So this story begins with the death of Jason's father, the king of Iolkos, by Jason's Uncle Pelias (okay, just out of curiosity, why is Jason's name so... Jason?!? I mean we have Pelias and Heracles and Prometheus and then we have Jason. Just sayin'). Jason is hidden and taken away to this centaur who raises him. Jason grows up and tries to take back his throne (does this remind anybody of The Lion King?), but Pelias tells him to go get the Golden Fleece. Jason and this crew called the Argonauts (because the boat's name was Argo) set out to get the fleece but encounter an island full of women (of all things) and clashing rocks. They survive that and meet King Aeitus who has the fleece. He tries to keep Jason from getting it by making him plow a field of warriors using fire-breathing bulls. With the help of the king's daughter, Medea who is in love with Jason, he is successful. Medea helps Jason get the fleece because her father was a liar and wouldn't give it to him, in exchange that they get married and live happily ever after together. Like the jerk-face Jason was he agreed and then married the princess of Corinth. Medea gets mad and kills all of their children and Jason's wife. Jason is sad and cries until he gets hit in the head by a decaying beam on his ship. Then he dies tragically. The end.
This thing about love and revenge confuses me. Because if Medea really did love Jason then she wouldn't have just gone and killed his wife and kids. I thought that love was supposed to be like, "I would never do anything to hurt you because I care about your feelings and wellbeing." Apparently not. I mean you're just being plain selfish if you take revenge on somebody you supposedly love even though they broke your heart and ran off with another woman because they never really loved you back and only said the things they said in order to get a golden fleece so they can take back the throne to their kingdom which was so horribly taken from them. Does that make any sense? Anyway, love is supposed to overcome anything, and I believe that revenge should be one of them. That's just my two-cents.
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