#its that secret third divine ancestor he hasn't unlocked the stat tree for yet

[aroaceleovaldez]

i personally think the fandom should do more with the fact that Frank does not only have heritage from two gods - he actually has heritage from three.

He's directly the son of Mars, but his demigod ancestor Periclymenus is not just the grandson of Poseidon. Periclymenus is also the son of the goddess Chloris.

not to mention, all three of those deities actually have associations with plants - Mars has agricultural aspects, as he had elements of representing ideal Roman life. Chloris is sometimes just generally a nymph and a goddess of spring and flowers. And Poseidon has a specific epithet of "the nurturer" specifying his role in watering plants and contributing to agriculture, particularly near the sea.

a.) that's a really interesting common thread for all Frank's divine ancestors to have given his life is tied to a piece of wood, b.) him having three divine ancestors makes way more sense as to why the gods had to nerf him, c.) just in general the irony of Frank's life being tied to firewood when Percy explicitly has resistance to burning as a descendant of Poseidon and Ares kids in general are just heavily implied to be tanky as fuck. and if we tie Chloris into that, something something you know how some plants need fire in order to grow. that. it's a metaphor.

anyways Frank should get cool abilities from Chloris too thank you for coming to my tedtalk.