Character Analysis: Why is Jason Grace So Hated?

Jason Grace is a character from the Heroes of Olympus and the Trials of Apollo. Out of all the characters in the Riordanverse, Jason is by far one of the most hated and despised characters and I decided to make this video to dig deeper into this and answer the question: Why is Jason Grace so hated?
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- Timestamps -
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Reason #1
1:41 - Reason #2
3:20- Reason #3
6:18 - Outro and Final Thoughts
Fan Art Used:
Jason’s death - sarahinara.tumblr.com/post/18...
Jason and the brick - www.deviantart.com/sixofclove...
Jason Grace (Sethkiell) - / 1278199835514920961
Jason Powers - drizzledrawings.tumblr.com/po...
Hera - www.deviantart.com/aireenscol...
Jason Grace (Viria) - viria.tumblr.com/post/6706438...
Viria (Official Artist of the Riordanverse) - rickriordan.com/characters/
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[@1SonOfPluto1]

I love these videos. I always loved Jason, but yeah he is hated. This channel is underrated. (ps please pin me I love the videos)

[@YceSy]

Thanks for appreciating my video! ❤️ And glad to see another person in the fandom who doesn't hate Jason.

[@1SonOfPluto1]

@@YceSy Thanks for pinning!

[@riverhalorix4203]

Jason is so hideously underdeveloped, its so unfair to compare him to others, especially Percy. Rick did him SO dirty

[@YceSy]

I agree. Jason was a character who had so much potential and he could've been developed more to prove himself as a compelling character. I wish Rick could've done that more to stop the comparisons made to Percy and the rest of the characters.

[@sharllystar]

4:44 THIS IS WHAT I'M THINKING!! yes, jason's past was finally mentioned in the blood of olympus but it was kinda just brushed over in 15 pages, while the other characters were constantly thrown into flashbacks throughout all the heroes of olympus books. in this way, his character is definitely underdeveloped compared to the others, so there he loses much interesting characteristic. he can be a great character otherwise, which is why i think he deserves some sort of prequel book featuring reyna, it would really help us understand his backstory and actually feel something toward it. that's my opinion on it :)

[@YceSy]

Dangg a Jason prequel book sounds great! Thanks for suggesting it! Alsoo yeahh as I mentioned in the video, it's true. Jason's backstory is pretty much thrown under the bus as there's not that much we can get from him until the last book which is almost too late to connect with him.

[@noahbrown5471]

I really enjoyed Jason as a character from the moment I read his first chapter. I haven't grown up with the Percy Jackson books and started reading them about 2 years ago. Right after I finished The Last Olympian, I bought The Lost Hero on Audible and Jason was my favorite character in that book because of the fact that he was clearly not a son of Zeus, but rather Jupiter, and his amnesia aspect made me want to find out everything I could about him. I was disapointed to find out his backstory so late, but he still deserves way more credit.

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Nice to see another fan who doesn’t hate Jason :))) Alsoo I love how you liked the amnesia issue Jason had because many fans didn’t like that when reading the book. It’s nice to see another perspective! ❤️

[@MezuDargon]

Jason didn't deserve the hate from the fandom. He's my favorite character, even over Nico, Percy, Annabeth, and many others. Spoiler warning from Trials of Apollo Book 3: Jason's death really shocked me and was the first death that I cried over. Reading the Lost Hero, I loved reading Jason's POV chapters since I loved that his life was such a huge mystery when he lost his memories. Percy's loss of memories was less interesting since I had already read all about Percy for 5 books. Like I said, Jason didn't deserve the amount of hate that he got.

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I love how you got more interested instead of annoyed of Jason's amnesia plotline because that's a different perspective i haven't really heard of. Alsoo nice to see another person who likes Jason as a character! ❤️

[@abeersabih2746]

I like Jason, but comparing him to Percy in a sense is unfair, because we got five individual books of Percy's character development. And well Percy in my opinion has a better personality and is more appealing to read. Percy is my personal favourite, but Jason is still a well written character.

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Yess, I agree. Comparing Percy to Jason is pretty harsh on Jason’s part because Jason didn’t have five books to grow and establish himself as a character whereas Percy had that through the PJO books. Alsoo I do agree that Percy has a better personality but I’m glad to see there’s another fan who doesn’t hate Jason! ❤️

[@seanypat1030]

I agree with this 1000%. I Also think the point is there wasn’t much to Jason besides what you see until he was given a new perspective from the amnesia. Not saying he was completely bland but being a dedicated soldier was his life and kind of his personality until Hera pulled the switch with him and Percy. It opened his eyes to a new world and he was trying to figure it and himself out. The one thing he stayed true to until the end were his morals. I thought he was a great character tbh.

[@AhsokaGryffindor]

He didn’t deserve the hate! I loved him when I saw he was hated I was honestly surprised. Toa book three spoiler: I read a lot, I had been close to tears before when reading but reading Jason’s death was the first time I properly cried and I still cry over him. Idc what anyone says I loved him.

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and glad to see another fan who doesn't hate Jason! :)))) SPOILERS And I relate! Jason's death was so heartbreaking to read about in The Burning Maze 😭

[@keerthanasubramanya8431]

I feel like people only hate on him to make characters like Leo, Percy, Nico etc. look good which is so stupid 😭

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I agree. The comparison of Jason to other characters is really intense and Jason just looks really bad in the process.

[@7peace]

Oh thank god for this video jason grace was such a biggest missed opportunity

[@YceSy]

Thanks for appreciating my video! Yess I think Jason was such a missed opportunity. He could've been such a good and compelling character! ❤️

[@tanishtv3006]

Underrated channel

[@sharllystar]

yess i agree!!

[@Glitterbug643]

I think my reason was in the lost hero I was just like “where’s Percy? Percy gonna be found any time now……is that Percy!?! No….. No Percy = bad book” keep in mind I was a child then, but I’m sure it has some effect on me

[@YceSy]

Yess! That’s what I felt too when reading The Lost Hero. Percy’s absence was shocking and it made me question who the heck was Jason and why is he in this book

[@mulyautari5239]

Jason is the lost hero too

[@Murder_is_friendship]

Ngl He's the emotional range of a brick

[@YceSy]

Lol I sorta get what you mean

[@Piper_McLean345]

Better than a teaspoon

[@rithvikramachandrach6632]

I started reading the heroes of olympus series in my school library like 3 months ago so I don't have the same connection with percy or the others and I instantly liked jason He is tied to my favorite character with leo I have never read the pjo series and im in the house of hades now Idk why people hate him but he is one of my favorite characters Edit: I think the main reason people don't like him is because he wasn't percy and that they were expecting percy in the lost hero

[@YceSy]

Hiii, there! Nice to see another fan who doesn't hate Jason. :)))) And yesss I get you. Though I read PJO before the Heroes of Olympus which gave me more moments with Percy and Annabeth, it's unfair to just judge Jason just because he didn't get that much buildup as a character compared to Percy. I like Jason as a character and its nice to hear your thoughts! ❤️

[@rithvikramachandrach6632]

@@YceSy His death is going to make me cry 😭

[@aylac3144]

i think i like jason bc i have built years fanfics to the point where he basically a different person in my mind

[@YceSy]

Dangg lol at least you enjoyed his character through the fanfics

[@7peace]

Provide the link to your fanfics if you can would like to check it out

[@AUDHDMK]

Me, an intellectual: *casually pushing jason and percy together* bromance.... now kiss /hj

[@YceSy]

😆

[@maxsimmons1695]

TLH: Jason has amnesia, so we learn nothing about his, and he is constantly compared to Percy, who is the fan favorite.(Percy and Jason aren't even that similar, he maps more closely to Annabeth) SoN: He isn't in the book. We hear secondhand about some of his achievements, but Percy ties his greatest accomplishment by becoming Praetor in a week, making Jason seem less impressive. MoA: Jason doesn't have any POV chapters, so he is sidelined. The first section is the first and only time we see him in New Rome and its an Annabeth chapter in which he acts like an idiot. He is too powerful, so he is knocked out at the start of every fight so the POV person can solve the problem. His entire storyline his relegated to his boring failed romance with Piper and his with rivalry Percy, which just made people hate him more because fans liked Percy better. HoH: Jason only has two sections to shine, and one of them is primarily devoted to Nico, so his arc of preferring Greek to Roman is rushed, especially since we never get any scenes past of present of him in New Rome from his POV. BoO: He finally gets some focus and cool moments, and has a clear character motivation of helping the minor gods, probably in because the author realized he needed to make people like him. TBM: He is only in a few chapters and then he dies. TLDR: Jason had potential with an interesting past shrouded in mystery, but he was unfairly pitted against a fan favorite character for no good reason and the actual details of his past were not explored. He could have recovered, but he was sidelined for the next three books and ended up seeming like a useless idiot. Once he did get the spotlight again fans had already made up their minds about him, only appreciating him after he had been killed off.

[@YceSy]

Wow- this is a pretty detailed take on Jason's character. You refreshed me on what happened in the books regarding Jason's character and its true. Jason didn't have as much buildup and like you said, he was pushed back into the sidelines and placed against a fan favorite character like Percy Jackson himself. It's honestly a poor decision to make for his character as you have to make readers like your new character but the amnesia plot line, Jason's back story being thrown under the bus until The Blood of Olympus, the constant gag of him getting knocked out in the fight after being told he's a fearsome fighter, and the ongoing trend of characters just telling us about Jason instead of showing us what's happening. These things triggered fans to not like him and I guess Rick tried to redeem Jason by giving a bit more of Jason in The Blood of Olympus but by then, it's too late to connect with Jason because the next appearance he even gets is in The Burning Maze when he's killed off. With all of this, his character could've had more potential had Rick gave more time to develop Jason in the books.

[@Lovehandels]

I have no ideal what any of this is and even I want to know why he's so hated!

[@mulyautari5239]

I love percy, but i like jason more

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I agree. I love Percy as a character but that doesn't discredit Jason as Jason is also a pretty good character on his own. ❤️

[@tv1sha06]

he didnt have to be killed off man thats just messed up

[@YceSy]

Truee! Jason's death was heartbreaking.

[@Persphone_cabin]

I am fully aware that Jason is the equivalent of white bread. But I mean so is Zeus/Jupiter so you can’t really fault him for that. Leave my white bread alone!! 😂

[@YceSy]

HAHAHA comparing Jason to white bread is hilarious but I see what you mean lol

[@michaelsoto8984]

I mean can see why we took Jason grace for granted and didn’t understand him till he died but I don’t hate Jason but i why people hate him

[@YceSy]

Hi, there! :))) Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree! As I mentioned in my video, we didn't really take Jason seriously until his death in The Burning Maze . It's a shame because we could've bonded with Jason more in the previous books. Instead, we just got his death and that prompted us to understand him.

[@michaelsoto8984]

@@YceSy yes and we we’re used to Percy so it’s was like really now out of the times to introduce a new character

[@aylac3144]

i think he's kinda basic and boring however he's my go to character for fanfic

[@user-bc8xo8dz2w]

Controversial opinion - personal I like Jason more than Percy 😂

[@YceSy]

Dangg thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've never really heard someone say that.

[@user-ob8fh4ne3k]

Me too hahaha

[@sharllystar]

ohh damn i've never heard anybody say that, but it's cool hearing somebody finally likes jason cuz ngl he was just missing a bit of backstory but he's still an awesome character overall :)

[@Piper_McLean345]

SAME

[@mulyautari5239]

Me too heehe, jason 4lyfe

[@myriamsahboun1198]

I like jason nico friends

[@YceSy]

Same here! I love their friendship :))))

[@myriamsahboun1198]

@@YceSy I so happy to heard this

[@LeoS.B.Rosevillte]

Superman W

[@sharllystar]

yes fr 🗣‼

[@YceSy]

Truee!

[@annea4197]

He was the easiest to kill off I stand by the sentiment and I expected it he was not a fan favorite unlike nico and Leo when first introduced and felt like he was riding on Percy rival wave his confrontation with Percy lack excitement compare to Percy vs Thalia in the first series plus in the last Olympian Thalia was just cool and had a better design Jason came across as all American Boy Scout and Rick did a lot of tell not show with Jason I’m supposed to believe he cool based only on vibes no actual action

[@YceSy]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I agree. Jason wasn't as interesting as the rest of the characters and as you mentioned, it is because Rick didn't develop him so much and instead, Rick did more "tell" instead of "show" which made us not connect with Jason's character.