Harry Potter and Percy Jackson!

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Due to a request from Solace Utara, I will do a post regarding Harry Potter, and comparing it to Percy Jackson.

First of all, I'd  like to say that JK Rowling is a saint. Thank you JK Rowling for your amazingness to mankind. --Let the record show that I feel the same way about Rick Riordan--

Okay now that that's over with, I want to say one thing I absolutely hate. I hate it when people say oh Percy Jackson is just a [bad] copy of Harry Potter. No! It is not a copy, and even if it was, it certainly would not be a bad copy. Below I will list some common things people claim to be copies of HP, and argue my point against them.

There are three main characters: Percy, Annabeth, Grover Harry, Hermione, Ron; yep it must be an exact copy. I can't name any other literature that has three main characters [sarcasm]. If you disagree, google may just be your future best friend! It is very common for literature to have a male and female protagonist to appeal to both boys and girls; then the third is usually to foil the two. Oh, wow, Grover messes up sometimes and screws up Percy and Annabeth Ron screws up sometimes and messes up Hermione and Ron; I guess I'm just proving the wrong point [sarcasm].

Of the main characters, one is the main hero, one is a girl, and one is foolish at times: Percy is a Hero, Annabeth is a girl, and Grover is foolish Harry is a hero, Hermione is a girl, and Ron is foolish; Again, this is the same thing I said in the last one (very common). 

There is a 'safe haven': Camp Half-Blood is safe from all monsters Hogwarts is safe from all death eaters; again I can't name any other books that have a safe haven [sarcasm].

The safe haven is broken down into different groups: Camp Half-Blood is broken up into cabins Hogwarts is broken up into houses; I'm not even going to use sarcasm on this one...obviously there has to be some controversy!

There is a house filled with kids the main character doesn't get along with: Percy hates the Ares cabin Harry hates Slytherin; again, there has to be controversy! Conflicts make a book!

There is a lasting love life that takes a while to come together: It takes four years for Percy to go out with Annabeth It takes Harry [insert number of years here] to go out with Ginny; most series have love lives. What do you expect...for it to happen in a month?

They use the term "half-blood": Percy is a half-blood Snape is the half-blood prince; a half blood is a term from Greek Mythology...enough said!

There is a sense of magic: Demigods Wizards; yes, they both use magic, however they could not be more different about it!

There is a prophecy the main character must fulfill: Percy has to defeat Kronos Harry has to defeat Voldemort; most books do have an antagonist and it is up to the protagonist to defeat them.

They use invisibility: Cap of Invisibility Invisibility Cloak; The cap of invisibility was taken directly from Greek mythology...Athena gave it to Perseus!

There are many others, but these are the ones I found showed up most often.
Read more here That is a link to Riordan's blog where he talked about this issue.


Okay, I hope that is what you wanted Solace Utara

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