Okay, this totally isn't about Fiona, but I'm going to digress anyways, and for that, I'm sorry...
ElvaliaRavenHart wrote...
During the war and their engagement Maric has an affair with the elf Katriel. However Rowan and Loghain weren't exactly open and honest either since Rowan and Loghain have an affair in the book before Rowan marries Maric. I'd say Maric and Loghain both were womanizers.
One extramarital affair does not a womanizer make. Although Maric's string of lovers is definitely implied by the game (and I personally whole-heartedly agree with your assessment of his character), Loghain's only transgression is falling in love with a woman who is promised to another, and who also loves him in return. As far as I know, he was faithful to Anora's mother and did not wreck any other homes.
Human Noble Females in a relationship with Alistair are as good as told that he does need an heir and the Human Noble Warden or any other female character can't give him one.
Yeah, this sucks. It's not cool. But it's my understanding that Grey Wardens really can't have children. It's explained that Wardens with children had them before the Joining. Of course Fiona (look! relevant to the thread) did it, but it's possible that by the time she conceived she'd been cured of the taint. So at the very least, it's extremely difficult for one Warden to conceive a child, let alone two. Gaider has said that Alistair often makes his worst decisions when he "
lets his duty rule his heart." But I personally never took that as a sign of a strong desire to be unfaithful. It would be like saying he's a womanizer just because he completes Morrigan's dark ritual. You asked him to do it, it's for the good of the country, and he's not
necessarily going to enjoy it. But that's just how I rationalize it in my head. I didn't see Awakenings the casting aside of the Warden, either. Alistair certainly wasn't cold toward the Warden if he was king. I think his character is a little too bumbling to have the wherewithal to pretend to still be in love her (or to have done so from the beginning), if he has other schemes in the works.
It's implied in both ways with Calian depending on who you talk with in game if he was faithful to Anora or not. Not proven fact, it's just implied in the game.
I can totally see this interpretation of Cailan's character. I'm not sure if it was my first thought when I originally played the game, but there's enough evidence that you can infer it if you want. But if Anora is barren, he does have to produce an heir some way. Infertility has, in certain times and places, been enough to get a girl beheaded. So if Cailan is trying to produce an heir and is transparent in that process, but wants to keep Anora as his queen because he does truly love her, I don't see that as womanizing, only a means to an end.
No mage, nor elf can every marry Alistair, they can only persuade him to become his mistress. He also really doesn't want to do this IMHO and yet you get the best outcome in epligoue slides this way.
Or Alistair can not become king and he and a Warden of any origin can run away and Grey-Warden together to the end of time with no implied unfaithfulness.
Gaider even said during one of the gaming conventions that Alistair never really loved any female character and I don't know if he was joking or not.
Aww, he didn't mean that... I hope.
Anyway, I can ceratainly see where you're coming from with your analysis and it's certainly valid without even stretching the imagination, but I think there's a good deal more wiggle room in there. After all, BW loves a morally ambiguous situation.
Modifié par leborum, 08 janvier 2013 - 08:31 .