#nico is op

[princessofghosts-posts]

Another post,another "Nico is OP and Riordan fucked up with his powers" discussion. I should make this a serie at this point,lmao.

Today we focus on one of his main powers,that is always there in the background: the ability to feel someone's else soul.

Now,as a son of Hades,Nico can feel when someone die thanks to their soul. It's talked a bit everywhere and it's one of his most know ability together with shadow-travelling. But it's only talked about when there is a character that died or is dying,or just feel like an aura of death around them that can make him think that they will not have a good end.

But technically this power of his isn't only focused on that. If he can feel their deaths,means that he can always sense their soul,even when they are still alive and kicking. Because otherwise it make little to no sense,because if he can't feel souls in general he shouldn't be ale to feel when they pass and viceversa. So,it's more extended than that and can be identified as a sort of soul-searching power.

And there are actually two moments in the books that made me think about this:

Nico di Angelo shuffled over,leaning on his black sword. “Leo,they’re not dead. If they were,I could feel it.”

“How can you be sure?” Leo asked. “If that pit really led to…you know…how could you sense them so far away?” Nico and Hazel shared a look,maybe comparing notes on their Hades/Pluto death radar.

Leo shivered. Hazel had never seemed like a child of the Underworld to him,but Nico di Angelo—that guy was creepy. “We can’t be one hundred percent sure,” Hazel admitted. “But I think Nico is right. Percy and Annabeth are still alive…at least,so far.”

Pag 265 of MoA,after Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus,from LII Leo's pov.

Nico tried to keep their spirit high by telling them that Percy and Annabeth were alive,because otherwise he would have felt their souls pass. Again,not strange since it's something that it's always there with him. But then Hazel tries to make Leo understand that their friends were still alive and it wasn't his fault what happened. Also,totally forgot how Leo was there- Bro,what do you mean you didn't think of Hazel as an Underworld child??? Acting like Frank in his Venice trip era,I see. Also,Nico got released from that fuckin jar not even 30 minutes ago,after days starving and suffocating,what the hell were you thinking-???

Anyway-

“We need to leave,” Nico said. “Soon.”

Jason had been having the same feeling, but hearing Nico say it made him even edgier. “You sense something?”

“Percy is close to the Doors,” Nico said. “He’ll need us if he’s going to make it through alive.” Jason noticed that he didn’t mention Annabeth. He decided not to bring that up.

Page 324 of HoH,when the crew was blocked for a bit in Notus's palace,from LVII Jason's pov.

Nico there explicitly tells Jason that Percy,and by extension Annabeth,is close to the doors,even tho at the time he was alive and kicking,and not dying. So,Nico was searching for Percy's soul in the meantime,tracking their path in Tartarus,and making sure they would catch up to them in time to help them out. The Leo scene is also a way that make us realize that Hazel too is capable of this,even tho probably not as much as Nico.

Y'all know what this means? Nico can feel everyone's soul in every minute of his,and their,life. He probably tuned it down and focused only on the ones he cares about after he learned to better control it,but this is still insane. And he use this advance to track people's position down like a fucking GPS,and his geo-kinesis powers probably have a big part in this. Nico is basically Google Maps but without the map and only the souls.

He started to properly use his powers during BotL,with Minos help right? Even tho he wasn't that much of a teacher he still made Nico learn how to properly summon the dead,with the rituals and the offerings too,and how to control them. So,before that,Nico didn't know what to do,which mean he felt everyone's soul on the fucking Earth Every. Single. Fucking. Day. and couldn't stop it because he didn't know how at the time,and probably felt more than one death per day. At 10 years old. And after loosing his last family member (that he knew of,of course,since Hades wasn't yet in the picture) and feeling her soul being judged too. The mental health damage here is insane.

Nico di Angelo should be totally insane but he isn't (thanks the gods).

He is basically a fucking tracking device and people only focus on the "he can feel when someone's soul dies" part. THERE IS MORE and Riordan barely wrote about it. Dude,why would you continue to torture us like that?? Let the boy have his powers without erasing or leaving them there to be.

And,idk if I remember correctly but I think in BotL,when they were in the Labyrinth and before they all gathered at the ranch,Percy made a comment about how he could feel Nico getting closer to them??? I might be wrong tho,because I can't find that part,but if it's true,then it's mean that Big 3 kids can detect each other??? Like,they can feel each other's powers or have some Bluetooth shit going on– and this would explain why Nico could feel Percy in fucking TARTARUS (if it isn't about his soul-searching power,but I'm pretty sure it is).

This also is extremely efficent because he can just track down his enemies's souls and just shadowtravel where they are to kill them off. HE IS UNSTOPPABLE.

And extremely OP,but Rick will try to erase that anyway because he fucked up and doesn't know how to adjust his powers and balance him.

[huyandere]

no one is born to be alone

[fluffyartbl0g]

OMG JUST UNCOVERED: SHORT SEGMENT OF THE ANIMATION MEME I THOUGHT I HAD LOST FOREVER T O T!!!

[ceceru]

our sunny is getting too small y'all

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

wow.... i cant believe they were abandoned and Luffy collected them like treasures.....

the rest of the strawhats/friends that were gonna be in this post but i decided against it

Not all of them were abandoned by individual people like family members and their community, but the government. Specifically Franky and Law.

Vivi was gonna be in there too but i couldnt,,,, really,,,,, fit her in there.

[o0kawaii0o]

Nico Robin 🌸

[themetalhiro]

Jealous types.

[marduksstuff]

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[abreca]

thats THEIR arc thank you very much

[princessofghosts-posts]

Another day another morning where I hyperfixate on Nico and his powers. Today we are going to have another episode of: "Riordan trying to not make the audience realize how much Nico is OP by writing off something and never talking about it again". (There are a lot of those moments unfortunately).

We are going to talk about a specific moment in SoN. This from XIV Percy PoVs (pag 105-106):

“You mean the Doors of Death,” Reyna said, ignoring Octavian. “They are mentioned in the Prophecy of Seven,which sent the first expedition to Alaska—”

Cato the ghost snorted. “We all know how that turned out! We Lares remember!” The other ghosts grumbled in agreement. Nico put his finger to his lips. Suddenly all the Lares went silent. Some looked alarmed, like their mouths had been glued together. Percy wished he had that power over certain living people…like Octavian,for instance.

This also isn't the first time Nico showed to have control over them,since during the dinner in a couple of chapters before he did the same thing.

For understanding the real picture of this,we need to actually talk about what Lares are in mythology.

Lares were guardian deities in Ancient Rome. They were believed to: observe,protect,and influence everything that happens within the boundaries of their location or function. The statues of domestic Lares were placed at the table during family meals because their presence,cult,and blessing were required in important family events.

Romans writers sometimes identify or conflate them with ancestor-deities,and because of this,Lares are sometimes categorised as household gods,but some had much broader domains: roadways,seaways,agriculture,livestock,towns,cities (like New Rome at CJ),the state,and its military (the cohorts) were all under the protection of their particular Lar or Lares.

Compared to Rome's major deities,Lares had limited scope and potency,but archaeological and literary evidence attests to their central role in Roman identity and religious life.

So,while in Camp Jupiter they are treated a bit like trash,together with their fauns,in Ancient Rome they were extremely important. They were like minor gods that protected you,your family,your whole city and military force. And that's something big especially for the Roman Empire because they were literally everywhere during their golden years.

Nico has the ability to literally controll minor romans deities (that works as protective domestic gods) with just one of his fingers. And they listen to him because he has the power to do so.

Of course Lares in HoO have a totally different role from the one in roman mythology. But they are ghosts right? So it doesn't matter what status they have,they will always be under Nico control no matter what,because they are portrayed as ghosts even with their larger role. Because Nico is the Ghost King and every ghost is under him.

Crazy right?

Well,HoH kinda fucked that up with the fact that the roman skeletons/ghosts weren't attacking under his command and Frank had to step up as a leader role.

I'm going to be honest here,I don't like how Riordan gave the children of Mars and Ares control over the dead soldiers that were killed/died in wars/conflicts. It's too much and it doesn't really rappresent their nature. I liked how Frank finally grow up in his own role and he got rid of his insecurities,but the fact that it happened in that way wasn't really something I appreciated. I liked more when he had to cleanse Venice from all the monsters to have Nico and Hazel back (even tho I didn't like his attitude towards Nico during that mission).

Nico showed he could have control over the dead from the Roman Pantheon part,since in SoN he made every ghost shut up with just a movement of his hand and they were hopeless to him. They couldn't go against his order. And now in HoH,in the place where he and Hazel should be the strongest of the group (even with the fact he is half dying already),you are telling me that the deads won't listen to him because he isn't roman? Where is the logic at??

When they were trapped in the palace of the God Notus he was literally training with the scepter,to make sure it was in tune with his powers,for when they reached his dad's temple. That's something both him and Jason talked about before Nico got angry at him (valid),and he even said he got a good hand of it. So yes,he already used it once and the dead responded to his summoning without a problem. The scepter itself should act as a sort of amplifier to strengthen Nico's powers.

And then you want me to believe that the dead took one look at Nico and decided he was too greek for them? When a couple of chapters before they responded to his command and at the start of the serie Nico literally made roman dieties shut up?

Riordan need to stop adding powers to Nico if he realized they are too much for him to write,or because he don't want someone esle to overshadow his favorite MC. He put himself in deep trenches when he stated that Percy was the most powerful demigod of this century,when there are characters that are his equals (all the Big 3 kids) by just their parentage. And of course,there are also character more powerful than him too,be it demigods,gods,monsters,primordials,titans and the list goes on.

And if he want to add more powers,then he don't have the right take them away with stupid reasoning,or just completely forgot about them after 2 lines (like Nico's sword). A side character can still be stronger than the MC without overshadowing him,you just need to balance them well. Which it's something he never did because Nico is clearly nerfed in everything.

This is not how it work.

[huyandere]

some strawhats being silly

[fluffyartbl0g]

GREETINGS EVERYONE!!! I've spent the last couple of months working on a full length comic adaption of @goodlucktai's beautiful 'fishbowl' fanfic!!! Below you can read the fruits of my efforts :) Enjoy!

This comic takes place before Dressrosa

CONTINUE >>>

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

[silkentine]

I had to drop everything and make a comic based on this post by @pointycorgiears

Bonus:

[o0kawaii0o]

girls girls girls! 🌸🍊

[themetalhiro]

Good boy