Nilfalasiel wrote...
I wouldn't say that he's a bad communicator so much as heedless. Alistair is a very immature person in many ways, and up until the Landsmeet, I think he truly believes, or wants to believe at least, that there's no way in hell that he'll be made king.
True, but I think it kind of helps that he was conditioned since early childhood to believe that he was only a half-blood bastard, couldn't be anything but a half-blood bastard, and would never get the throne in a million years as long as King Cailan and other more worthy candidates still live. Granted, Cailan dies, but there are still more worthy candidates than him in his mind.
If you remind him he's a prince, he'll always defer to other people who would ideally be better candidates, like Arl Eamon or Queen Anora, as he was raised to believe that his common blood, lack of experience, and poor leadership skills far out-weigh his noble blood.
Nilfalasiel wrote...
Except that, considering his situation, no matter how much he doesn't want to, he should understand that it's at least a possibility. And warn a non-human noble Warden about it. But he doesn't because "if I ignore it, maybe it'll go away". I can really picture him sticking his fingers in his ears and going "lalalala, I'm not listening! lalalala"
Yeah, there probably was some denial in his unwillingness to communicate the possibility of a breakup with the Warden, I won't deny it. But if the Warden shows enthusiasm for his noble blood and tells him he could/will be king, he still mentions how he worries how being king would change the relationship. So he is somewhat aware, considers the possibility and tries to hint his concerns to the Warden. Like you said though, I think he's also in denial and hopes against hope the Warden will consider his feelings, heed his advice, and find some else to crown without having to have a long, heavy conversation about it.
So, I think it's a little bit of both.
Nilfalasiel wrote...
Of the five origins I've tried so far (still missing City Elf), Human Noble is my least favourite one. I saved it for an Alistair romance, just to try out the "fairytale ending" that people kept talking about. And it just left me underwhelmed on all fronts. Maybe because the Human Noble never quite loses their privileged status, compared to everybody else (even the Dwarf Noble becomes a nobody). Maybe because playing a human in a fantasy RPG feels pointless to me. Maybe because an F!Cousland only has one set of non-horrendous eyebrows, and even then, they look over-tweezed. Either way, my verdict was "blah".
I agree completely. I've played all the origins (City Elf is my favourite though) and tried the human noble just for the sake trying out the "fairytale wedding" as you did, but I couldn't even get past Ostagar. I found it so ungodly boring, underwhelming, and frankly insulting how automatically polite and respectful people were to the human noble even before learning their names, whereas dwarves and especially elves had to earn respect after listening to nay-sayers, doubters, and disrespectful commenters. (Next person who says "My city elf was treated the same as the human noble" or "The human noble has it worst because they started with everything and lost it" gets a tongue-lashing.)
If playing the "default" is this boring, then let me always deviate from the default.
Nilfalasiel wrote...
Actually, I'm pretty sure Fenris is just exceptionally tall for an elf. Don't think any of the other elves are noticeably taller than F!Hawke. Or maybe I just didn't notice. Also, Merrill definitely fits the bill of being both slimmer and shorter than a human.
Really? I don't remember, though I do know the
race concept art shows elves and humans to be roughly the same height (with males a little taller than females) and Fenris always seemed pretty tall too, so I just assumed... I don't know. Maybe Fenris is the tall one, I don't remember. It's been a while since I played.
Nilfalasiel wrote...
Still, yeah, I'm pretty sure there would be barbs directed at Fenris for being an elf, especially an elf in a relationship with a human. And I'm positive that he would have a few choice qunari/Tevinter epithets to mutter under his breath about the issue.
Oh, I'm sure he gets annoyed with the barbs about being an elf, (the whole "Manservant?!" mutter in MotA), but what I wonder specifically is whether he gets barbs for being "less manly" for being an elf, and if it annoys him too.
As you and others have said though, he probably does, he just mutters about it afterward instead of confronting people directly about it. (I guess it doesn't bother him as much as other insults or issues, like slavery or mages, which he'll openly pick a fight about any day and thrice on holy days.)
Well at least her guy Hawke; does she do FemHawke? I thought she did, but I can't remember if her personality is as goofball as her guy Hawke's.
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But aimo's comic on that remark was priceless indeed. xD
