now that pjo is trending i need tell everyone that percy (and annabeth) was not born in 1993 he was born in 1992 and he should be 19 in the books currently and 18 in chalice of the gods despite rick saying he's still 17. everyone thinks he was born in 1993 because he was 12 years old in 2005 but he was actually about to turn 13 and the original series literally says this. explained more under the cut bc it makes me so mad that im the only one who seems to know this lol
so the start of battle of the labyrinth opens with percy going to a high school orientation meaning he's going into 9th grade and it ends with him on his 15th birthday. therefore in chalice of the gods which is during his senior year, he's 18 but the book constantly refers to him and annabeth being 17 which annoys me so bad but the thing that gets me even more is everyone claiming he was born in 1993 when he wasn't it's so stupid that i'm this annoyed but i'm already typing it so you WILL hear this
i'm pretty sure everyone knows that in the lightning thief percy is 12, in sea of monsters percy is 13, and in titan's curse percy's 14. but i'm not sure how many people realize titan's curse and sea of monsters take place in the same year because in battle of the labyrinth percy mentions he only has camp beads from 3 years (chapter 20, page 359 on both of my copies) and those are from the only 3 books that take place in the summer. this might be obvious but it confuses me that people think he was born in 1993 when he would've been turning 13 in the lightning thief.
like percy's birthday is right after the period of summer that most of the books take place in which is something he also mentions in chapter 20 of botl. he directly says his birthday takes place right after the summer sessions of camp end which explains the age difference in sea of monsters and titan's curse even more
so like to wrap up this vaguely confusing and deeply emotional rant here's a timeline to explain what i mean:
1992: percy and annabeth are born
2005: the lightning thief- percy's in 6th grade and it mostly takes place during the summer before 7th. he's 12 years old but turning 13 right after the book ends
2006: sea of monsters- starts on the last day of 7th grade and takes place in the summer before 8th, 13 going on 14
2006: titan's curse- winter break during 8th grade, solidly 14 years old
2007: battle of the labyrinth- summer before 9th grade, 14 going on 15 for most of the book, last chapter is literally his 15th birthday
2008: the last olympian- last weeks of summer before his 16th birthday making it the summer before 10th grade
2010: when chalice of the gods should take place, should be 18 at this point
and percy and annabeth are in college already so they should be 19 years old i truly do not know why rick thinks they're 17. it does not line up at all with the timeline of either pjo or heroes of olympus but even with him saying theyre 17 in cotg they should be at least 18 at this point since they are In College. i am baffled every time i remember he says they're 17
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