Talk:Aelinore/@comment-72.95.50.194-20150313203736/@comment-72.95.50.194-20150330102053

"Just like you sir, just like you." -Someone needs to get a clue.

"In the time period this game is based on, women were supposed to be." -I have to disagree. Throughout the game you encounter female NPCs running shops, travelling, and yes- fighting as worriors/thiefs/bandits/whatever. There is no indication that the male NPCs have a problem with this aside from Julien's opinion of Mercedes. In the quest "Land of Opportunity," Jasper refuses to make a decision until his wife and kid are convinced, insinuating democracy in the household. Even Mirabelle (her maid) exhibits a personality which contradicts a claim of subservience, disregarding the fact that she actually IS a servant (her occupation is irrelevant since male servants exist) and fears repercussion not out of "not knowing her place as a woman" but because of her position and the fact that the duke is a power-hungry, egocentric lunatic. Women have a place in politics (as shown by Mercedes) as well as the faith. There really is no indication in this game that females were meant to be a subservient gender, making Aelinore's character an anomaly. Her personality befits a child frolicking about the fountain in the town square, not royalty. On that note, even Fournival's daughter Symone has more of a "grown-up" personality than she does. She simply just doesn't fit in the game and is more of a design flaw than anything. What makes it worse is that, if you're a completionist, you really have no choice as it seems there is only one particular outcome for rescuing her, regardless of Liquid Effluvium/unsheathing/killing her (pre-quest accomplishes nothing and quest failure results when killing her DURING). Her character, as well as the lack of options when dealing with her character/questline as a female arisen is a testament to the fact that female gamers were an oversight (in yet ANOTHER game) and that developers either incorporated their own obsessions or wanted to appeal to a sexually repressed fanbase, an assumption affirmed by the astronimcal number of large, saggy, half-deflated-waterballoon-boobed pawns in the rift.

The only people who should be offended are the people who fit the above description. If you don't- good on you. I saw others expressing their discontent for her character and felt I'd do the same. Everyone has their own opinion. You now have my interpretation and my opinion: pathetic.