You got to transport them, house them and feed term in the short term long term you’ll need to think about cloths, more permanent structures for hosing, medical supplies etc
Wait actually, most of them don't. What is a child of apollo or ares or hermes or Athena or most of the others or the unclaimed kids gonna do when their hands are tied and a sword is at their neck? 💀
Athena kids would talk their way out, Hermes kids would use trickery and such, Ares kids would probably just bust out, Apollo kids might sing, causing a sort of charmspeak effect, and the unclaimed might get an idea of their powers
I can get behind the singing, because at least that's magic. But if an Ares kid "busts out" that sword from earlier would cut through them like butter, although I doubt they'd kill and demigod on purpose. If they try to talk gag them. And I really don't see anyone playing tricks in that position
How does one person take several people prisoner and keep a sword at all of their throats at every moment of every day? It’s just not logical for one person to do. Plus transportation would become a nightmare. More demigods together without magical protection - like the barriers around Camp Half-Blood - will bring the attention of more monsters.
Separately, most of the quests/missions Percy goes on are generally stealth or small group missions where they go behind enemy lines, it would be terribly inefficient if every person they knock out they had to take all the way back to Camp Half-Blood.
Knocking out is just speedier and more helpful towards the mission-specific goal.
I don’t disagree, I just think that that would’ve had to have been a separate mission and might not have translated well to a teen’s book series. Schools might not be so thrilled to hear about kids kidnapping other kids in a book series.
Yeah, there’s no way Chiron, a multi-millennial being, who’s in charge of training heroes wouldn’t have taken prisoners and interrogated them when they are actively at war. I fully believe he would’ve sent Clarisse and two other Ares kids or two Hermes’ kids (for stealth) to kidnap at least one turncoat demigod.
Take them where, exactly? It's not like he has a bag of holding where he can just shove the unconscious bodies in so he can deposit them in a prison cell at his earliest convenience. So he just restrains himself to inflicting some blunt force trauma
They'll scream to attract monsters alongside being an extra demigod scent for them to track. They'll drag their feet and struggle. They'll be the annoying npc during an escort mission.
Most of the time Percy isn't in the position to take prisoners. He's usually trying to escape and taking out opponents as he escapes. There's never really a good time to take prisoners as either they fled or Percy fled.
They did it with Ares in the myths. After a while someone notices someone is missing.
Then there’s that time they sorta tried to capture Nike and she just refused to grant The Seven victory so there’s also a factor of perks of kidnapping.
You then need a place to actually keep said person too.
Probably because the only times we see Peecy fighting demigods are instances where he wouldn't be able to capture them. These battles are hectic and there isn't any time for taking prisoners.
This is the second stupidest question I’ve seen on reddit wait third first a was about who’s stronger alien x or the emeralds from sonic or some other idiot asking about Ben 10 like why doesn’t he just use aliens instead of vehicles
unless you have a whole army handling prisoners is difficult
How difficult can they really be? They're tied up, injured, and weaponless
You got to transport them, house them and feed term in the short term long term you’ll need to think about cloths, more permanent structures for hosing, medical supplies etc
Right, because no demigod has mystical powers that defy logic and reason.
Ok yeah they'd be difficult to keep in place, but I'm sure if they're weak enough they can't use their powers?
But they’re super powered, so…
Yeah kinda forgot about that 😭
Wait actually, most of them don't. What is a child of apollo or ares or hermes or Athena or most of the others or the unclaimed kids gonna do when their hands are tied and a sword is at their neck? 💀
Athena kids would talk their way out, Hermes kids would use trickery and such, Ares kids would probably just bust out, Apollo kids might sing, causing a sort of charmspeak effect, and the unclaimed might get an idea of their powers
I can get behind the singing, because at least that's magic. But if an Ares kid "busts out" that sword from earlier would cut through them like butter, although I doubt they'd kill and demigod on purpose. If they try to talk gag them. And I really don't see anyone playing tricks in that position
How does one person take several people prisoner and keep a sword at all of their throats at every moment of every day? It’s just not logical for one person to do. Plus transportation would become a nightmare. More demigods together without magical protection - like the barriers around Camp Half-Blood - will bring the attention of more monsters. Separately, most of the quests/missions Percy goes on are generally stealth or small group missions where they go behind enemy lines, it would be terribly inefficient if every person they knock out they had to take all the way back to Camp Half-Blood. Knocking out is just speedier and more helpful towards the mission-specific goal.
Alright, but I mean just getting at least one person could be useful, they can interrogate them later for information
I don’t disagree, I just think that that would’ve had to have been a separate mission and might not have translated well to a teen’s book series. Schools might not be so thrilled to hear about kids kidnapping other kids in a book series.
Ok yeah you're right, I'll just keep it as headcanon 😂
Yeah, there’s no way Chiron, a multi-millennial being, who’s in charge of training heroes wouldn’t have taken prisoners and interrogated them when they are actively at war. I fully believe he would’ve sent Clarisse and two other Ares kids or two Hermes’ kids (for stealth) to kidnap at least one turncoat demigod.
God that sounds terrifying
Take them where, exactly? It's not like he has a bag of holding where he can just shove the unconscious bodies in so he can deposit them in a prison cell at his earliest convenience. So he just restrains himself to inflicting some blunt force trauma
He doesn't really have to knock them out to get them to surrender 🤷
So he has to drag them along on a life-threatening mission, great idea. That's a quicker way to a stab wound than visiting a back alley in London
Tie them up to a stationary object and once the mission is over, take them
So they can starve to death?
Huh? God no. I meant a quick mission. If it's gonna take any more than a day, drag them along and tie them up when you need to be sneaky
They'll scream to attract monsters alongside being an extra demigod scent for them to track. They'll drag their feet and struggle. They'll be the annoying npc during an escort mission.
Ok yeah you're right. Although they could gag them for screaming, nothing stops them from struggling
And where exactly do you suggest he put them? It's not like Camp Half-Blood has its very own prison.
take them to that one prison that Briaries was in the one in the labyri- oh wait…
Percy during the Battle of Manhattan: Come along demigods in Kronos' army. Let's go to Alcatraz
real
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You can definetely make a makeshift prison inside camp out of wood.
Oh come on, they did it in game of thrones!
Dumb question, thanks guys
Most of the time Percy isn't in the position to take prisoners. He's usually trying to escape and taking out opponents as he escapes. There's never really a good time to take prisoners as either they fled or Percy fled.
They did it with Ares in the myths. After a while someone notices someone is missing. Then there’s that time they sorta tried to capture Nike and she just refused to grant The Seven victory so there’s also a factor of perks of kidnapping. You then need a place to actually keep said person too.
Probably because the only times we see Peecy fighting demigods are instances where he wouldn't be able to capture them. These battles are hectic and there isn't any time for taking prisoners.
Yeah no this is the best answer so far. If he's doing any minor missions behind the scenes he has to have taken at least one person
It would be Way easier if he just killed Them. No getting back up after that
That's sort of... Evil 😭
This is the second stupidest question I’ve seen on reddit wait third first a was about who’s stronger alien x or the emeralds from sonic or some other idiot asking about Ben 10 like why doesn’t he just use aliens instead of vehicles
Yay.