The big damn House of Hades reaction post

[greenconverses]

Dear Rick Riordan,

Comments

[xinvisiblewings]

this, basically

I'm not even coherent about Nico right now. THE ONLY THING I WANTED FROM THIS BOOK WAS NICO POV AND YET IT DIDN'T HAPPEN /AND YET THERE IS SO MUCH FUCKING NICO IN THIS BOOK/ i can't

And I already talked about Percy on Tumblr so

[greenconverses]

THERE IS SO MUCH NICO TO LOVE AND GO AROUND, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE KIDDO WE LOVE YOU

And your tumblr response was exactly what I was looking for when I was musing about it yesterday. Way to grow as a person, Percy.

[xinvisiblewings]

I NEARLY STARTED CRYING WHEN NICO KEPT SAYING HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE my poor heart

ALSO Leo/Calypso: new OTP of OTPs I was prepared to dislike that but then IT CORRUPTED ME

[greenconverses]

CORRUPTED is the right word. Jesus, I was unprepared for the amount of love flowing through my heart for Leo/Calypso. I don't think I'd have liked it as much if she was the passive pretty healer girl that she was in BotL. She's totally shallow, haha, and then Leo pulls a Holes on her and I am 1000 percent done.

[xinvisiblewings]

BEST GIF USAGE EVER.

I really love how Calypso has agency. When we see her in BotL she's very resigned to her fate; very much playing a role. Then this book comes around and WHAM, she is all "fuck this shit; I've been doing this for way to long and SOMETHING HAS GOTTA CHANGE." It's wonderful. And I love how it's her refusal to continue playing her part that actually results in a better ending.

(Email deleted my comment so all of this is paraphrased, grargh)

And of course it's more fun to ship the things that aren't perfect! ;)

[greenconverses]

Yes! I liked that her interaction with Leo wasn't the same as it was with Percy and that she was pissed off that the gods had sent her a handful like him. It made her into a much more real character.