History Headscratchers / PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians

*** On the flipside, much ado is made in that book about Thalia's 16th birthday approaching, which Thalia states to be the same birthday she remembers from before turning into a tree (December 22nd). So either Thalia aged a whole number of human-years in tree form, or the anniversary of your birth maintains its significance, even if your aging has been slowed.

* The explanation given in ''The Titan's Curse'' for Zoë's archaic dialect is that she was alive since the time of ancient Greek civilization, and had trouble keeping up with updates in language. But how does that explain why she very specifically spoke in ''Shakespearean English'' with the gang? She lived through far more stages of the English language's development; why does she find this particular one easier than the rest? Did she have a lot of quests in medieval England? How long does it take for her to get used to the changes? Can the language majors please educate me on this one?

** "The Trials of Apollo" also has Apollo mention that one of his sons has two dads.

** In general, it seems that pregnancies amongst goddesses last as long as the goddesses want them to. Apollo, for example, barely understands the pregnancy concept at all in his series.

* Why did Zeus pick ''Tantalus'' of all his sons when he started doubting Chiron? This is the guy who served up his own ''kid'' for a stew, and whom Zeus and the others unanimously , justly and personally punished brutally for it. To that extent, how come he and Dionysus are all chummy? As the god who chews out demigods for being jerks towards others, you would think he would detest one prime example where it really was the demigod at fault.

** It's implied in the Last Olympian that the titans are heavily weakened until Kronos regains his form.

** They did, actually - it's mentioned briefly by Grover. That's part of why the Furies, etc went after Thalia, and she had to make her stand. And as ''The Trials of Apollo'' shows, even Stygian oaths are breakable, there are just very severe (but not entirely fully-defined punishments.

** Hard to see that happening, given how broken up he was afterwards. Possibly the insanity got worse over time, and when Luke was a kid, it was only occasional flashbacks and episodes, and it got worse over time, especially when she had no one else around.

** Godly relationships beyond immediate family are seldom touched on. He's also Annabeth's first cousin once removed and both Apollo ''and'' Meg's first cousin - if you spend really any time thinking about godly family relationships, you're gonna need BrainBleach.

** Bear in mind it's also implied gods have some measure of foresight (like how it's implied Hermes knew Luke would go evil). So all of the Seven may well have been granted those particular powers for a reason. Plus, we don't know that some of the ancient demigods ''didn't'' have other powers, which the myths elided/glossed over/just plain were forgotten about over the millennia.

** ''Aru Shah'' (which may or may not be canon to the setting) also shows people in the Hindu afterlife's waiting room making the sign of the cross or crawling on their bellies, implying that the afterlife appears to be their own religion's version of it rather than the one the protagonists see.

** Remember how many Godly kids there would have been running around left right and center? And not just major Gods, minor Gods could have given their half-blood offspring powers as well. There was likely a limit placed on handing out powers back then, so half of Greece wouldn't be burnt to the ground. Plus, if the Gods did get to choose to give their children powers, one of the first that come to mind for most people - when thinking of powers - is super strength, (and when Zeus punishes Gods by turning them human they are commonly shown in mythology to retain super strength) human-ish, but still Godly enough to give demigods an edge. If gods aren't paying attention to what powers their offspring get, that's most likely when the demigods will have powers based off of the Gods' normal powers.

** Well, first, remember that the explosions were magical Greek fire, not ordinary explosions. Second, celestial bronze can kill a monster (or to be more precise, send them back into the Underworld) semi-permanently. Sure, Kronos got bonked in the head with a hairbrush, but there's no way every non-magical material would phase through Greek monsters or they'd all sink into the concrete and asphalt of Manhattan. For the shotgun scene in question, it's not the shotgun that kills the monster, it just pushes the monster towards a demigod weapon, it is being pierced by that weapon which actually destroys it.