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The Battle of Mount Othrys must’ve seriously messed Jason up.
Not only is it a fight for our lives kind of deal it’s not like anyone in Camp Jupiter would’ve known what was happening.
They wouldn’t have been prepared for any of this and whether he was Praetor at the time or not, Jason was their only hope.
The battle of Manhattan was brutal yes but the Olympians still ended up helping the demigods. And there were 3 big 3 kids in attendance, Percy, Thalia and later Nico.
As far as we know there was no additional aid to Camp Jupiter. And well if there was it definitely didn’t come from the Olympians.
Not to mention most of Camp Jupiter is made up of legacies who are mortals and can’t heal from ambrosia or nectar.
And this battle took place before Hazel ever showed to so all Camp Jupiter had was Jason. Everything was riding on his shoulders.
Jason was literally all they had and I can’t imagine what that kind of pressure must’ve felt like.
And you just know that even with him beibg the son of Jupiter and their only damn chance at victory that people wanted him nowhere near the fight.
Soley because he was part of the 5th cohort and we can’t be saved by some low ranked solder. Lives are on the line but go off I guess.
So Jason is not only wrestling with everyone’s expectations, he’s had no time to prepare. And I frankly refuse to believe anyone thought Jason would survive Krios.
Including Jason himself.
Which is a whole other layer of fucked up because oh so you literally sent him to his maybe death just to save yourselves.
Hell knowing Jason he probably volunteered knowing all of that.
Whenever I picture Jason beating Krios it’s this impossible feat that he somehow accomplished. It takes everything he has in him.
That by the end he’s barely able to stand from this fight and the many he fought getting here.
Jason raises his sword, stained in a titans golden ichor and his own red blood, as a symbol of strength for Rome.
That he doesn’t go down until it’s over and when he falls no one’s even around to catch him.
And you just know that among the celebrations and praises that someone will be out there critiquing his form.
And how he fought in a less then Roman way because nothing Jason does is ever enough for these people.