Pjo Fans When There's No Poodle For Percy To Say Hello To:

pjo fans when there's no poodle for percy to say hello to:

pjo fans when percy is a wanted terrorist:

Okay this actually makes a ton of sense and I'm so glad that you actually responded to this! I love in depth conversations about characters 😂

That does make a lot of sense, and I didn't even think about the whole "prophecy child" angle. Also, after off and on thinking about this for the last 24 hours ish, I also thought about the age difference like you mentioned. We do mostly get calm good-dad Poseidon in the books, but like you said he's a child and Odysseus is a full-fledged adult so I think you hit the nail on the head with him having different expectations. It also makes me think that Poseidon doesn't let his son see his darkest sides. His moods are always explained like the changing of tides, and we see with Percy that he inherits this multiple times in the series, but what comes to mind automatically is Akhlys, the goddess of misery. It just shows how menacing Percy could really be if he didn't have Sally's disposition, and didn't have the family and support he did. I would love to see adult Percy with his fathers rage in warranted situations.

So, crossover moment. Let's say EPIC: The Musical (since so far its my favorite rendition of the Odyssey) is the accurate history for Percy Jackson. How do you think Poseidon feels about his son loosely following the trail of Odysseus? Specifically the Sea of Monsters. Polypuemus, and Circe's island, but Polyphemus specifically. Poseidon is furious with Odysseus for not killing his cyclops son. "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves." Poseidon targets Odysseus and kills his men because he blinded Polyphemus and left him disabled instead of "finishing the job" and killing him. Odysseus also made the mistake of revealing his name instead of letting him believe he was simply "Nobody" when he lefts the island of the cyclops.

Fast forward to Percy Jackson's dealing with Polyphemus, again the cyclops is being tormented by "Nobody" and is enraged. Obviously I'm leaving out a ton of details, but in the end Percy can't bring himself to kill another cyclops like this after the discovery of his beloved half-brother Tyson. Even with everything that transpires after Tyson throws the rock at Polyphemus that knocks him back into the chasm, they don't kill him. But, the key difference to Percy's story is that he's humble and he doesn't reveal his true name. He lets Polyphemus believe that he's truly drowned "Nobody", and he hopes that it stays that way.

So I guess my train of thought is how do we think Poesidon feels about this? That his (arguably favorite) son follows in the steps of Odysseus, a man that he tried to kill and was outwitted by, by not killing Polyphemus. Granted, the argument could be made that the whole difference between the two is Percy's humility, but at the end of the day he made the same choice as Odysseus. He allowed Polyphemus to live blinded. I just wonder if it makes Poseidon reflect at all, or if it makes him see the past in a new light as Percy's journey continues.

I don't know if this makes sense to anyone else but it's been stuck in my head ALL DAY and I needed to put it somewhere.

Polites died believing that the world is kind, and yet his death contributes to Odysseus deciding to become a monster. Absolutely devastating

when

does a Man become a Monnnnsterrrrr????

558 men

who died under your command

Captain

Captain

Captain

CAPTAIN

WHY WOULD YOU LET THE CYCLOPS LIVE WHEN RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY—?!

I feel that😂

Literally, same. Especially growing into an adult that was never allowed to be angry as a child, always expected to play the part, learning how to be angry has been SUCH a big part of my adulthood. 22 and still cry sometimes when I've been angry (typically non-productively) for any long amount of time. And I feel like Percy would deal with a similar issue, of not being allowed to be angry because of the way it affects his surroundings just because of his power, let alone how it affects the person or thing he's angry at. Poseidon showing Percy not only that he's allowed to be angry, but how to not let it eat him alive is something I need in my life.

So, crossover moment. Let's say EPIC: The Musical (since so far its my favorite rendition of the Odyssey) is the accurate history for Percy Jackson. How do you think Poseidon feels about his son loosely following the trail of Odysseus? Specifically the Sea of Monsters. Polypuemus, and Circe's island, but Polyphemus specifically. Poseidon is furious with Odysseus for not killing his cyclops son. "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves." Poseidon targets Odysseus and kills his men because he blinded Polyphemus and left him disabled instead of "finishing the job" and killing him. Odysseus also made the mistake of revealing his name instead of letting him believe he was simply "Nobody" when he lefts the island of the cyclops.

Fast forward to Percy Jackson's dealing with Polyphemus, again the cyclops is being tormented by "Nobody" and is enraged. Obviously I'm leaving out a ton of details, but in the end Percy can't bring himself to kill another cyclops like this after the discovery of his beloved half-brother Tyson. Even with everything that transpires after Tyson throws the rock at Polyphemus that knocks him back into the chasm, they don't kill him. But, the key difference to Percy's story is that he's humble and he doesn't reveal his true name. He lets Polyphemus believe that he's truly drowned "Nobody", and he hopes that it stays that way.

So I guess my train of thought is how do we think Poesidon feels about this? That his (arguably favorite) son follows in the steps of Odysseus, a man that he tried to kill and was outwitted by, by not killing Polyphemus. Granted, the argument could be made that the whole difference between the two is Percy's humility, but at the end of the day he made the same choice as Odysseus. He allowed Polyphemus to live blinded. I just wonder if it makes Poseidon reflect at all, or if it makes him see the past in a new light as Percy's journey continues.

I don't know if this makes sense to anyone else but it's been stuck in my head ALL DAY and I needed to put it somewhere.