Walker said that characters in the show are saying thalia is older and stronger than him but at this point arent they equals and he slowly even get increasingly more powerful than her.
mhmm this is actually pretty interesting!
i think in terms of “energy” or levels of power (for a lack of better words) they technically are equals, but the difference as of current percy-thalia stems from thalia having had way more time to learn her strengths and how to use her powers, meanwhile percy is still new to everything - hence why he wasn’t able to successfully balance the ironclad and guide it through the sea of monsters safely in episode 4 despite all his efforts (i think initially it was working but then things went south etc).
in the titan’s curse, when we see percy again i assume he will probably have had time to train more at camp during the rest of the summer, so we’ll definitely see him stronger. he will become increasingly more powerful through the seasons for sure, and arguably the strongest demigod out there, but it’s still too soon for that !!
as for the characters telling him over and over that thalia is stronger, i think something that plays into that is their view of her. she’s become a legend to everyone at camp, and she’s a daughter of zeus which in itself does wonders to her reputation. to add to this, thalia also knows exactly who she is and what she can do and is able to demonstrate that confidently. percy on the other hand doesn’t really believe much in himself, hasn’t had as much time to use his abilities and grow into them, and on top of that he’s found out something about himself that he’s truly terrified of, which isn’t exactly the nicest combo :(
i hope this makes sense, i’d like to hear more opinions on this bc i can’t really explain it well but i’m more than open to other interpretations 😙














