Maizey Weston
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Rick Riordan:
Hello! I was wondering, how did you decide who's points of views would be in each book of Heroes of Olympus? Were there times when you chose not to put a character's point of view in and regretted it?
Rick Riordan
Reading between the lines here, I imagine you're asking why Percy and Annabeth didn't have points of view in Blood of Olympus. That was done on purpose, even though I knew many fans would complain. The point of Heroes was to do a series that was NOT all about Percy and Annabeth, and varied the POVs as equally as possible between all the characters. That meant after Percy and Annabeth heavy POVs in House of Hades, it was time to turn away from them and let the others do the talking, especially new POVs from Nico and Reyna. No, I don't regret it. It was the series I wanted to write, and I enjoyed exploring new characters! As I said at the time, if you're only reading Heroes for Percy and Annabeth, you will be disappointed, because it's not all about them. In fact, at the end, that's kind of the whole point (SPOILER) Percy has to step back and let others be the heroes for the mission to succeed!
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Huda
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Rick Riordan:
dude, as an american muslim who's story is almost exactly like Sam's (family escaped from Baghdad, came to US, even my grandpa's name was Abbas!) I just wanted to tell you that when I told my grandmother about this character we both legitimately cried because it was the first time we have ever seen a character who was muslim for reasons other than the plot centering around it. You're so awesome??? Thank you so much.
Luca Guadagnini
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Rick Riordan:
Hi, Rick! Just finished TSATS and it's absolutely my favorite book from the entire Riordanverse. I've been a PJO fan for +10 years now and as a bissexual person, it's so amazing to see how you keep giving us stories we can find ourselves within. For that, thank you! And I'd like to ask if you've read "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller and if we're ever going to get our PJO-version of Achilles and Patroclus? <3
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