A_Demigod_Community
Hello and happy Monday to all!!!
One of the reasons that Heroes of Olympus is oftentimes considered worse than the original series is the lack of character depth. Which characters would you have liked to see more of? Why?
Eves_Notebook
@A_Demigod_Community I fully agree with everything above, Rick isn't the best at writing third person, and I personally think that was one of the major reasons we couldn't get more character depth. The Romans especially since we grew up with the Greek side, and therefore the Romans and their side was completely new to us and I feel like we didn't get to understand them completely . Along with that note I feel like the reason many people might not prefer to romans had a major part in HOO. Since we didn't get enough depth like we had gotten in the PJO series. For example some people see Jason as a "Knock of Percy" and "Lame". The Readers really didn't get to bond with Camp Jupiters side and often just labeled it the stricter version. If they were written more character depth I feel like the comments wouldn't have even come up.
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Silmarilz1701
@A_Demigod_Community The true killer is that Rick Riordan is not good at writing in third person, which is why it lacks so much character depth. His skill is very much in first person, which is why he's so great with Percy and with Apollo/Lester. So I literally would've loved to see any of the Heroes of Olympus get a first person PoV, but I think Leo especially would be great for it. Or really, Jason and the Romans deserved their own series to parallel the Titan War as a lead up.
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AsteriaThalassari
@A_Demigod_Community Everyone on the Roman side! Frank and Hazel had amazing back stories, but were pushed to the side. I would have loved to see some more of Reyna- she wasn't shallow by any means, but didn't have the same layers some earlier characters did. As for Jason? I agree. He had so much potential to learn how to grow into his own person, and his arc felt rushed. Maybe New Rome isn't for him, but I also believe that pushing him into CHB didn't resolve anything
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