Wow, what a gorgeous place! To think she left that to move into a remote castle in the frozen peaks... That's dedication for you.
Well, like they said she is strongly and sincerely devoted to the Inquisition and the Inquisitor.
It'd be neat if something like that was the painting we can give her that this discussed earlier.
Is it a bad thing that I just want to take Merrill by the shoulder and slap her for being so stupid?
Hawk: (slaps Merrill) Everyone you loved died because of you.
Merrill: (crying into the ground) I only wanted to save my people's history.
Hawk: And, now where are your people?
Merrill: (cries)
Wanting to slap a woman for having an opinion you disagree with certainly isn't good. I also wouldn't call Merrill stupid because other people made mistakes - I'd blame Marethari for releasing Audacity, and I'd blame the grown men and women who attempt to commit cold-blooded murder unless Hawke coddles them. I don't see any reason to blame Merrill for other people's actions.
Hawke can disagree with Merrill, but he does so from a place of ignorance about her culture, her beliefs, and the technology she is painstakingly building from all her research. It's basically a trope of the human telling the non-human she's wrong about something he genuinely knows nothing about. Frankly, I'm hoping that none of the advisers - Josephine included - pull this old trope if a non-Andrastian Inquisitor is dealing with a situation that he or she is personally familiar with, but that one of the Andrastian advisers is completely ignorant about.
Wanting to slap a woman for having an opinion you disagree with certainly isn't good. I also wouldn't call Merrill stupid because other people made mistakes - I'd blame Marethari for releasing Audacity, and I'd blame the grown men and women who attempt to commit cold-blooded murder unless Hawke coddles them. I don't see any reason to blame Merrill for other people's actions.
Hawke can disagree with Merrill, but he does so from a place of ignorance about her culture, her beliefs, and the technology she is painstakingly building from all her research. It's basically a trope of the human telling the non-human she's wrong about something he genuinely knows nothing about. Frankly, I'm hoping that none of the advisers - Josephine included - pull this old trope if a non-Andrastian Inquisitor is dealing with a situation that he or she is personally familiar with, but that one of the Andrastian advisers is completely ignorant about.
I don't know. The fact that every other character in DA2 that wasn't a demon was telling Merrill that what she was doing was pretty stupid should kind of let Hawke off the hook on the whole 'I know better than you' trope. Elf, human, mage, non-mage, Dalish, non-Dalish. EVERYONE said Merrill shouldn't do what she did. She did it anyway, because she thought she knew better than her Keeper, her clan, her friends who look after her every day. She even calls herself a "Willful, stubborn idiot." This wasn't a Hawke thing. This was an everybody-but-Merrill thing.
But I digress. This sounds aweful off-topic. Better revert to Josephine fast.
Here, have a picture. This one seems a little off on the skin tone, but I don't think it's been in the thread yet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Since we talked about her missing the view of the Antivan sea from her bedroom, here's a picture from The Silent Grove of where she is from.
But can we get an in game painting Bioware? Please!!!
But can we get an in game painting Bioware? Please!!!
I would love an ingame painting of Antiva City. I know exactly which room I'm putting it in too. 
Here is the video that has Patrick Weekes confirm Josephine as adorable. Watch from 37:10-37:18.
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Here is the video that has Patrick Weekes confirm Josephine as adorable. Watch from 37:10-37:18.
We needed confirmation? 
Dang I was all set to romance Sera my first playthrough, no doubt in my mind, and then I come visit this thread and see the art and the conversations and stuff like this top picture here and I just don't know anymore DDD8 She's so uncharacteristically ... dishevelled, it's very distracting. And so is that green nail polish. MUST STAY STRONG
Ok, last few arts I found on tumblr and posted were duds, lets see how you all like these.
http://pheberoni.tum...py-but-ayye-new
Hehe heya! I put this up on the petquisition but I felt it can be in here as well!
I think my cat is like Josephine!
She is always nice to people and very diplomatic ( she is a very nice cat haha), but if they get out of line she takes her claws out
Very graceful cat and kind of looks like her too!
SpoilerBeauty spots ftw!
Here is the video that has Patrick Weekes confirm Josephine as adorable. Watch from 37:10-37:18.
Yay.
It's true the way he said "Josephine is adorable! And also gorgeous" was just awesome 
Yay.
It's true the way he said "Josephine is adorable! And also gorgeous" was just awesome
I especially liked that he said adorable first. Her looks are secondary to her personality... Is it October yet?
I especially liked that he said adorable first. Her looks are secondary to her personality... Is it October yet?
No 
Howdy ya'll I know this comment might get a ton of backlash but I'm willing to bite the bullet...
Jo-Jo's so called beauty spots... Thoughts?
Myself I'm a bit on the errr side of things, it isn't something that I hate, but it *IS* something that captures my eye every time it look at her.
(I feel like Austin powers wanting to point it out... I wonder if we'll get the opportunity to. O.o)
They don't bother me. They catch the eye, but it just makes her face distinctive. I'm glad the characters have some physical 'flaws' for lack of a better term.
Cassandra has scars, Sera's hair is cut unevenly, Josephine has beauty marks, Cullen is scruffy (that stubble!), Iron Bull is missing an eye and Dorian... Mmh. He uses too much hair grease? Yeah, I'll go with that.
It gives them a distinctive look and some of it reflects their personality or style.
They don't bother me. They catch the eye, but it just makes her face distinctive. I'm glad the characters have some physical 'flaws' for lack of a better term.
Cassandra has scars, Sera's hair is cut unevenly, Josephine has beauty marks, Cullen is scruffy (that stubble!), Iron Bull is missing an eye and Dorian... Mmh. He uses too much hair grease? Yeah, I'll go with that.
It gives them a distinctive look and some of it reflects their personality or style.
I don't know. The fact that every other character in DA2 that wasn't a demon was telling Merrill that what she was doing was pretty stupid should kind of let Hawke off the hook on the whole 'I know better than you' trope. Elf, human, mage, non-mage, Dalish, non-Dalish. EVERYONE said Merrill shouldn't do what she did. She did it anyway, because she thought she knew better than her Keeper, her clan, her friends who look after her every day. She even calls herself a "Willful, stubborn idiot." This wasn't a Hawke thing. This was an everybody-but-Merrill thing.
But I digress. This sounds aweful off-topic. Better revert to Josephine fast.
Here, have a picture. This one seems a little off on the skin tone, but I don't think it's been in the thread yet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
And then Marethari confirmed beyond doubt that Merrill was better than her, by getting possessed.
Also, it wasn't everyone. It was Anders, Fenris, Marethari and her goons.
Howdy ya'll I know this comment might get a ton of backlash but I'm willing to bite the bullet...
Jo-Jo's so called beauty spots... Thoughts?
Myself I'm a bit on the errr side of things, it isn't something that I hate, but it *IS* something that captures my eye every time it look at her.
(I feel like Austin powers wanting to point it out... I wonder if we'll get the opportunity to. O.o)
Imperfections make the character real. She is, perhaps, more beautiful for them. In my opinion of course.
Hehe heya! I put this up on the petquisition but I felt it can be in here as well!
Dat eye color.
And then Marethari confirmed beyond doubt that Merrill was better than her, by getting possessed.
Also, it wasn't everyone. It was Anders, Fenris, Marethari and her goons.
Admittedly, the people who disagreed with Merrill weren't as informed as she was (and Marethari's dialogue implies she didn't research it because she felt the technology should remain buried), but I think cultural differences also play a role. Merrill's reference to the denizens of the Beyond as spirits isn't elaborated on until the religious arguments between Merrill and Anders (and confirmed by WoT), where it's clear the People don't make distinctions between "good" and "bad" spirits (i.e. the First Children of the Maker, and the ones who turned their backs on the Maker in jealousy over humanity), but instead view all spirits as dangerous. To the Andrastians, demons are pouring out from the Fade; to a Dalish Inquisitor, spirits are coming from the Beyond.
Unless the unique cultural perspectives of the racial backgrounds are diluted because of the voiced protagonist (and the elven perspective was, by the author's own admission, removed for the Dalish in "The Masked Empire" to avoid confusion for the readers), I wouldn't be surprised if this was also an issue with a Vashoth Inquisitor (depending on how differently the Qunari view the "Land of the Dead" in comparison to Andrastians) or especially an elven Inquisitor, given the relatively high Andrastian composition of the Inquisition (including all three advisers, like Josephine).
Of course, that might not generally be the case. Given Zevran's reference to the dangerous Dalish of Antiva City (which indicates the People have a presence in Antiva), Josephine may have some experience with the Dalish, which isn't necessarily the case with the other advisers (as The Warden was the one who primarily dealt with the members of Zathrian's Clan, while Cullen seemed to be handling administrative duties at the Gallows, rather than pursuing Dalish mages).
Given the severe lack of information about the Vashoth, I remain uncertain how that will be handled (I'm hoping an atheist perspective is available since the person isn't a follower of the Qun, similar to the one that was available for The Warden). It might involve the Vashoth protagonist overcoming the perception that he or she is Qunari (most likely among the Andrastian companions and advisers) Given the proximity of Antiva to Rivain (where there are some Qunari converts), I suppose it isn't impossible for there to be some Vashoth (or Tal-Vashoth, at least) in Antiva.
I don't find Josephine physically attractive, but her face is interesting and I'm really in awe of the artists.
As for Josephine and the Dalish, I don't see her having much interaction with them. She seems to move among power brokers. I expect her to be at least somewhat wary of the Dalish, but never losing her impeccable manners.
Josie looks pretty cute in my opinion but maybe its the beauty mark or those eyes. 
I am very curious how the diplomatic factors in the games will differ from just wrecking faces. Will it be like swaying crowds at Lands Meet or meeting the demands and requests of the people like in Awakening because I enjoyed both of moments.
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