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* In ''Mark of Athena'', Annabeth finds a tapestry [[spoiler: that was made by Arachne depicting Annabeth and Percy kissing at the end of ''The Last Olympian''. She remarks how detailed it is, as well as Arachne's other tapestries. Arachne probably knows how Olympus and Tartarus look because she's been there, so was she also there [[ParanoiaFuel watching Annabeth and Percy making out]]? Fun fact: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell_spider spiders can survive underwater]].]]

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* In ''Mark of Athena'', Annabeth finds a tapestry [[spoiler: that was made by Arachne depicting Annabeth and Percy kissing at the end of ''The Last Olympian''. She remarks how detailed it is, as well as Arachne's other tapestries. Arachne probably knows how Olympus and Tartarus look because she's been there, so was she also there [[ParanoiaFuel watching Annabeth and Percy making out]]? Fun fact: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell_spider spiders can survive underwater]].]]there,[[ParanoiaFuel so..]]]]
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** That and the fact that there's never been a chapter told from [[spoiler:Nico's]] point of view. In fact, all of the first series (when the whole affair started) and many chapters in TheHeroesOfOlympus are told from [[spoiler:Percy's]] point of view, who at the time thought that [[spoiler:Nico had a crush on Annabeth]].
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* [[spoiler: Nico's ''SuddenlySexuality'' crush on Percy]] makes sense when you think about how he was 12 at the time and 14 now, around the time that a person would be discovering their feelings.
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* Back in TheLastOlympian, when Percy bathed in the River Styx he used his memories of Annabeth to act as his anchor to the world. His love for her is magically hard-coded into him now, so no wonder Hera couldn't completely banish those memories.

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* So in ''The Son of Neptune'' we find out [[spoiler:Hazel actually died in the 1940's and was offered Elysium, but turned it down as it meant her mother would go to the Fields of Punishment]]. So the judges split the punishment and sent the both to the Fields of Asphodel, a place where everyone forgets everything and just kind of exist in a dream scape...[[spoiler:except Hazel]]. Being a daughter of Pluto, she remembers who she is and why she is there. The fields hold no power over her, except that she can't leave. She was there for 70 years before [[spoiler:Nico busted her out]], but most likely remembers most of it.

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* So in ''The Son of Neptune'' we find out [[spoiler:Hazel actually died in the 1940's and was offered Elysium, but turned it down as it meant her mother would go to the Fields of Punishment]]. So the judges split the punishment and sent the both to the Fields of Asphodel, a place where everyone forgets everything and just kind of exist in a dream scape...[[spoiler:except Hazel]]. Being a daughter of Pluto, she remembers who she is and why she is there. The fields hold no power over her, except that she can't leave. She was there for 70 years before [[spoiler:Nico busted her out]], but most likely remembers most of it. it.
* In ''Mark of Athena'', Annabeth finds a tapestry [[spoiler: that was made by Arachne depicting Annabeth and Percy kissing at the end of ''The Last Olympian''. She remarks how detailed it is, as well as Arachne's other tapestries. Arachne probably knows how Olympus and Tartarus look because she's been there, so was she also there [[ParanoiaFuel watching Annabeth and Percy making out]]? Fun fact: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell_spider spiders can survive underwater]].]]
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* So in ''The Son of Neptune'' we find out Hazel actually died in the 1940's and was offered Elysium, but turned it down as it meant her mother would go to the Fields of Punishment. So the judges split the punishment and sent the both to the Fields of Asphodel, a place where everyone forgets everything and just kind of exist in a dream scape...except Hazel. Being a daughter of Pluto, she remembers who she is and why she is there. The fields hold no power over her, except that she can't leave. She was there for 70 years before Nico busted her out, but most likely remembers most of it.

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* So in ''The Son of Neptune'' we find out Hazel [[spoiler:Hazel actually died in the 1940's and was offered Elysium, but turned it down as it meant her mother would go to the Fields of Punishment.Punishment]]. So the judges split the punishment and sent the both to the Fields of Asphodel, a place where everyone forgets everything and just kind of exist in a dream scape...except Hazel.[[spoiler:except Hazel]]. Being a daughter of Pluto, she remembers who she is and why she is there. The fields hold no power over her, except that she can't leave. She was there for 70 years before Nico [[spoiler:Nico busted her out, out]], but most likely remembers most of it.
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*So in ''The Son of Neptune'' we find out Hazel actually died in the 1940's and was offered Elysium, but turned it down as it meant her mother would go to the Fields of Punishment. So the judges split the punishment and sent the both to the Fields of Asphodel, a place where everyone forgets everything and just kind of exist in a dream scape...except Hazel. Being a daughter of Pluto, she remembers who she is and why she is there. The fields hold no power over her, except that she can't leave. She was there for 70 years before Nico busted her out, but most likely remembers most of it.
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** Unless you also take into account that Aphrodite told Piper that she would be the mediator between the two groups. Using that, it becomes 3 Greek (Percy, Annabeth and Leo), 2 Roman (Jason and Hazel) and Piper and Frank on the sidelines. Makes it a bit more balanced, not much more, but still.
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** It also brings to mind the saying "All's fair in love and war."
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** That just makes the tallies 4 Greek (Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Leo), 2 Roman (Jason, Hazel), and Frank.
* Jason is torn between Reyna, a daughter of Bellona, and Piper, a daughter of Aphrodite. And what are love and war but the peaks of human emotion?
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*The whole set up of the world. The gods are petulant jerks whose petty whims and feuding causes untold suffering in the mortal world. Gods often take their frustrations out on mortals deserved or not. Olympus tends to be on the brink of imploding at least once a year. The gods can get away with nearly anything with mortals almost always in the wrong. Where you go in the underworld is largely determined by how the gods feel about you even if being an enemy of theirs is just. The alternatives to these gods is usually far worse. And Zeus, the one charged with keeping everything together, is the worse of the lot with being an arrogant moron to boot.
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** [[Word of God]] says that the remembrance was more from their bond.

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** [[Word of God]] WordOfGod says that the remembrance was more from their bond.
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* Why could Percy remember Annabeth's name and face? Because she was his link to the mortal world when got the Curse of Achilles.

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* Why could Percy remember Annabeth's name and face? Because she was his link to the mortal world when got the Curse of Achilles.Achilles.
** [[Word of God]] says that the remembrance was more from their bond.
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** He was referred to as the founder of what would eventually become Rome. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that some people would hear that and think of him as a Roman demigod.

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** He was referred to as the founder of what would eventually become Rome. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that some people would hear that and think of him as a Roman demigod.demigod.
*Why could Percy remember Annabeth's name and face? Because she was his link to the mortal world when got the Curse of Achilles.
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* I wondered if Rick Riordan was going to address the fact that, regardless of who the 7th halfblood is, the numbers would slightly favor one camp or the other (either 4 Greek demigods or 4 Roman demigods). Then I realized the issue was solved with Frank, who, while a son of the Roman Mars, is also a descendant of the Greek god Poseidon; he could, technically, count for both camps, making the numbers even.
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** Yeah since their enemy is Gaea the fucking PLANET itself(or at least its personification), the Gods themselves say she can't be defeated only put to sleep, so of course they are going to pull all the aces in their sleeves, its an "all-or-nothing give it everything you got" scenario

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** Yeah since their enemy is Gaea Gaea, the fucking PLANET itself(or at least its personification), the Gods themselves say she can't be defeated only put to sleep, so of course they are going to pull all the aces in their sleeves, its an "all-or-nothing give it everything you got" scenario
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* Having demigod children of different ethnicities (something only mildly touched upon in the first series), without any trace of Greek in them, may seem odd at first--- until you remember that the gods ''don't have DNA.'' In that case, of course their children would take from their mortal parent!
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* Thanatos's part in [=SoN=]. In a myth, Sisyphus chained Thanatos up but was freed by Ares (who was getting bored because what fun is war without dead people?). In the series, Frank, son of Ares/Mars, frees him (at nearly the cost of his stick of life, which by itself is a parallel to Meleager).

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* FridgeHorror: In ''The Son of Neptune'', Reyna mentions that she and [[spoiler: Hylla]] were kidnapped by the pirates Percy released and held prisoner for months. Two young girls held by a bunch of deprived and depraved pirates... [[RapeAsDrama The implications aren't good at all.]]
** No, she mentions that they learned to fight quickly and so were able to defend themselves. The implications if they didn't, though, are still there.
** Reyna and Hylla learned to fight quickly, yes. They weren't the only women from Cerce's spa who got kidnapped, though...
* FridgeBrilliance: Percy's absolutely furious that he lost so many months of his life. Of course, anyone would be, but when you take demigod lifespans into consideration...

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* FridgeHorror: In ''The Son of Neptune'', Reyna mentions that she and [[spoiler: Hylla]] were kidnapped by the pirates Percy released and held prisoner for months. Two young girls held by a bunch of deprived and depraved pirates... [[RapeAsDrama The implications aren't good at all.]]
** No, she mentions that they learned to fight quickly and so were able to defend themselves. The implications if they didn't, though, are still there.
** Reyna and Hylla learned to fight quickly, yes. They weren't the only women from Cerce's spa who got kidnapped, though...
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Percy's absolutely furious that he lost so many months of his life. Of course, anyone would be, but when you take demigod lifespans into consideration...



* So nearly all of the known Seven have special powers respective to their godly parent. [[spoiler: Piper has charmspeak and looks good no matter what, Leo has pyrokinesis, Hazel has geokinesis and can control precious minerals, Frank can shapeshift and apparently is a tactician]]. Percy and Jason are the sons of Poseidon and Jupiter (big important gods) respectively and are simply put, the Heros. Capital H. I honestly thought that in general, they where all very Mary Sue/Marty Stu-esque. Except Percy, who got character development in the last series. But then I realized that of course they are going to be that way, they were chosen by the gods themselves. The gods aren't going to just pick some random normals! They are going to go for the gold! The very best! The cream of the crop!
** yeah since their enemy is Gaea the fucking PLANET itself(or at least its personification), the Gods themselves say she can't be defeated only put to sleep, so of course they are going to pull all the aces in their sleeves, its an "all-or-nothing give it everything you got" senerio

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* So nearly all of the known Seven have special powers respective to their godly parent. [[spoiler: Piper has charmspeak and looks good no matter what, Leo has pyrokinesis, Hazel has geokinesis and can control precious minerals, Frank can shapeshift and apparently is a tactician]]. Percy and Jason are the sons of Poseidon and Jupiter (big important gods) respectively and are simply put, the Heros.Heroes. Capital H. I honestly thought that in general, they where all very Mary Sue/Marty Stu-esque. Except Percy, who got character development in the last series. But then I realized that of course they are going to be that way, they were chosen by the gods themselves. The gods aren't going to just pick some random normals! They are going to go for the gold! The very best! The cream of the crop!
** yeah Yeah since their enemy is Gaea the fucking PLANET itself(or at least its personification), the Gods themselves say she can't be defeated only put to sleep, so of course they are going to pull all the aces in their sleeves, its an "all-or-nothing give it everything you got" senerioscenario
* Unlike most demigods, [[spoiler:Jason doesn't seem to have dyslexia. Why? He's a Roman demigod, and their minds are wired for Latin, not Ancient Greek.]]
** Another FridgeBrilliance moment happens because Jason wasn't directly claimed when he went to the Greek Camp Half Blood. [[spoiler:he was ''already'' claimed over at the ''Roman'' camp half blood, and it was ''Hera'' who sent him over there.]]
* The Cold War is referred to as a war between the East and West (Greek and Roman) demigods. This may sound strange until you realize that Roman influence moved East, and then North, into Russia. Moscow has also been called the Third Rome.
** Where was that mentioned? Chiron said that most civil wars were covers for wars between the Greek and Roman demigods, but the Cold War wasn't a civil war.
* Aphrodite is the goddess of love, lust, and beauty. Of ''course'' her children look like [[MarySue Mary Sues!]]
* Why do they wear purple shirts at [[spoiler:the Roman camp]]? Because [[spoiler:purple was a symbol of power in Ancient Rome]].
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*In ''The Son of Neptune'', Reyna mentions that she and [[spoiler: Hylla]] were kidnapped by the pirates Percy released and held prisoner for months. Two young girls held by a bunch of deprived and depraved pirates... [[RapeAsDrama The implications aren't good at all.]]
** No, she mentions that they learned to fight quickly and so were able to defend themselves. The implications if they didn't, though, are still there.
** Reyna and Hylla learned to fight quickly, yes. They weren't the only women from Cerce's spa who got kidnapped, though...
* [[spoiler:Jason falls in love with Piper while amnesiac, taken away from someone named "Reyna". Now, if Percy's made any "friends" where he is...]]
** This seems to have been Averted, as in the very first chapter of The Son of Neptune, Annabeth is really the only thing Percy remembers.
** [[FridgeBrilliance Fridge Brilliance]]: Reyna states that she wasn't involved with Jason, yet. However, Percy and Annabeth were ''very'' involved. In fact, [[spoiler: their involvement lasted for two months before it was abruptly cut short by Hera/Juno]]. It is not unheard of for amnesia victims to remember faces and names of loved ones.
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*The gods acquired their Roman aspects after the flame of Western civilization moved to Rome, right? Then how can Aeneas, who survived the Trojan War, be the first of the Roman demigods? Rome wouldn't even be founded for another couple hundred years.
** He was referred to as the founder of what would eventually become Rome. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that some people would hear that and think of him as a Roman demigod.

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* Most Roman demigods don't seem to be dyslexic, and in fact it doesn't really make much sense that a lot of them would be, given how close Latin is to the Romance languages, which mostly use the Cyrillic Alphabet. Instead, since the Roman numeric system is completely different from the Arabic one in modern use... they're clearly all [[FridgeBrilliance dyscalculic]]!
** Actually, the romance languages don't use the Cyrillic alphabet. That's the alphabet that Russian and most other Slavic languages are written in. Romance languages (and Germanic languages - ie, English) use the ''Latin'' alphabet, which is what this page is written in. Therefore, it would make no sense at all for Roman demigods to be dyslexic!

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* Most Roman demigods don't seem to be dyslexic, and in fact it doesn't really make much sense that a lot of them would be, given how close Latin is to the Romance languages, which mostly languages. Latin and the modern Romance languages all use the Cyrillic Alphabet.same alphabet, even, so it makes no sense that they would be dyslexic. Instead, since the Roman numeric system is completely different from the Arabic one in modern use... they're clearly all [[FridgeBrilliance dyscalculic]]!
** Actually, the romance languages don't use the Cyrillic alphabet. That's the alphabet that Russian and most other Slavic languages are written in. Romance languages (and Germanic languages - ie, English) use the ''Latin'' alphabet, which is what this page is written in. Therefore, it would make no sense at all for Roman demigods to be dyslexic!
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** Actually, the romance languages don't use the Cyrillic alphabet. That's the alphabet that Russian and most other Slavic languages are written in. Romance languages (and Germanic languages - ie, English) use the ''Latin'' alphabet, which is what this page is written in. Therefore, it would make no sense at all for Roman demigods to be dyslexic!
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* So nearly all of the known Seven have special powers respective to their godly parent. [[spoiler: Piper has charmspeak and looks good no matter what, Leo has pyrokinesis, Hazel has geokinesis and can control precious minerals, Frank can shapeshift and apparently is a tactician]]. Percy and Jason are the sons of Poseidon and Jupiter (big important gods) respectively and are simply put, the Heros. Capital H. I honestly thought that in general, they where all very Mary Sue/Marty Stu-esque. Except Percy, who got character development in the last series. But then I realized that of course they are going to be that way, they were chosen by the gods themselves. The gods aren't going to just pick some random normals! They are going to go for the gold! The very best! The cream of the crop!

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* So nearly all of the known Seven have special powers respective to their godly parent. [[spoiler: Piper has charmspeak and looks good no matter what, Leo has pyrokinesis, Hazel has geokinesis and can control precious minerals, Frank can shapeshift and apparently is a tactician]]. Percy and Jason are the sons of Poseidon and Jupiter (big important gods) respectively and are simply put, the Heros. Capital H. I honestly thought that in general, they where all very Mary Sue/Marty Stu-esque. Except Percy, who got character development in the last series. But then I realized that of course they are going to be that way, they were chosen by the gods themselves. The gods aren't going to just pick some random normals! They are going to go for the gold! The very best! The cream of the crop!crop!
**yeah since their enemy is Gaea the fucking PLANET itself(or at least its personification), the Gods themselves say she can't be defeated only put to sleep, so of course they are going to pull all the aces in their sleeves, its an "all-or-nothing give it everything you got" senerio
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* Most Roman demigods don't seem to be dyslexic, and in fact it doesn't really make much sense that a lot of them would be, given how close Latin is to the Romance language, which mostly use the Cyrillic Alphabet. Instead... they're clearly all [[FridgeBrilliance dyscalculic]]!

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* Most Roman demigods don't seem to be dyslexic, and in fact it doesn't really make much sense that a lot of them would be, given how close Latin is to the Romance language, languages, which mostly use the Cyrillic Alphabet. Instead...Instead, since the Roman numeric system is completely different from the Arabic one in modern use... they're clearly all [[FridgeBrilliance dyscalculic]]!
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* Most Roman demigods don't seem to be dyslexic, and in fact it doesn't really make much sense that a lot of them would be, given how close Latin is to the Romance language, which mostly use the Cyrillic Alphabet. Instead... they're clearly all [[FridgeBrilliance dyscalculic]]!
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**So nearly all of the known Seven have special powers respective to their godly parent. [[spoiler: Piper has charmspeak and looks good no matter what, Leo has pyrokinesis, Hazel has geokinesis and can control precious minerals, Frank can shapeshift and apparently is a tactician]]. Percy and Jason are the sons of Poseidon and Jupiter (big important gods) respectively and are simply put, the Heros. Capital H. I honestly thought that in general, they where all very Mary Sue/Marty Stu-esque. Except Percy, who got character development in the last series. But then I realized that of course they are going to be that way, they were chosen by the gods themselves. The gods aren't going to just pick some random normals! They are going to go for the gold! The very best! The cream of the crop!
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* FridgeBrilliance: Percy's absolutely furious that he lost so many months of his life. Of course, anyone would be, but when you take demigod lifespans into consideration...

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* FridgeBrilliance: Percy's absolutely furious that he lost so many months of his life. Of course, anyone would be, but when you take demigod lifespans into consideration...consideration...
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** Reyna and Hylla learned to fight quickly, yes. They weren't the only women from Cerce's spa who got kidnapped, though...
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** No, she mentions that they learned to fight quickly and so were able to defend themselves. The implications if they didn't, though, are still there.
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* FridgeHorror: In ''The Son of Neptune'', Reyna mentions that she and [[spoiler: Hylla]] were kidnapped by the pirates Percy released and held prisoner for months. Two young girls held by a bunch of deprived and depraved pirates... [[RapeAsDrama The implications aren't good at all.]]

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* FridgeHorror: In ''The Son of Neptune'', Reyna mentions that she and [[spoiler: Hylla]] were kidnapped by the pirates Percy released and held prisoner for months. Two young girls held by a bunch of deprived and depraved pirates... [[RapeAsDrama The implications aren't good at all.]]]]
* FridgeBrilliance: Percy's absolutely furious that he lost so many months of his life. Of course, anyone would be, but when you take demigod lifespans into consideration...
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* I might be wrong here, but I noticed that the other camp was forbidden for Chiron (and likely Lupa) to have mentioned. If I recall correctly, Chiron never actually ''mentioned'' that camp at all and let the characters figure it out themselves.

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* I might be wrong here, but I noticed that the other camp was forbidden for Chiron (and likely Lupa) to have mentioned. If I recall correctly, Chiron never actually ''mentioned'' that camp at all and let the characters figure it out themselves.themselves.
* FridgeHorror: In ''The Son of Neptune'', Reyna mentions that she and [[spoiler: Hylla]] were kidnapped by the pirates Percy released and held prisoner for months. Two young girls held by a bunch of deprived and depraved pirates... [[RapeAsDrama The implications aren't good at all.]]

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