how could luke ever be viewed as a hero?

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luke is probably one of the hands-down worst antiheroes ever created, or at least of the books i've read. jesus, i can't believe some people actually think he's a "dynamic" and "3-dimensional" character? riordan created luke as a villain and only a villain until probably around book 4, when he suddenly decided luke should be a hero, and that really shows in his writing.

1) his motivations: apparently luke has a grudge against the gods because he didn't get a good, original quest. what the he- that's the most egotistical villain sob story i've ever heard. how is not sending you on a dangerous quest that could get you killed an insult to you as a person? how is it disrespecting and dishonoring you? and then, i guess, it's revealed that luke's also evil because hermes abandoned him with his crazy mom or something. except what he doesn't take into account is, HERMES HAS 5 GODDAMN BILLION WIVES AND CHILDREN, AND HE'S GOT A BUSY JOB, AND THERE'S A NICE CAMP FOR YOU WITH GREAT COUNSELORS AND EVERYTHING, MATE, SO SHUT THE -- (also, when is destroying the world justified by "my daddy didn't give me much attention"?!) in the 5th book, however, apparently luke's motivation is suddenly changed to "these minor gods don't get the appreciation they deserved"! since when did his incentive change? maybe i didn't read that part, or maybe it's because there isn't one. wow, great job rick riordan! *cough* my hero! *cough cough*

2) his personality: rick also wants me to believe he's supposed to be just a guy with heroic intentions, except he wanted revenge on the gods and then kronos corrupted his soul. but nooope. or, at least, that's not what i concluded after reading the series. i just chose a random example of how he's so "heroic" before he was possessed by kronos (from book 2):
•percy jackson walks in
•luke is ready to meet him with a cliche villainous one-liner
•luke continues with some more stereotypical villainous dialogue, including calling someone a "fool", which is basic villain insults 101
•luke has 2 evil bear monster villainous henchman employed
•then luke commands one of his bear monsters to f***ing eat annabeth and forces percy to watch. HOW COULD ANYBODY IN ANY UNIVERSE, IN ANY UPSIDE-DOWN DIMENSION, VIEW THIS AS HEROIC? i guess when you want more respect and feel sad because your mom's scary and your dad doesn't give you enough attention, you've gotta resort to being sadistic and cruel. oh, and become a stereotypical supervillain.

3) his plan: give the minor demigods more respect by bringing a psychopath who ate his own children back to life so that he can destroy the world. oh, and employ a bunch of monsters from the fricking PITS OF HELL to help you, and an army of brainwashed children as soldiers. because that's how rick riordan rolls, huh? 'nuff said, that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard.

if there's something i missed, feel free to tell me. i'm open for constructive criticism, but please keep death threats to a minimum. and, no, rick riordan isn't a perfect human being, contrary to what most of the percyheads (or whatever pjo fans are called) think.