I find the courtly love thing a bit silly because Thedas seems so much more modern than medieval in it's attitude towards romance. So I tend to think that if you're really both "yearning" so much you should stop mucking about and inventing impediments.
I find the courtly love thing a bit silly because Thedas seems so much more modern than medieval in it's attitude towards romance. So I tend to think that if you're really both "yearning" so much you should stop mucking about and inventing impediments.
She can't consummate with Blackwall because she's trying to rebuild her family name. It's not like Blackwall is the Inquisitor and has all the power and authority that the title gives to the Inquisitor. Blackwall is a commoner AND a criminal, and he wouldn't dare tarnish Josephine's name like that, anyway. Like she says, this way they can not waste their feelings for one another and they can both retain dignity.
Sylvia seemed to imply that this is something that is practiced in Thedas, and if you read the codex entries about marriage being more about bloodlines and titles rather than love, then it makes sense.
I find that DA has a horrid identity problem of trying to be a darker world than say Middle Earth and more on parwith Westeros or the Witcher universe.I find the courtly love thing a bit silly because Thedas seems so much more modern than medieval in it's attitude towards romance. So I tend to think that if you're really both "yearning" so much you should stop mucking about and inventing impediments.
Things would have been a lot nicer if Sylvia and Sheryl didn't do this.
I find the courtly love thing a bit silly because Thedas seems so much more modern than medieval in it's attitude towards romance. So I tend to think that if you're really both "yearning" so much you should stop mucking about and inventing impediments.
In terms of sexuality, yes, Thedas is much more modern.
However, in terms of family names, reputations, bloodlines, and class distinctions, it is still very much a medieval world.
What's surprising is less that Blackwall and Josephine have such a hard time getting together, but that the Inquisitor and Josephing have such a (comparative) easy time of it. For the nonhuman Inquisitors at least.
In terms of sexuality, yes, Thedas is much more modern.
However, in terms of family names, reputations, bloodlines, and class distinctions, it is still very much a medieval world.
What's surprising is less that Blackwall and Josephine have such a hard time getting together, but that the Inquisitor and Josephing have such a (comparative) easy time of it. For the nonhuman Inquisitors at least.
I guess in that case the Inquisitor is already a big a power similar to a noble
I guess in that case the Inquisitor is already a big a power similar to a noble
That and the "power of beign the main character".
That and the "power of beign the main character".
That too, none can resist that power 
Pretty much. Regardless of race or gender, the Montilyet family would probably approve of the relationship not only because their daughter is in love but that it greatly benefits them. The Inquisitor is the one who helps ends the decree that left the family on the brink of economic collapse and is now a crucial part of Southern Thedas.
Well the thing about Blackwall is that he's a notorious criminal/ And isn't also a quasi-religious figure. It's an enormous class divide so I don't find it that implausible.
One thing that bugs me is if in a relationship with you or just the coupling isn't activated yet, Josephine does not have a positive opinion of Rainier. And yet they also have her get in a coupling with him and her attitude about what he did takes a complete 180.
"It's complicated," is all you'd need to say about that.
Cutie
I see you Josephine with those hands xD
In terms of sexuality, yes, Thedas is much more modern.
However, in terms of family names, reputations, bloodlines, and class distinctions, it is still very much a medieval world.
What's surprising is less that Blackwall and Josephine have such a hard time getting together, but that the Inquisitor and Josephing have such a (comparative) easy time of it. For the nonhuman Inquisitors at least.
I see you Josephine with those hands xD
So do I. Her hands always find interesting places to rest. 
So do I. Her hands always find interesting places to rest.
She thinks she slick with the good girl act but it's all a ruse 
Things would have been a lot nicer if Sylvia and Sheryl didn't do this.
I agree. I mean of all people.. Blackwall? Sigh.
Anyway, their romance goes no where, what's implied is they have a crush on eachother that never truly develops. Feelings like that come and go so.
I guess in that case the Inquisitor is already a big a power similar to a noble
Even better, really. An army at their command, vast political connections, land/estates that nobility are signing over to them, and the power to strip pretty much anyone of their good standing (thanks to Leliana and Josephine's maneuvering). The Inquisitor's just as, if not far more powerful and influential as many monarchs.
(Even if they don't have the power to can't get a servant to dust the spiderwebs or clean up the debris around their own castle 
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Combine that with the fact that the Inquisitor helps restore the Montilyet's good standing in Orlais, where the Inquisitor gains so much influence that the Empress or Emperor is in their debt. What noble merchant family would be insane enough to want to distance themselves from someone who can make them rich, at the least?
Hmm, maybe that's why Yvette was so excited to see the quiz?
"It's complicated," is all you'd need to say about that.
That doesn't answer anything though.
I agree. I mean of all people.. Blackwall? Sigh.
Anyway, their romance goes no where, what's implied is they have a crush on eachother that never truly develops. Feelings like that come and go so.
Yeah. I mean they pair her off with someone twice. Once with Otranto and again with Rainier.
For marriage, class matters. We haven't seen any real indications that it does for love and romance and sex.
Though maybe my view is distorted by the special snowflake PC stuff.
It still does. particularly in Orlais, class distinctions really matter.
Celene having an elven lover was a dirty little secret.
Michel de Chevin's commoner origin could have gotten him killed if it became known.
Yeah. I mean they pair her off with someone twice. Once with Otranto and again with Rainier.
Everyone wants to get cozy with Josie
Everyone wants to get cozy with Josie
I don't find it funny, sorry.
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