i’m still stuck on poseidon’s line from 2x08.
“there are forces more powerful than the will of the gods, my son. fate is one of them. love, another.”
this is truly just the thesis of percy jackson. this whole story is about fate and love and how these forces collide and create all these circumstances.
poseidon’s love for sally is the reason percy was born. sally’s love for percy is the reason he becomes the hero who saves the world. luke’s love for thalia and his pain in her absence is part of the reason he joins kronos. annabeth’s love for luke is the reason he takes the knife at the end of the last olympian. percy’s love for his friends drives his actions throughout the entire series. and all these things were fated to happen.
it’s like the gods are the most powerful beings in this world. and yet. love is even stronger. everything happens in this story because of love. or because of the absence of it. something even the gods can’t change or prevent. fate and love being so intertwined and being the main driving forces of the story are so important to me.