Before I start, note that I am being serious. However, whether あなた want to take it seriously または not is up to you.

It has come to my attention that everyone is really REALLY excited for the Son of Neptune. Now, あなた guys must be thinking that this is a good thing. Well, it's not. Let me explain によって telling あなた a story:

One day, a little boy was walking down the 通り, ストリート when he saw an ice cream truck coming towards him. Excited, he runs toward it, screaming for it to stop for him. However, he slips and falls, so the driver never saw him and he gets run over によって the truck and dies. The end.



Yes, it was a very short and depressing story, but I'm here to tell あなた that life works the same way. See, if the boy had just stayed where he was (after all, the ice cream truck was coming towards him) and waited for it to get there, then he wouldn't have died. Now, replace the little boy with us fans, the truck with the release 日付 for SoN, the ice cream with SoN, and death with disappointment.

So, pretty much, what I'm trying to say is that if あなた get too excited for the Son of Neptune, then you'll be disappointed with what あなた get. Now, maybe some of あなた are exceptions and that won't happen to some of you, but I can guarantee that some of あなた won't be happy with it and we'll start seeing some posts about how some of あなた didn't like it too much または that it wasn't as good as the ロスト Hero.



See, it's a subconscious thing. If あなた get your mind to think that something is amazing, then your mind well be wired to think that until proved wrong. Unfortunately, this leads to over optimism that, in reality, leads to あなた not getting everything that あなた want. あなた start imagining things, and then expecting things, and then suddenly, when the book comes out, あなた realize the harsh reality that あなた are not Rick Riordan and not everything あなた want to happen in the Son of Neptune will happen, making あなた disappointed.

So, to fix this, I created a 一覧 of painfully pessimistic things to think about for the Son of Neptune so that your mind is under excited. This way, when あなた read the book, you'll be very satisfied with it. Note that this 一覧 is just for the sake of being pessimistic and not meant to believe.

So, the list:

1. The Son of Neptune will suck.
2. あなた will not get SoN until well after the book comes out.
3. The book goes into too much detail over useless things and あなた will get the urge to stop reading.
4. The book is really short and あなた will finish it before あなた know it.
5. あなた won't get the urge to read it again because it was just so boring.
6. Percy will like someone else.
7. Percy and Annabeth will not reunite.
8. Percy will dump Annabeth and will live happily with someone else, maybe Drew.
9. They will all lose the war against the Giants.
10. Percy and Annabeth, along with all the other main characters in this story will die.

And that's the list. Just repeat this in your head whenever あなた get excited.



And before any of あなた comment, I'd like to say that I don't want to hear this:

"Yeah, but that won't happen to me. I won't let myself be disappointed. I've been 読書 this series for a while and RR never disappoints."

To answer this comment, I'd like to say that this is correct, that RR never does disappoint, but your mind does, whether あなた like it または not. It doesn't matter if あなた believe that あなた won't be even a little disappointed または not because believe it または not, your mind doesn't work that way. It does whatever it wants, even if あなた believe あなた have control over it. That's the point of calling it subliminal. It's not meant for you, it's meant for your head. And yes, there is a difference. So please, no 'that won't happen to me's in the comments.

Well, that's it. Here's some pie for those who feel really depressed right now. =D