sylvanaerie wrote...
I can't imagine any Alpha male just sitting back and being eye candy at political functions and letting his wife run the show cause she sure as heck isn't going to budge an inch off that throne once she has it let alone share ruling responsibilities. I can't see any Cousland who marries Anora for the purpose of ruling with her as being an Omega.
A false dichotomy, based on the simplistic categorization of males into two groups.
One can be ambitious without being excessively so and realize that Anora is good at her job. If one only cares about ambition, then yea I wouldn't expect much cooperation. But if it's ambition mixed with a genuine concern for Ferelden's interests, then cooperating with Anora is much more likely to happen and the awakening epilogue hints at a rapprochement.
Cooperation is possible between two ambitious leaders who both care about their country and are allied by marriage. It will require an informal and formal division of labor. Anora is good at administration and bureaucratic affairs, something that a Cousland is less likely to be good at. My Cousland, though highly ambitious, has no problems admitting that. The Cousland's forte however is the army.
In addition, the Cousland Consort can be the Teyrn of Gwaren, making the only 2 Ternirs Cousland possessions. That is a lot of power and a perfect backup to make sure that Anora wouldn't just ignore the Cousland. She can't affored to lose support from those 2 Ternirs. Add the fact that the Cousland can go to Awakening and can amass not only huge popularity, but can also clean house and eventually have his friend Nathaniel put in place as an important bann (since Esmerelle dies, he can have Amaranthine city).
So even if Anora doesn't want to share any sort of power whatsoever (At least initially), she wouldnt' be stupid enough not to realize that alienating the immensely popular Cousland is not in her interests. So I do not see any indication whatsoever that Anora wouldn't want to share some power with the Cousland (then again, those who say that generally percieve Anora as being purely motivated by ambition only). Not only does the Awakening epilogue hint at a possible rapprochement, the political situation in Ferelden virtually removes the option of alienating the Cousland (if he isn't stupid and weak). She can't afford it when Redcliffe is increasing in power and the Bannorn is still being the troublesome thorn in Ferelden's back. Unless of course the Cousland is an unsubtle impatient greedy brute.
Furthermore, the Cousland + Anora Origins epilogue says that if they cooperate, they are going to usher in a Golden Age. It says cooperate, not "Cousland has to bend to her will on everything and let her run the show". If the Coulsand does nothing, then it's the Anora solo epilogue, which does not mention a golden age like the Cousland + Anora. So evidently cooperation is more than just Anora on her own.
Anora will always have more formal power than the Cousland, she is the Queen regnant. However, the Cousland can have a substantial amount of
formal power (2 Ternirs, Consort, army..etc) AND
informal power (connections with various groups / nobles, if played correctly economic leverage, popularity...etc) and can be very active.
So the Anora + Cousland pairing does not necessarily need a passive "omega" Cousland for it to work.
Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 08 février 2011 - 03:43 .
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