#i need to clarify the actual difference between nico bianca tho

[bunkernine]

talk about the big three being overpowered soon bc i like thinking about that and i wanna hear you talk 🙏

so i’m just start babbling and most of these are unfinished thoughts but here we go:

starting with percy 🤔 he’s the main character of 5+ books, and because we’re given a glimpse into his POV in both first and third person, we have a fairly good understanding of all he can do and not do. his growth with his power is excellent to see (which is due to being able to see him so intimately over a time span of years that isn’t given to any of the other characters). that scene where percy doesn’t even realize what he’s doing in tlo? that’s pretty sick. so some basic powers are like:

water manipulation of any kind. this is self explanatory, but with percy, it also extends to healing, controlling poison (assuming there’s water in it)

some sort of heat resistance

navigation powers, like controlling ships and knowing his coordinates granted he’s in the water

talking to animals (related to poseidon, so horse and fish and such)

and most importantly, percy has control over storms and earth. while the connect makes sense in some way, as storms and rain is defeinitely water, and poseidon is still the earth-shaker or whatever, it bleeds too much into the realm of zeus and hades.

it’s strange to see percy demonstrate so many powers as well, considering how nico and hazel had divided the range of hades. it’s established that nico is death but hazel is riches, and sometimes they fall into each other, but for the most part, nico doesn’t pick out gems nor does hazel ever really bring back a skeleton army. percy simply does it all (good for him!) but it’s TOO much, considering he’s still half mortal and only one kid. jason and thalia also present this issue too, where both jason and thalia can control storms and air rather than having the aerial kingdom divided.

however, jason and thalia were also cheated? so nico and hazel definitely explore a more massive range of powers from hades, but jason and thalia do the same thing? which is BIZZARE considering air alone contains so many things, like airwaves, soundwaves, gas control, air purifying/oxidizing, air pressure and like, so much more. i just blame riordan being uncreative, but he DID give jason the ability to see air magic and sense people nearby but this was forgotten about.

thalia additionally has mist control taught by chiron, but this plays into the overpowered part as there's no reason why she should have this? similarly, percy has the aptitude for this? hazel makes sense considering how she is directly connected to hecate, but why thalia and percy?

i hate the adhd → hardwired for battle, but they're exceptionally skilled with their weapons? jason and nico I'll give a pass because they spent years training (for nico, uh, fighting alone). but percy has literally spent less than a year at chb. he goes every summer (kind of) for three years and he's supposed to be an insane swordsmen? there are kids who LIVE in chb and would sword train more than percy ever has? 🤔 nevertheless, in any of the chb schedules published, arena fighting isn't a daily activity, so percy did it maybe 2 or 3 times a week? 🤨 percy was literally some punk ass kid in his intro, but then he can throw a sword around and fight the best? THALIA GOING TOE TO TOE WITH LUKE IN TTC???? despite her being freshly a tree and him training in camp, and teaching for years???? ... hazel I'm not gonna touch, cause even tho she scooped poop all day, spqr was kinda 😳 and she was there for almost as long as percy went to chb

anyway, the kids of the big three have too much emphasis on the 'god' part of 'demigod'. their powers rival too many of the minor gods to where they can go toe to toe? and then their powers are insane, considering their siblings that they meet from mythology (think like, hercules) don't have that range of powers either?

imo, it makes sense to me to just give all the kids (even outside the big three) a certain "aspect" or two of their powers, witch exception to gifts like charmspeak. like, for instance, austin from apollo focusing only on the music vs Kayla's archery.

when it comes to the big three this results in the division like nico as death, hazel as riches which sets that divide but still gives them the space to be as powerful as they can in that realm. for zeus 🤔 maybe thalia electricity/static but jason as air nonsense? both can summon lightning bolts they way both nico and hazel can shadow travel, but jason gets woozy and worn out much more than thalia. for percy, the water thing works, but maybe it's REALLY hard when it's not water in its pure form aka the poison and vapor and snow, and such 🤔 dunno.

alternatively, the zeus and hades kids could just get control of their entire realm the way Percy did, but like 😖 that's just MORE power than any of them needed.

tldr, it's not really that they're overpowered (okay they are) but it's more like favorites were picked, and the powers were uneven. it seems like if ur godly parent actually liked u, then the more gifts u got 😭 but in all seriousness tho, 🤔 when you think about it, it doesn't make sense considering the training levels that they should be at, or the expansiveness of powers they each have compared to the others