I'm really frustrated by the way that the new books have systematically steamrollered the old cast. As it stands, apparently only Percy and Annabeth will be central characters in the new series, which is total bullshit, and means that Rick Riordan has no gauge on his fanbase's attachment to Nico, Grover, Rachel, and Thalia. Nico and Thalia in particular have taken a huge hit to the qualities that made them unique and I'm annoyed. Even Percy, who Riordan is obviously incapable of totally shunting aside the way Nico and Thalia will be, got completely dicked over by the timespacing of Lost Hero and Son of Neptune. While Jason was saving Hera, Percy was -- pulling a Sleeping Beauty for months? What! Why! Surely there was something he could have been doing, like saving a family of chipmunks or battling rogue sea-monsters. tl;dr I would change the way that Riordan is writing up new characters at the expense of the old crew, which is dumb stupid stupid dumb.

My little sister really wants to play FFVII; what is the easiest way to get a copy??? The guy at GameStop laughed when I asked.