beating people up. He showed Henry his hideout so the poor kid could get some space.

How long did you think Henry was working for Gorger? Was Ares his safe place for a bit? Did they get along as equals before Henry got nastier or was he just like that? When did Henry start leaving Ares out of things and ordering him around more, or was that always how it was?.. Did they bond before or after Henry's parent's death?

Was Henry shallow before and picked Ares because they'd help him be a brat and win batball games and make him look cool? Or did Henry latch onto him because he felt safe flying with him. That Ares could protect him? Like how Luxa flew with Aurora because she didn't feel safe on he ground. Did Aurora tire in the beginning and Ares would fly with her too? A broader back for the nine year old to fall asleep on? Did Henry not like the ground for a long time either? Is that why those two flew so seamlessly even compared to other bonds we see except Luxa and Aurora?