Rick Riordan’s switch up on Percy is so funny to me. In older books it’s painfully obvious that Riordan preferred him, with his constant insistence that Percy is the strongest despite severely under-exploring everyone else’s powers, every character speaking highly of him, and his insane feats. In recent books, Percy is both demonised and flanderised. He has been dumbed down to the point of being unable to do anything without Annabeth, he’s being called out and blamed for things he didn’t do, and he’s just being bashed at every opportunity. Literally what happened???
















