just considerā¦Jasonās whole foundation as a character was built on the fact that he was abandoned by his mother when he was twoā¦which is why heās a rule follower and keeps promises; he never wants people to feel like how he didā¦and when he came to camp, he literally describes as people seeing him as aĀ āprince in waiting,ā and the little ways he tried to rebel (trying to change tradition, joining the worst cohort, taking the least glamorous missions, making friends with theĀ āleast popular kidsā) he was still thoughtful aboutā¦like he talks about how even when he tried to rebel, he considered both sides before taking a stand, andĀ āhe had made praetor anyway,ā like it wasnāt something he was seeking out, his thoughts were never heard because they were considered strange
And when he went to Camp Halfblood, he ends up with a girlfriend who wonāt let him talk about his old life anyway without feeling guilty (Reyna and he were best friends) and he had little to no agency in their relationship whatsoever (his first thoughts about piper when heās gathering his bearings isĀ ādidnāt want to mess with her head anymoreā), was stifled when he talked to about things he was intersted in (Piper actually does not care when he starts talking about the Pillars of Hercules, sayingĀ āwow, hanging out with Annabeth has turned Jason into a brainiacā when for the rest of the series, Jason is spouting intelligent facts and Leo straight up refers to him asĀ āProfessor Graceā to tease him), Mellie is angry at him because Piper never delved into the specifics of their breakup with her, and he just accepts it; he accepts that heās going to die by Caligulaās hands because heās not letting Piper do it (she goesĀ āI mightāveĀ done the same thingā), neither one of his best friends attend his funeral, he never gets to see his sister again, he never gets to visit Thaliaās tree in canon, Piperās the one that has the last conversation with Reyna in BOO
Annabeth says that Jason always rubbed her the wrong way because heāsĀ ātoo perfect,ā and Hazel is uncomfortable with him too, but Jasonās first thoughts are to ask how her mist practice is going and heās sureĀ sheās going to get it (heās so confident in how he says it that sheās surprised) and Jason tries to get to know Nico beforeĀ the Cupid fiasco goes down (Hazel had to give Frank a look that he reads as,Ā āNico needs to work on his social skillsā)Ā
And the boy dies, without his friends, buried as a roman even though he gets no resolutoin with them (you would even think Reyna and he would have a conversation in HOH because of the scepter but they donāt)Ā
Like heās a sweet, selfless boy who always tried to do what was right, weighed both sides even when the issues bothered him, and his issue was that he never had agency for himself because people only saw the son of Jupiter title and went with that, and heās so used to protecting everyone else that he has a hard time letting others protect him (his struggle in MOA) and even tried to recreate the memories Piper loved so much at the end of BOO, then he never got agency in his relationship with Piper, he never got to see his best friend again, and they both left him, and everyone just decided to give him a roman funeralĀ
