What, like pretty much every other fantasy series in need of mystical powers and a dash of vaguely-educational cultchaa so parents don't feel as bad about buying them for their kids?

My point is, we see pantheons like that all the time. It's usually just Greco-Roman stuff, but there are so many other legendaria from outside the Scanditerranean Mythological Co-Prosperity Sphere that have fantastic stories! Go all out! Go for something that hasn't been done a bajillion time before! Actually, that's a point, this is all set in the continental US so... why on Earth hasn't he done anything from a Native American/First Nations religion? First thing I'd think to do if I was an American other than Mormonism, and Twilight's got that particular base covered.

That and I don't care for Riordan's writing style, but mine ain't up to much either without a healthy dose of the editorial Correcting Blackjack.

(Translation: when Scapegrace was a little Scapegrace, she read the first one on holiday in Greece and was bored rigid by it, so decided to amuse herself by picking as many holes in it as she could. I don't begrudge Riordan his success any more than I begrudge Stephenie Meyer hers, but I don't like the books and I am genuinely baffled they're as popular as they are. I mean, did they get better later on? I always assumed they must have...)

We can do better than that, bucko.

Much better.

>=]

(okay so we don't have that stuff on hand rn but the point is u can do it if u try =)

I am genuinely horrified by this fic.

Hey, DOGA, could I also borrow a Sun Crusher while I'm at it?