Let me first say that I will NOT discuss who did what to whom in the game or who is right and wrong. I'm merely looking at the characterization of a few characters in the game. And this is just written as a joke really.
If you sit back in the coffea room in my office or on the bus and listen to women complaining about their husbands, or men complaining about their wives you'll hear all sorts of things. But there are things that is repeated more often than other things.
So what do women dislike most about their husbands, when they are upset with them? I do not make any claim to scientific accuracy here, but here is what I have heard a few times now.
He is childish, irresponsible and doesn't take things seriously. He is never home and if he is, he can't be trusted to do things properly. He prefers to be out playing with the guys instead of being home and at worst he may even flirt too much.
What about men? What do they dislike most aboute their wives when they are really upset with them?
She is bossy. She wants him to do more things at home, but won't let him do it his way. She never wants do anything fun, and at worst she may even be no fun in bed.
This not how men see women and women see men. This is just a collection of things men and women often mention when they are very upset with their spouses.
But think a bit about it. doesn't that describe a certain couple in the game? It is King Cailan and Queen Anora!
Cailan and Anora are really comic book versions of what married couples sometimes jokingly, sometimes in serious, thinks whenever they describe their spouses bad sides!
No woman likes it when guys call their wives the "old ball and chain" or call her "the boss" or whatever. It's a guy thing to think in those terms. And guys don't like it when their wives calls them childish, just because he wants to have a bit of fun, now and then.
Could it be that the reason a lot of people find Cailan and Anora so annoying is that they are really just caricatures of what the other sex thinks is your worst qualities?
Maybe that is why Alistair is so much adored by women. He is the guy they fell in love with and married in real life too. Only, in real life, he is far too often transformed to his brother instead.
Modifié par Xandurpein, 12 juin 2010 - 09:07 .
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It was one of the qualities my warden learned to value after having failed his friend Jowan.
