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bunkernine · 3 years

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ur "didn't need to be 7" theory. pls continue i am now curious

it's not really a theory but I've said it a million times that there's never needed to be a group of 7. ultimately the prophecy only named 2 things, but 5 is a lot more flexible with the other lines.

anyway this opinion has been cultivated over the past few months so there's different variations, but here's my current thoughts on the lines of prophecy:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,

7 isn't necessary, so let's say that's 5:

To storm or fire the world must fall.

jason or leo blah blah, this is obvious

An oath to keep with a final breath,

oath/breath reminds me a lot of piper and her charmspeak. this would've been good had this been a promise in tlh... which she makes a couple anyway. plus it adds the possible layer of death to the lost trio which jason and leo already had. never mind the fact that they all died in tlh anyway 💀 (midas and then hera)

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death

doors of death makes the most sense for hazel, considering she's pluto and she was literally dead. 'foes bear arms' reminds me of frank, the mars kid who is the only one who has lasting conflict with a greek (leo) in the series, but also the warring gods in his head!!!! if you want, u can consider franks shape shifting as a connection to monsters. additionally, his stick ties him to doors of death even more so

tbh, i have rewritten hoo a LOT of times in a LOT of ways in my head. i think annabeths quest is AMAZING and i love it a lot, but it's also not related to the great prophecy. (also unrelated but it makes more sense 2 me that reyna had that quest but that's a different post) i think the best way to handle percy/annabeth is by having them be older mentors who then disappear (tartarus) and the 5 need to figure things out on their own.

as a group, these 5 make more sense anyway: piper/leo are greeks, hazel/frank are romans, and jason is stuck in the middle as reluctant leader. there's a million ways those 5 could have conflict (like leaving nico in the jar? pipers reluctant love vs franks reluctant war? jasons loyalty? mom issues? fire vs stick? sammy if u will). there's just so much there ALREADY that when riordan added the other two, he failed to pay attention to what needed attention— the new and very engaging characters!!!!

percy and annabeth would've been great mentors (maybe) who now feel the frustration of luke and recognizing these kids are so young. in the way percy passes the series off to apollo in toa, is how i think hoo should've went. but ah well, i didn't write hoo. there's a million ways to rewrite hoo but i always felt this was a stronger way

#asks #anon #the seven #the seven 2 #wtf is that tag 😭#the five #anyway pearl has a couple of rewrites that i like rereading 🥰. i also have a habit or orienting the lost trio in the center 🙄 but also #riordan canonly approved of that in the nacho story so whatever 🤣🤣🤣#long post #god this post is so annoying to read its so long and thick omg thats what she said 🥳#BDUDBD8DNDKDK

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