Taleroth wrote...
I dunno if he's the most unrealistic. There's Morrigan, who's just joining the adventure to get a baby.
Most women like her prefer to go to college for that sort of thing.
Think of the type of woman Morrigan is - someone else put it best: mean, socially inept, and eager to get in your bed as long as you agree with whatever she says and ply her with plenty of gifts. She's ready and willing for any casual fling that comes along, provided the man is assertive enough and meets her colossally high standards, but as soon as real emotions come along she retreats back to the scared, emotionally stunted girl-child she is. Women like that are a dime a dozen.
Zevran is another popular stereotype that you can find in any bar - confident, self-assured, quite skilled where it counts, but deep down his shadow self resides within a pool of regret that's just waiting for someone who truly loves him to come along and drag him out.
Leliana is the most normal, and therefore most boring, of them all. Takes the most work to get her to the love stage, and she enjoys making you work for it, but once you get there it's a sweet happily ever after. Oh sure the two of you might have problems down the road but she's ready to be mature about them and work through them together. She has flaws, like everyone else, but she's trusted you with them and you've accepted them, same way she's accepted yours. In other words, an actual adult relationship. Bo-ring.
Which leaves Alistair, the only type you don't see on regular planet Earth. He's handsome, charming, witty, he has no experience with women and yet somehow knows exactly how to flatter them. He's vulnerable and warm and ready to take you into his loving embrace but of course he's also tough and manly. He responds well to being manipulated and bossed around but of course when things get real he's ready to be the big man and take charge (particularly the hilarious character derailment at the Landsmeet). Only one adjective can describe Alistair: imaginary.
Oh sure there might be men who are somewhat like Alistair in the world, and I'm certain more than a few women have deluded themselves into thinking they've found someone like him, and I'm even more certain that many men out there have realized the quick path to success is by pretending to be someone like Alistair, but the truth is people like Alistair exist only in fiction. Someone with as many issues as him would not even be close to as loving and understanding as he is, someone with his upbringing would definitely not be as open and compassionate, someone with his looks would not be that inexperienced with women, and perhaps most damning of all someone with the specific combination of his childhood and personality would probably be gay (he just screams gay all over to me). The list goes on. I found Xander and Malcolm Reynolds much more realistic than Alistair, but that's probably just nostalgia speaking.
Not that any of this is bad. I happen to think Alistair is a remarkably well-written character, and his romance is perhaps the most fulfilling provided you do all of the plot and dialogue gymnastics necessary to secure a happy ending with him (which ironically you would have no idea how to do your first playthrough). I'm just saying he's nowhere near realistic - which is good, because this is a video game and shouldn't be trying to be realistic.
EDIT: Whoa, post came out formatted all weird.
Modifié par Krigwin, 01 décembre 2009 - 03:07 .
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