Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24252521-20171123044845/@comment-33040002-20180327223432

Philosophernoct wrote: Bella6547866699 wrote: Um, Philosophernoct? I know you said you wouldn't discuss Medea anymore, but I'd like to correct you on something you got wrong from The Lost Hero. Piper THOUGHT that Medea had killed her own children, but Medea literally said back, "The people of Corinth-that unruly mob- killed my children and drove me out"(311). So Rick technically got it right. There is a funny fact about that, When any of the Seven thinks, assumes or guesses something, it is automatically become true and real. And what they says are usually verified. (Should this word be used there? I am not sure...). Their words are automatically assumed as true. Like Frank for example; In the SoN, he thought Octavian killed Gwen because Octavian didn't have a spear in his hand, even he didn't see what was actually happened. And It was just automatically became true. Because of a protoganist, Frank, said and thought so. But we actually didn't see that this is wrong or true. Maybe someone else killed Gwen and it wasn't Octavian. But since we need to believe what Frank said because of he is a protagonist, we automatically assumed that Octavian is the one who killed Gwen. In the series, It was always like that. Like all of the Seven are oracles or something, I mean, is that make any sense? Why they are, their thoughts and guesses needs to be true always? And about Medea, Medea herself said that people of Corinth killed her children, and since she was a villain, we need to don't believe what she said, and we need to believe what protagonist said, and Piper thought that Medea killed her own children, and Piper, since she is a protagonist, her words are needs to be automatically correct. And we need to assume that what Piper said is the truth, not what Medea said. So, it is a little bit tricky. What should we think? Which one is true, what Medea said or what Piper said? Good question. The problem with myths and stories is that usually the one most repeated wins and when this version is told by someone that is loved and considered good, it receives more credibility. I didn't know this part of Medea's story before you said and many others before reading other books about myths. It's a complicated situation.