Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus headcanons

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this is a rant you don't have to read it if you don't want to

"Jason is a natural born leader." I'm calling bullshit. Jason knows how to lead bc the people of Camp Jupiter raised him for it. He makes it explicit in his pov that it wasn't something he had wanted, it was just a path he was stuck it. Caring about people doesn't make him a leader, it makes him someone who wanted to do something good. Same with Annabeth, she wanted to be a leader, so she made herself one, and when you read her pov it doesn't even seem like she likes it that much. Do you know who the natural born leaders are? Reyna and Percy. Everything at Camp Jupiter was working against Reyna, but she proved herself over and over and became praetor. From what we see of her in HOO it is clear though while her job is difficult, it is also something she cares deeply about, and wouldn't give up. Percy never wanted to be a leader, and though it was expected of him no one at chb taught him what to do, he was just good at it, even when he didn't want to be. He lead the entire Battle of Manhattan by himself, even Annabeth took orders from him.