Narrow Margin wrote...
Chari wrote...
That is true. We don't know enough about other cultures to predict how they'll react to such things. Though some things are commonly known. Marriage is still a neccessity, so is making babies. Though the Thedas is quite neutral, it is still quite traditional as well in its beliefs. Majority of people consists of peasants, citizens and travellers who are content with this way of life - the way they're used to. So it is only logical that majoirty of them will likely be more interested in the opposite sex. Even if they aren't there is that marriage one can not cancel and cheating is... well, not the best way to start a family life, right? Life is still hard.
Thedas may be a better place for people of different sexualities, but it is still not perfect
To take the devil's advocate view what if the traditional view is that marriage is a fine institution for cementing property inheritance, succession of titles and generating heirs, but why would we confuse it with emotional relationships?
And let's say for the moment the peasants think this way. Why would the ruling classes not be adopting the attitude, oh ho ho, they're stout and hardy folk, with simple ideas, and of course we must keep up the right appearances so as not to scare the horses, but these things hardly apply to the likes of us.
Not to mention, I doubt we're collecting a party of peasants, citizens and travellers content with their way of life. I reckon we're getting a self selecting set of people to whom that does not apply, and so by deinition should be exhibiting some behaviours and mores against the norm.
The thing is, the straight couple is still more common and preferable by society due to marriage and other traditional reasons. So people from the early age learn that liking the opposite sex is better. Being bi or gay is not bad... but it's weird or at least stops one from forming a family which is not a luxury, but a neccessity.
The beliefs that are taught to a person stick to their mind their whole life. They may change them, they may go against them, but during these first 10-20 years of our life the society builds out personality. Even if you're rebel, you still depend on your society because you go against it. Remove it, and you have nothing left. A person does not exist in vacuum
The same goes with every other aspect, to be honest. If you're Fereldian, you likely are a dog person. It doesn't even matter if it's not realy true and you prefer cats. It's just that you're used to be thinking that dogs are awesome because you've been told this the entire life. It doesn't make you a cat hater but cats... they're weird. Dogs are much better
As for the lords and ladies of high class they're technically even more restricted. All this bloodline stuff, when you sometimes have to marry your own distand cousins
not like I'd mind because this is the only way to save to strengthen the family. Luckily for them they have enough power to have lots of lovers and stuff.
This is true. But still, making all of them sharing the same sexuality, or religious beliefs, or tastes is weird. Each companions is supposed to represent some nation, some race, some class. Or the opposites of it. Morrigan represent anti-Circle mage. Wynne represent a pro-Circle mage. Lelianna is a bard. Alistair is a fereldanian. Same with Loghain, though they're different types of Fereldenians. Sten and Arishok are qunari. Possible Iron Bull is an opposite of qunari
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Or boy..
I wasn't being serious.
