tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post5297742921258126407..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: "Atlantis" recap (2.10): The Dying of the LightElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-63575630269407953062015-05-11T23:09:25.842-07:002015-05-11T23:09:25.842-07:00In the first series they made reference to the fac...In the first series they made reference to the fact that Pasiphae and Minos had usurped the throne from her first husband and in A Fate Worse Than Death the Oracle said something along the lines of "You usurped one husband and poisoned the other...". I'm pretty sure that Pasiphae's first husband (and therefore the former King) was Aeson which is how Jason could be regarded as the true heir to the throne (and would mean that he was the legitimate son of the former King and Queen rather than a bastard son of the Queen alone). Given that it's been a <i> very </i> long time since Aeson was deposed though and the people of Atlantis don't seem to have been too bothered by that usurption, I'm not entirely sure how good a claim that gives Jason though. I mean, yes, morally he's the true heir but practically I'm not so sure.<br />It also means that while her father was alive Ariadne was Jason's stepsister. What is it about that boy and fancying girls who are technically members of his own family? I know that he and Ariadne aren't actually related by blood and I'm not sure whether there were any laws relating to consanguinity in Ancient Hellas (I'm guessing not??) but the series conveniently seems to have forgotten that Jason grew up in our world and therefore might have a few issues with kissing his cousin and marrying his (admittedly former) stepsister.......Charleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16783164088408273399noreply@blogger.com