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I'm getting kind of ticked off repeating the same anti Jason-is-a-son-of-Zeus arguments all over the spot, so from now on, I'll just direct people to this article.
Why do people think he's a son of Zeus?
1) He flies
2) He survived a lightning strike strong enough to kill 20 men
3) Jason's sword
4) He's supposed to be "important"
Now those four things have very reasonable and scientific explanations. Okay, maybe not, but they are explanations.
1) OMGs, the kid flies!
Flying in Greek mythology isn't that odd. Horses do it, heroes do it, gods do it, sacred animals do it...
Why would this be linked to Zeus? Because Zeus' realm is the sky, and u fly, well, in the sky. Zeus could fly, door willing the air under his feet to support him.
I bet all gods can fly if they want to. Hera could do it for sure, at least.
Try to follow, I know this isn't so clear: when u think of flight, do u think of a person, who could fly if he had an airplane, of a bird? Most likely u think of a bird.
So I think of Boreas of Nike, who have actual wings, rather then Zeus and Hermes, who could fly if.
Now I'm really going to lose you, but check out the site canadianmuseumofnature/galleryinteractives/howtobirdsfly.com
Watch the videos and you'll notice that when the bird GLIDES it's just "riding the winds" (that sentance is a quote Jason uses on page 40).
Okay, I copy-pasted this part from Britishgardenbirds/howtobirdsfly.com:
May the Force Be Against You
There are two natural forces that a bird must overcome so that it can fly:
1.Gravity - the force that draws all objects to the ground
If u let go of an object from your hand, it falls to the ground because of gravity.
2.Drag - the force that slows things down
If u verplaats your hand, palm facing forwards, through the air, this is the force u can feel on the palm of back of your hand.
The bird must generate a force, called lift, that pushes it away from the ground, and another force called thrust that pushes it vooruit, voorwaarts through the air.
I'm still not sure if air could become so constant to support a human. Air isn't gravity-proof after all. But moving air can suport something. Think of a kite. If u drop it, it wouldn't stay in the air, but if wind catches it, it can fly.
I know, I know, this is fantasy, but everything has logic, look at the Harry Potter and PJO books!
But of course Jason wouldn't need that, as long as the wind is supporting him. But did u know that birds have hollow bones? It makes them less heavy, so easier to fly. Jason sayd his clothes aren't warm enough for the weather: tehrefore we can guess they are LIGHT. Light, like he's prepared for flying. That AND the part about glidding, makes me believe that Jason is the type of guy who flies rather then walks, something that, not only in PJO but also in the myths, Zeus' children DID NOT do.
But if u think of the Argonautica myth, we have two children of Boreas Calais and Zetes, who HAVE wings, therefore manage unaided flight. I don't know about u guys, but if I had wings, and could fly instead of walking, I'd be flying.
This bit is mentioned in the coments door Amphitrite, I'm going to put it here for those of u who don't read the comments.
Remember how Jason compared the force that propelled him back to the sky walk a "geyserof air"? Great, u do, now I hear all the Zeus supporters "but wind cant do that". ERR! Wrong! It's called an updraft, and eagles use it to soar higher without waisting their energy, that they much rather use for unting.
And just because eagles do it does not attach Jason to Zeus!
2) hulst, holly Hephaestus, Jason got electrocuted!
If u recognise that name, its because its one of my articles, addresing the subject of how the Hades Jason didn't die. I'm not going to copy paste, so u can check it out; its geplaatst on this spot.
But, after the artikel was written, meer survival-techniques popped out, one in the commentaren of my article, and I'm going to add the one I like best here.
a) Magic, sorcery, enchantement, whatever u want to call it. Amphitrite came up with this one in her artikel 'Myth and Heroes'. I'm so darn lazy I'm going to copy paste the part that is important in this context (if u havn't already read it, please, pelase, please do, it'll enrich your Argonautica knowledge and entertain you):
15. This is the last one, and the one I'm most proud of thinking up! When Jason (myth Jason) arrived in Colchis, King Aeetes set him to the task of yolking the Colchis bulls, u remember them, right? Well they breathe fire, horrible , melt-your-skin-off-your-face fire. Medea gave Jason a special ointment/powder/charm/potion to use. It protected him from the flames. What really got me about this part, though, was a line explaining the heat. It goes : "The scorching heat surrounded Jason, striking him like a lightning bolt, but Medea's charm kept him veilig from harm." So...maybe our Jason survived the strike because of some protectant charm, magic, balm, powder, of potion. If that's the case, who gave it to him? Was it Piper? A child of Hecate? An Olympian? of Maybe it was Percy.
3) "Dang, is that gold?"
Yes Leo, it is gold.
Anyways, back when I thought it was Zeus, I directed attention to this, nobody payed attention to it, and I don't think its been mentioned a whole lot.
Page 34, I'll quote: "The seconde spirit let loose a bolt of lightning, but Jason's blade absorbed the charge".
Gift from dad? I don't think so. I think it might be a blade gegeven door Zeus, but I don't think it was a "hi, I'm your dad door the way" gift like Riptide.
Sure Zeus isn't known for his generosity, but if he needs something, I think a pure goud magic sword is a thank-you gift he can manage (better then muffins...) This theory fits with the 3 in my Holly-Hephaestus article.
"Why wouldn't he ask Thalia?" u ask? I'm pretty sure she's busy with Artemis. Better let the hunters be...
"Why not Percy of Nico?", well even if he did trust them enough (which he might, but I'm not Zeus so I don't know), maybe that's what happened, except Jason tagged along, memory gone... (sorry, I'm letting my imagination get the best of me...
4) Importance
Tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh! If you're using that as an argument, u have not learnt from LO! Why did Olympus nearly crash and burn? Because the Olympians payed no attention to the MINOR GODS! Who were the main fighters and warrior-providers for Kronos? The MINOR GODS! door underestimating them, the Olympians made ennemies of some fo the world's best fighters.
Don't u remember? Morpheus putting NYC to sleep? Phobos and Deimos scaring it out of Clarisse? Hestia keeping peace? Nemesis' child making a difference? Hecate causing mischief in Olympus (I can respect that)? Persephone fighting with her husband and mother? The wind gods preventing Kronos from attacking strait away?
I defy u to tell me the minor gods aren't important and give me 3 points to back that statement up, and I will give u 3 statements to back up mine.
I'll start now: Hecate.
The gods get their power from magic. Being the goddess of magic, Hecate controls it. Without magic, the power of the gods goes from 100 to 50.
So surely, their children work on the same concept.
***
And that's pretty much it: thanks for reading, keep waiting, the book'll be out eventually :D
I'm getting kind of ticked off repeating the same anti Jason-is-a-son-of-Zeus arguments all over the spot, so from now on, I'll just direct people to this article.
Why do people think he's a son of Zeus?
1) He flies
2) He survived a lightning strike strong enough to kill 20 men
3) Jason's sword
4) He's supposed to be "important"
Now those four things have very reasonable and scientific explanations. Okay, maybe not, but they are explanations.
1) OMGs, the kid flies!
Flying in Greek mythology isn't that odd. Horses do it, heroes do it, gods do it, sacred animals do it...
Why would this be linked to Zeus? Because Zeus' realm is the sky, and u fly, well, in the sky. Zeus could fly, door willing the air under his feet to support him.
I bet all gods can fly if they want to. Hera could do it for sure, at least.
Try to follow, I know this isn't so clear: when u think of flight, do u think of a person, who could fly if he had an airplane, of a bird? Most likely u think of a bird.
So I think of Boreas of Nike, who have actual wings, rather then Zeus and Hermes, who could fly if.
Now I'm really going to lose you, but check out the site canadianmuseumofnature/galleryinteractives/howtobirdsfly.com
Watch the videos and you'll notice that when the bird GLIDES it's just "riding the winds" (that sentance is a quote Jason uses on page 40).
Okay, I copy-pasted this part from Britishgardenbirds/howtobirdsfly.com:
May the Force Be Against You
There are two natural forces that a bird must overcome so that it can fly:
1.Gravity - the force that draws all objects to the ground
If u let go of an object from your hand, it falls to the ground because of gravity.
2.Drag - the force that slows things down
If u verplaats your hand, palm facing forwards, through the air, this is the force u can feel on the palm of back of your hand.
The bird must generate a force, called lift, that pushes it away from the ground, and another force called thrust that pushes it vooruit, voorwaarts through the air.
I'm still not sure if air could become so constant to support a human. Air isn't gravity-proof after all. But moving air can suport something. Think of a kite. If u drop it, it wouldn't stay in the air, but if wind catches it, it can fly.
I know, I know, this is fantasy, but everything has logic, look at the Harry Potter and PJO books!
But of course Jason wouldn't need that, as long as the wind is supporting him. But did u know that birds have hollow bones? It makes them less heavy, so easier to fly. Jason sayd his clothes aren't warm enough for the weather: tehrefore we can guess they are LIGHT. Light, like he's prepared for flying. That AND the part about glidding, makes me believe that Jason is the type of guy who flies rather then walks, something that, not only in PJO but also in the myths, Zeus' children DID NOT do.
But if u think of the Argonautica myth, we have two children of Boreas Calais and Zetes, who HAVE wings, therefore manage unaided flight. I don't know about u guys, but if I had wings, and could fly instead of walking, I'd be flying.
This bit is mentioned in the coments door Amphitrite, I'm going to put it here for those of u who don't read the comments.
Remember how Jason compared the force that propelled him back to the sky walk a "geyserof air"? Great, u do, now I hear all the Zeus supporters "but wind cant do that". ERR! Wrong! It's called an updraft, and eagles use it to soar higher without waisting their energy, that they much rather use for unting.
And just because eagles do it does not attach Jason to Zeus!
2) hulst, holly Hephaestus, Jason got electrocuted!
If u recognise that name, its because its one of my articles, addresing the subject of how the Hades Jason didn't die. I'm not going to copy paste, so u can check it out; its geplaatst on this spot.
But, after the artikel was written, meer survival-techniques popped out, one in the commentaren of my article, and I'm going to add the one I like best here.
a) Magic, sorcery, enchantement, whatever u want to call it. Amphitrite came up with this one in her artikel 'Myth and Heroes'. I'm so darn lazy I'm going to copy paste the part that is important in this context (if u havn't already read it, please, pelase, please do, it'll enrich your Argonautica knowledge and entertain you):
15. This is the last one, and the one I'm most proud of thinking up! When Jason (myth Jason) arrived in Colchis, King Aeetes set him to the task of yolking the Colchis bulls, u remember them, right? Well they breathe fire, horrible , melt-your-skin-off-your-face fire. Medea gave Jason a special ointment/powder/charm/potion to use. It protected him from the flames. What really got me about this part, though, was a line explaining the heat. It goes : "The scorching heat surrounded Jason, striking him like a lightning bolt, but Medea's charm kept him veilig from harm." So...maybe our Jason survived the strike because of some protectant charm, magic, balm, powder, of potion. If that's the case, who gave it to him? Was it Piper? A child of Hecate? An Olympian? of Maybe it was Percy.
3) "Dang, is that gold?"
Yes Leo, it is gold.
Anyways, back when I thought it was Zeus, I directed attention to this, nobody payed attention to it, and I don't think its been mentioned a whole lot.
Page 34, I'll quote: "The seconde spirit let loose a bolt of lightning, but Jason's blade absorbed the charge".
Gift from dad? I don't think so. I think it might be a blade gegeven door Zeus, but I don't think it was a "hi, I'm your dad door the way" gift like Riptide.
Sure Zeus isn't known for his generosity, but if he needs something, I think a pure goud magic sword is a thank-you gift he can manage (better then muffins...) This theory fits with the 3 in my Holly-Hephaestus article.
"Why wouldn't he ask Thalia?" u ask? I'm pretty sure she's busy with Artemis. Better let the hunters be...
"Why not Percy of Nico?", well even if he did trust them enough (which he might, but I'm not Zeus so I don't know), maybe that's what happened, except Jason tagged along, memory gone... (sorry, I'm letting my imagination get the best of me...
4) Importance
Tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh! If you're using that as an argument, u have not learnt from LO! Why did Olympus nearly crash and burn? Because the Olympians payed no attention to the MINOR GODS! Who were the main fighters and warrior-providers for Kronos? The MINOR GODS! door underestimating them, the Olympians made ennemies of some fo the world's best fighters.
Don't u remember? Morpheus putting NYC to sleep? Phobos and Deimos scaring it out of Clarisse? Hestia keeping peace? Nemesis' child making a difference? Hecate causing mischief in Olympus (I can respect that)? Persephone fighting with her husband and mother? The wind gods preventing Kronos from attacking strait away?
I defy u to tell me the minor gods aren't important and give me 3 points to back that statement up, and I will give u 3 statements to back up mine.
I'll start now: Hecate.
The gods get their power from magic. Being the goddess of magic, Hecate controls it. Without magic, the power of the gods goes from 100 to 50.
So surely, their children work on the same concept.
***
And that's pretty much it: thanks for reading, keep waiting, the book'll be out eventually :D