The Lightning Thief
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What did you think about Luke/Hermes?
Brianna
Aug 03, 2012 01:08AM
Luke was angry at his father Hermes for never appearing to him when he prayed to him, and thought Hermes didn't love him because Hermes wouldn't tell Luke his fate.
Hermes did love Luke, but couldn't bear to tell Luke his fate. Because of this, Luke hated him.
What do you think about Luke, or Hermes? Was Luke being irrational? Should Hermes have told Luke his fate? Was he being a bad father? Do you think Luke's fate could have been changed if Hermes had made different decisions?
Hermes did love Luke, but couldn't bear to tell Luke his fate. Because of this, Luke hated him.
What do you think about Luke, or Hermes? Was Luke being irrational? Should Hermes have told Luke his fate? Was he being a bad father? Do you think Luke's fate could have been changed if Hermes had made different decisions?
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I think that by helping Percy, Hermes was helping Luke in the only way he could. He did die a hero, and being mortal and a demigod, that is what Luke wanted.
He wanted Hermes to be proud of his son; wanted for all the gods and goddesses to claim their children who Luke was responsible for in Hermes cabin.
What better legacy could Luke have asked for then to die a hero, in a way that ensured the gods and goddesses would have to claim their children thereafter?
I think the death of Ethan Nakamura (who was of Hermes cabin, who Luke looked after, whose mother did not claim him even after taking his eye) shocked Luke into fighting Kronus - because what his body was doing was not what he wanted. He did not want to kill other demigods; he wanted to hurt the gods and goddesses who had abandoned their half-blood children.
Kronos was making himself stronger through the demigods; Luke wanted them to be stronger then the gods/goddesses, their parents- so their parents would be proud to claim them. They would not be "weak" and left behind on Earth like mortals.
Kronos of course, was using Luke and the other demigods to start a war among the Olympians so he could take control and claim his throne once more. Wanting your parents to love you, to take care of you, is not irrational - it's natural. When you have no one who loves and understands you, you lash out.
Hermes, you must remember, was father also of Pan; a god, who went missing and died. That must have hurt him deeply, so that he was not thinking of Luke, but of his own loss. If Pan could die, all Olympians could die too.
The thing everyone forgets about fate - is that it is not ours to make, it belongs to the Moirai (who held the thread of Luke's life in their hands while Percy watched and could do nothing). The ending is fate; how we get there is living life by our own free will.
There are forces that influence us (like Hermes could influence Luke, like Kronos did) but it is our choice in the end that makes us a good or bad.
I think also, that Hermes could not have faced Luke being possessed by Kronos - do not forget that Hermes is the grandson of Kronos, and if family is important to the demigods, it is important to the gods as well. Kronos had power over Luke, and could have influenced Hermes with his son, or swayed Hermes as he did with Ares.
Hermes who is god of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles, athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology.
It would have been much, much worse for demigods and gods if Hermes had tried to save Luke alone while Kronos possessed his son.
He wanted Hermes to be proud of his son; wanted for all the gods and goddesses to claim their children who Luke was responsible for in Hermes cabin.
What better legacy could Luke have asked for then to die a hero, in a way that ensured the gods and goddesses would have to claim their children thereafter?
I think the death of Ethan Nakamura (who was of Hermes cabin, who Luke looked after, whose mother did not claim him even after taking his eye) shocked Luke into fighting Kronus - because what his body was doing was not what he wanted. He did not want to kill other demigods; he wanted to hurt the gods and goddesses who had abandoned their half-blood children.
Kronos was making himself stronger through the demigods; Luke wanted them to be stronger then the gods/goddesses, their parents- so their parents would be proud to claim them. They would not be "weak" and left behind on Earth like mortals.
Kronos of course, was using Luke and the other demigods to start a war among the Olympians so he could take control and claim his throne once more. Wanting your parents to love you, to take care of you, is not irrational - it's natural. When you have no one who loves and understands you, you lash out.
Hermes, you must remember, was father also of Pan; a god, who went missing and died. That must have hurt him deeply, so that he was not thinking of Luke, but of his own loss. If Pan could die, all Olympians could die too.
The thing everyone forgets about fate - is that it is not ours to make, it belongs to the Moirai (who held the thread of Luke's life in their hands while Percy watched and could do nothing). The ending is fate; how we get there is living life by our own free will.
There are forces that influence us (like Hermes could influence Luke, like Kronos did) but it is our choice in the end that makes us a good or bad.
I think also, that Hermes could not have faced Luke being possessed by Kronos - do not forget that Hermes is the grandson of Kronos, and if family is important to the demigods, it is important to the gods as well. Kronos had power over Luke, and could have influenced Hermes with his son, or swayed Hermes as he did with Ares.
Hermes who is god of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles, athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology.
It would have been much, much worse for demigods and gods if Hermes had tried to save Luke alone while Kronos possessed his son.
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