In the first post of the series Percy Jackson vs Harry Potter we saw that Harry Potter would most likely beat Percy Jackson in a one-on-one physical fight between the two. Mostly owning to Percy downfall? Riptide, which cannot harm mortals.

However, that is not really what this series is about. This series will focus on the similarities and differences of the the two books into movies.

Today, who has the cooler weapon?  A wand vs a sword.

The cooler weapon

Harry’s wand is a piece of holly with a feather of a phoenix (fawkes to be exact) created by Mr. Ollivander that channels Harry’s unfocused magic energy. But what of Riptide, Percy Jackson’s sword? Riptide has a mythological history…

Riptide was formerly owned and used by the demigod, Hercules. The sword originated as Zoë Nightshade’s hairclip, which she gave to Hercules to help him defeat the monster Ladon and is said to have the ocean as its source of power, which would explain why it works well for Percy. Riptide is made of celestial bronze which destroys monsters but cannot harm mortals. You can read more about Riptide here.

The two best features of riptide are its ability to always come back to the owner and secondly when sheathed it becomes a pen. Pretty useful to have a full sword in your pocket or for the geeks, in your pocket protector made of kevlar just in case you click it (movie edition of riptide)!

This one is an easy round to judge…the round goes to Percy Jackson and Riptide! Do you think that Percy should win? Leave your comments below.

Fight between Harry Potter and Percy Jackson coming soon!