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Can Percy Jackson see under deep water?

Yes, he has some limited underwater vision. This is made clear by a quote in The Last Olympian: Beyond this, the sea floor stretched into gloom. I could see battles raging—flashes of energy, ...
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What order should the books in the Percy Jackson universe be read in?

I recommend reading chronologically Chronological order is usually the best way to avoid spoilers (except in books with lots of time travel, or where characters can see the future…which come to think ...
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How could this be the first time Percy Jackson learned he could do this?

Demigods don't have their full powers until they're acknowledged by their parents. The problem here is that when adapting the film from the books, they (sadly) cut a few important things, including ...
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Why didn't anyone age at the Lotus Casino?

In a word, magic The Lotus Casino is based on the Isle of the Lotus-Eaters from the Odyssey. As such, its main effect is to render those who stay there in an altered state of consciousness and ...
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What's the mythological boss monster from The Battle of the Labyrinth?

In Percy Jackson, it's spelled "Kampê", but it's also spelled with a "C", Campe. Wikipedia gives this as its overview: In Greek mythology, Campe or Kampe (/ˈkæmpiː/; Greek: Κάμπη) ...
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ADHD in the Percy Jackson universe

According to the source novels, Percy was indeed receiving counselling for his ADHD prior to learning about his godly powers. I have moments like that a lot, when my brain falls asleep or ...
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In Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse, how can Percy fly?

Percy considers himself safe because horses are Poseidon's domain. From The Sea of Monsters novel (emphasis mine): Being the son of the sea god, I never liked going into the air. My dad had this ...
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Why are most of the demigods in Percy Jackson ADHD and dyslexic?

From the Riordan wiki entry for ADHD Most demigods are labeled as suffering from ADHD, but it is actually a sign of their heightened senses and natural aptitude for battle. ADHD also gives demigods ...
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Why was Calypso still trapped on Ogygia?

If you read the promise carefully there is one major flaw in the gift requested by Percy, which was used by the Gods to bail out: There was no time line set for pardoning the Titans like Calypso. ...
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Why are Thalia, Jason, Nico, and Hazel allowed to swim?

I think it is partly as in @Adamant's comment in that Poseidon is shown as a nicer god. Zeus is shown as immensely proud and quite quick to anger. This means he dislikes Percy Jackson flying as an ...
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In Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse, how can Percy fly?

It is indeed very dangerous for Percy to fly The danger in taking a plane is that Percy would be in the domain of Zeus, who has dominion over the sky. Due to how much Zeus dislikes Poseidon, Percy ...
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What order should the books in the Percy Jackson universe be read in?

I would read the main books by order of release so: The Lightning Thief The Sea of Monsters The Titan's Curse The Battle of the Labyrinth The Last Olympian Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot ...
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When will copyright on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson book series expire?

Some number of years years after he dies In the USA, that number is 70. However, copyright will last in other parts of the world for different times. Some countries subscribe to the rule of the ...
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Does Leo Valdez ever come back in Percy Jackson?

Yes. Originally announced by Rick Riordan at his event for the release of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, all of the major characters from Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of ...
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Could Percy have drowned if he didn't know he was a demigod?

I am going to say no. As a previous answer has stated drowning is due to lack of oxygen to the brain and ultimately the brain dies. Drowning is defined as respiratory impairment from being in or ...
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If Hazel is so cheerful and bright all the time, does this mean that Pluto has a cheerful side to him?

It does suggest that Pluto (and maybe Hades) has a jollier side as most children reflect their parents (Aphrodite's children are vain and/or caring, Athena's are arrogant, etc.). Now in theory Hazel's ...
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How does Grover use styrofoam hoof covering?

Grover wears Styrofoam foot shapes over his feet, and then shoes and socks over them. His feet don't get eaten by worms for the same reason that you don't get hangworms - shoes and socks. "I'm ...
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Could the Olympians use modern celestial weapons?

From The Trials of Apollo Book Three, The Burning Maze.
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How did Hades enter camp half blood?

The films are wildly inconsistent from the books but according to the books the only thing stopping bad stuff entering is Thalia's spirit trapped in a pine tree. I assume Thalia doesn't have the ...
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Can Percy Jackson control the human body?

Poseidon was considered to be the god of the sea, the massive, dangerous, deep body of water; not the god of fluids. It is more of the concept of the ocean (although Percy does manage to use fresh ...
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Why didn't Percy's sword return to his pocket at the Gateway Arch in The Lightning Thief?

Just a theory, I could be completely off target here. In the books there are two instance when Riptide does not return back to Percy Jackson. No Pocket, No Pen: The sword returns back to Percy's ...
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Why isn't Percy more powerful than this character in The Mark of Athena?

Yes. Poseidon is. But Percy is only Poseidon's son, and not the god himself. Additionally, Porky is a much older being than the Olympians, and we see many times that older = more powerful. Such as ...
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Elysium vs Valhalla

It depends on which you believed in the most, or what ritual someone performed for your burial. You also see what you want to see. We see this quote in The Lighting Thief: I said, "What're they ...
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Does this line in "The Blood of Olympus" imply something about "The Trials of Apollo"?

Yes. We know that Ella has read the Sibylline Books - the books of prophecy that outlined the entire history of Rome, said to have burned when Rome fell. "Never mind," Frank said. "...
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How can demigods exist if the gods don't have DNA?

This is addressed in Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian. In short, gods don't have DNA but nor do they have any of the other attributes that you'd normally associate with a living being since they're ...
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Why can't Satyrs find Roman Demigods?

Because of the gods It was mentioned that after the American Civil War, the gods did everything they could to prevent the two camps from meeting.1 Logically, this would extend to preventing Greek ...
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ADHD in the Percy Jackson universe

1) He mentions in the first book the school counsellor telling him anger management and ADHD management strategies. "The school counsellor told me this was part of my ADHD, my brain ...
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Were the Sphinx's riddles intentionally easy?

You need to remember who the target audience of these books are and how they would answer them. Like what motoDrizzt said, as someone who did not grow up in the US I would not be able to say off the ...
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Harry Potter and Percy Jackson Fanfiction where Percy has a sister Andromeda. She is the daughter of Neptune

There was a story called 'Daughter of Rome'. It's not available to read on FanFiction.net, but is archived here. Andromeda was no ordinary girl, but what she would have never anticipated was ...
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