Jason Jones: A Background

Jason Jones was the second-born in his family. His older brother and two younger siblings were both born to Mr. Green, Jason's father-in-law. Jason's mother, Mrs. Green, was first married to Mr. Green, about five years before Jason was born. They divorced over a cutlery dispute (Mr. Green objected to knives being lodged in his face), and Mrs. Green married Mr. Jones, Jason's father, six months later. The relationship lasted no longer than Mrs. Green's pregnancy; just two days after Jason's delivery, Mr. Jones began divorce procedures, for health reasons. (Mrs. Green had broken his arm in a dispute over the television remote.) After Mr. Jones left, Mr. Green moved back in, to help take care of the children. Somehow, over the fourteen years since then, Mrs. Green managed to have two more children, and so Mr. Green is likely to stay for a bit longer than originally seemed likely.

Jason Jeremiah Jones grew up with three parents. Mr. Green taught him a - well, not a love, but a healthy respect for learning, showing young Jason how to do the maths and write school essays. Mr. Jones gave him pride in his body; Jason Jones entirely credits his strength and self-reliance on his natural father.

And his mother, Mrs. Green? Mrs. Green - not intentionally, but through every screaming row and violent rage she had in Jason's presence - showed Jason Jones the joy and thrill of combat. The exhilaration, the power in seeking to impress his will upon others - either with reason, or with violence. It is fair to say that without the balancing influence of the males in Jason's life - his two fathers, his martial arts instructor, and his older brother - Jason would have become a bully and a minor tyrant.

When Mr. Green took the family on a trip to Canada, it was Mrs. Green who stranded Jason in Quebec. Jason had been "sassing her", she later justified to her husband. Mr. Green was worried, but declined to take action after repeated assurances that "If Jason was in trouble, he'd call us; and as he hasn't, he must be fine." The delivery of these assurances may have enhanced their impact, as Mrs. Green held a rather large knife at the time.

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Fact: Jason was barred from the school football team after he punched a member of the team in the solar plexus.

He never really liked being tackled.