Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-62.47.6.95-20130609205603/@comment-4839682-20131127002354

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: You are giving Jafar, way too much credit.

This is a man who spent his entire life, trying to exact revenge on his biological family. All for what, because daddy dearest considered him an illegitimate child. Jafar, obviously, does not let bygones be bygones. Perhaps you're not giving him enough.

We haven't seen all of his history, so it's a bit too early to judge him and conclude that he should have let it go. He also doesn't live in modern times; being the illegitimate son of the monarch clearly affected his life in cruel, unknown ways.