#luke insisting the gods will never change and percy over the years learning that maybe they can

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luke fumbling in recruiting percy has to be one of his greatest failures. a beautiful thing the show does regarding luke and percy's relationship is building rapport between them through shared moments like settling into camp, eating meals together, but especially through swordfighting lessons. the swordfighting scene at the beginning of episode 8 not only reveals that percy and luke already share similar beliefs about the fear-based system the gods have cultivated, but it's clear the conversation stays with percy when he fights ares and later calls out zeus on his waning skills as a father and a king. however, luke's plan fell through the moment percy learned that the winged-shoes were meant to drag him to tartarus. not only that, but the shoes nearly killed grover, a friend percy cared for deeply. if nourishing loyalty and trust was the key to ensuring a partnership with percy, then it was luke's faulty planning, arrogance, and impatience that cost him the greatest ally he could ask for.

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i think it's incredibly interesting to see how easy it would have been to recruit percy. if luke omitted the shoes from his initial plan. then percy would've returned to camp angry at zeus for being a neglectful parent and king. angry at hades for encasing his mother in gold and trapping her near-dying soul in the underworld. angry at hephaestus for designing a trap to encase other demigods in gold as a test of faith. and angry at athena for leaving annabeth to die over something that was his fault alone. not to mention that hermes and poseidon are the only gods percy would tolerate because they've expressed remorse and longing for their mortal family. and i think that is where percy and luke would have clashed had luke been successful in recruiting him. luke insisting the gods will never change. and percy over the years learning that maybe they can. and then annabeth telling percy about the great prophecy. and he has to decide if he wants to follow destiny or create his own.