Finally, thoughts on Percy beating Iapetus when they met? This boy managed to control the Lethe even while dying of a deadly poison and maintained that control even while tackling a Titan into it, resulting in the Titan becoming an amnesiac. And he was still injured throughout the whole fight!!
do not get me started because that is...
iconic behavior.
anyway, this is why i have such strong feelings about percy being a part of the ocean. i love love love how nico and thalia are doubtful that he can control the river lethe, and then he just. proves them wrong in the best way possible. there are just so many moments throughout pjo that leave everyone like ššš when they see percy do some freaky impossible thing with his powers, and this scene with the big three trio is the perfect example of that.
nico and thalia are both powerful in their own right, but their powers leave them drained all the time. they can only use their abilities sparingly. percy, on the other hand, gets invigorated by water. and itās glaringly obvious how powerful heās become, because even other bodies of water that arenāt the ocean obey to his every command. and like, the fact that he could keep up the fight with iapetus, wash away his memories, and maintain control over the river just goes to show much more intrinsic his connection to his godly side isāunlike nico and thalia, whose powers and strengths are superficial, albeit more advanced than those of the average demigod. how percy is this way is still a mystery to me, though i do think that @posallys miss taylor knows the answer. but itās still something so strange, for a demigod to possess so much control over their godly parentās sphere of influence, although poseidonās sphere of influence is one of the most primordial ones amosngt the olympians so. thereās that. itās genuinely so cool, and i get why the gods are scared :)