Medea the Manipulator

Guess who just paid Medea a visit?  It was King Aegeus of Athens himself.  Somehow, he and Medea are old friends.  I know, I'm confused, too.  How does Medea have a friend?  This is the same Medea, right?  King Aegeus hasn't mistaken her for another Medea? 

Anyway,  Aegeus was greatly distressed and on his way to visit the oracle. He badly wants children, and he and his wife are unable to produce any.  Personally, this sounds like a serious medical problem that an oracle can't solve, but I'm just a gossip blogger, so what do I know.  

Medea forced herself upon this poor, upset man.  She managed to make him swear to the gods that he will protect her in Athens. However, there is a catch.  Medea has to find her own way there. This makes no sense to me.  Why can't he simply take her with him?  It seems so much easier that way.  This plan King Aegeus  has come up with seems unnecessarily complicated.  But Medea has somewhere to go once she is banished, now, so problem solved.  

One thing does interest me, though.  Why did Medea not mention her children would be coming with her to Athens?  

Jason the Cheater

So Jason has done another incredibly idiotic thing.  I know, I know. Just how many stupid mistakes can he make?  The answer is: a lot. 

He paid a visit to Medea.  Not a bright idea.  She was understandably angry.  Her husband did leave her for another woman, after all.  Instead of admitting that he left Medea because she is messed up in the mind, he made the most ridiculous excuse in the history if excuses.  

Jason claimed that he only married Glauce behind Medea's back so that he could raise their station and give their children a royal position. Did he actually think she would fall for that?  She didn't, of course, as it was the most absurd explanation ever, as we said before.  

Medea claimed that she might have forgiven Jason, if he had told her he was leaving instead of just disappearing and having her find out from another.  This seems vaguely reasonably.  But her other reason was that she would have been able to forgive Jason if they didn't have children together.  I don't believe that, and I'm sure my readers don't either.  Even if they didn't have kids, there's no way she would have forgiven her unfaithful husband.  Cheating is wrong, plain and simple.  Combine that with a crazy woman?  That was doomed not to end well.  Really, what was Jason thinking? Cheating and then coming to her home to insult her?  Maybe he's the insane one. 

Guess Who is Exiled Now

A witness tells me that King Creon has just had an intense conversation with Medea in front of her house.  I can't believe she actually came out of her bedroom.  But I'm sure she wishes that she hadn't.  The news the king delivered was not the happy kind.  

It turns out that Medea is being exiled from Corinth.  She was puzzled, actually confused about the reason why.  Just minutes ago she was standing out in public, announcing her hatred of Jason and the royal family.  Medea cursed them all, in front of people.  Did she really not expect for word to get back to the king? 

The same witness informs me that she convinced King Creon to allow her to stay one more day, under the guise of her making arrangements for her children.  Yeah, right.  No one could believe that, right?  Well, no one but King Creon, apparently. He believes that there is nothing Medea could effectively do in her search for vengeance in one measly day.  The King is mistaken (but don't tell him I said so, that's treason).  A lot more can happen in one day than he thinks.  She could sneak into the palace and kill the princess and her new husband.  Maybe she could burn the village down.  

Personally, I think the best option would be to simply leave with what dignity she and left, which isn't much.  But Medea isn't known for being rational.  Who knows what she will do next. 

Medea is All Alone

The spies tell me that Jason has left Medea.  No one should be shocked, but apparently Medea is.  But can she really blame him? Medea can be a little...overbearing, otherwise known as absolutely terrifying.  Sure, Jason did a terrible thing.  Cheating is never okay. But, honestly, who would someone want to be married to more, the princess of Corinth, Glauce?  Or the wicked, psychotic woman who helped kill Jason's uncle, causing them to be banished from Ioclus? I know who I would choose.  

Right now the spies are sending messages about what Medea is planning on.  Except, it seems she isn't making revenge plans.  She is locked up in her bedroom, wailing and moaning.  She's wondering how her beloved husband could possibly abandon her. If only she realized that she was the problem.  

Everyone knows that Medea is deranged.  She has some issues about killing people, mainly not knowing that murder is not generally accepted as being okay.  Medea has previously slaughtered her only brother for the Golden Fleece, which turned out to be pretty much useless in the end.  Not to mention that time she tricked Pelias' daughters into assassinating their own father. 

That's not the worse thing, though. The most horrible thing is that Medea doesn't understand how this is extremely illicit.  So maybe Jason was right to leave her for Glauce, though Medea probably doesn't see it that way.