Edit 2: 2020
Okay to be completely honest I'm deleting these chapters but keeping the book in case anyone ever clicks on this.

I don't really care about the arguments or the ship and whenever I get a notification from this book it's some reader pissed off that I haven't read the recent books that further support Solangelo. At this point, its been about a good five to six years since this publication. This isn't an apology it's more of a explanation why I wrote this and why I didn't like Solangelo.

When I was an edgy 13 year old I published this because I didn't know how to process my confusion for this ship. Will had came out of nowhere as a love interest for Nico and I believed Leo, Jason, or Percy (despite being in a healthy relationship with Annabeth) would be the better option simply because Nico already had a bond with them. For the books to be bringing back Will, in my opinion, solely for being Nico's endgame boyfriend made me really upset. Nico, during the entire series up until the end of HoO, had been through so much on his own and I believe that he shouldn't have been given a love interest right away.

Characters who are gay are usually built around that being gay is a character trait. When it's obviously not. They are more than their sexuality and we've always known Nico is not just a baby boi in need of protection. (Shout out the Nico protection squad)
To simply have Nico grow because of a love interest would undermine everything he's gone through on his own. I'm not saying Nico needed to go through character development alone, I'm simply stating that it would be best for him to have the help of a friend and not an end game boyfriend. Someone like Jason, or even Leo (as FRIENDS) would've been a great transition for Nico's character development.

Again, despite all these years I still haven't read Trails of Apollo due to how forced the writing seemed, as if Rick wrote it just to cash in on these characters some more. (Not to say he doesn't love his characters- but these stories are cash cows like the minions. You don't need anymore of them, but they keep coming.)

Nico's character development throughout the PJO and HoO series was done beautifully. At the end of Hades of Hades we see that Nico is slowly opening up and most likely still trying to get over Percy. By shoving Will into Nico's life, it rubs me the wrong why that this character who had little interaction with Nico throughout the series is suddenly a big reason for Nico to further open up.

I don't hate Will as a character don't get me wrong. But we have to note the facts, Nico barely opened up to Jason and that was because he was forced to. Sure he and Jason had a heart to heart afterward and it gave us clues that maybe Jason would be the one to further Nico's character development- but instead after the battle we get Will. For a closed off character to be prompted by someone he hasn't known too closely- unlike the rest of the seven WHICH INCLUDES Jason, it just makes no sense. I have no doubt that Will is a great character to help Nico out of his shell, but Jason is also the guy to do so and I believe he is even more qualified to do so.

Regardless, I've been done (for years) hating on ships. I simply just don't care anymore and honestly this little production gave me a lot of confidence to say what I want to say and roll with the punches. I wake up every couple of days to read a comment from this and I just laugh because- wow cringe. You must be ceiling gang.

In all honesty, ship hate at the end of the day is stupid and people can ship what they want. I simply wrote this because even at a young age I knew that it didn't make sense from a character development and writer's stand point. Im sure their both well developed characters now, but I'm not going to bother reading it just to make another edit on this thing. I'm just glad I wrote this when I did but now it needs to go because it's just giving people unnecessary frustration when the world doesn't need anymore of it.

Stay safe during this pandemic, seriously guys we have to care for ourselves when our own government doesn't give two shits about us. Please stay inside, wear masks, and keep your loved ones safe. Being inside sucks ass I get it, but your grandparents and parents lives are at risk. It might not seem like much, but this is the best for everyone. So don't be a fucking Karen.

Kudos and thanks for reading.