Thinking About How The Love Between Mother And Son Is Such A Prominent Theme In Heroes Of Olympus…

thinking about how the love between mother and son is such a prominent theme in heroes of olympus…

percy, who would do anything to keep sally safe, who would destroy cities if that made her happy. who would sacrifice himself without hesitation for her, who thinks that she deserved - not anything that she got, much less him as a son - but the whole world, and all the peace and love it has to offer. why couldn’t he protect her like she should have?

luke, who had his mother taken away when he was young, not by death, but by a burden that the gods had bestowed upon her. had to watch as she screamed at the gods that he would later grow to hate and rebel against, one question asking itself in his head as he loses himself to kronos: why did you leave her broken like that?

frank, who lost his mother to the very thing he’s supposed to embody. who has the capacity and the urge to do what he was made to do, and yet can’t bring himself to do it, because is this really what she would want him to be? how is he supposed to fight for those he loves, if it all feels like turning his back on the person he loved the most?

leo, who was tricked into thinking his mother succumbed to the flames he himself created. whose pain and misery stemmed from the moment that garage door shut. in his effort to protect his mother, he had killed her, and he sees her face every time he closes her eyes, and every time he sparks at the finger tips. can a son who killed his mother ever be a hero?