inherit
Friend of Red Jenny
90
0
18,890
vertigomez
5,281
August 2016
vertigomez
|
Post by vertigomez on Sept 18, 2019 22:58:10 GMT
hullo josie thread, pls tell me about your favorite Inquisitor for Josephine 👀 I can't deciiiide
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 18, 2019 23:10:04 GMT
hullo josie thread, pls tell me about your favorite Inquisitor for Josephine 👀 I can't deciiiide Hmm, that's hard. I've done her romance with all of them and they are all really good.
|
|
inherit
749
0
Mar 10, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
3,653
Iddy
3,727
August 2016
iddy
|
Post by Iddy on Sept 19, 2019 16:37:38 GMT
Josie's great. I love the scene when the Herald is declared Inquisitor and she shouts and then catches herself. X) It always makes me smile. I watched her romance on Youtube recently (FluffyNinjaLlama's Princequisitor) and I was surprised how much I liked it! Cassandra: Have the people been told? Josephine: Yes, AND SOON THE WORLD
|
|
inherit
749
0
Mar 10, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
3,653
Iddy
3,727
August 2016
iddy
|
Post by Iddy on Sept 23, 2019 12:02:22 GMT
I gotta say, it's really shitty when the human Inquisitor says that Orlesians are puzzled by how Marchers govern themselves without an empress holding their hand, and Josephine replies "A peasant might get away with that kind of insult, but not someone of your stature".
I mean, who berates someone for badmouthing Orlais? Orlais, people.
|
|
Silvery
N3
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
Posts: 455 Likes: 986
inherit
941
0
Apr 17, 2024 16:02:01 GMT
986
Silvery
455
Aug 12, 2016 21:54:47 GMT
August 2016
silvery
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
|
Post by Silvery on Oct 2, 2019 3:53:51 GMT
|
|
inherit
8759
0
Apr 25, 2024 23:27:58 GMT
8,780
Curious Crow
Tripping through time
1,763
Jun 17, 2017 14:20:42 GMT
June 2017
kipper
|
Post by Curious Crow on Oct 2, 2019 10:40:54 GMT
I feel like its from Tumblr. Tried searching the image and the artist's name which is marked on it but can't find a source. Almightyp from Tumblr but they've deactivated their account for some reason. Which is a pity since the few other pics I spotted from their account in reposts (reblogs? tumblr reply thingy) were amazing. EDIT: So more digging. And I'm like 80% sure on this. So that's Evelin, or Lin. She goes from the tumblr handle from AlmightyP, to MindlesslyRed and then ends up at rlinarts. That picture isn't on her current blog, but there are 3 really pretty Josephine pictures on that tag on her place, so still worth a look And her whole page is amazing, so would recommend. rlinarts.tumblr.com/tagged/josephine-montilyet
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Oct 2, 2019 16:16:22 GMT
I gotta say, it's really shitty when the human Inquisitor says that Orlesians are puzzled by how Marchers govern themselves without an empress holding their hand, and Josephine replies "A peasant might get away with that kind of insult, but not someone of your stature". I mean, who berates someone for badmouthing Orlais? Orlais, people. Someone whose job it is to make sure your organization gets along well with Orlais because you need their help to save the world.
|
|
inherit
749
0
Mar 10, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
3,653
Iddy
3,727
August 2016
iddy
|
Post by Iddy on Oct 2, 2019 16:20:21 GMT
I gotta say, it's really shitty when the human Inquisitor says that Orlesians are puzzled by how Marchers govern themselves without an empress holding their hand, and Josephine replies "A peasant might get away with that kind of insult, but not someone of your stature". I mean, who berates someone for badmouthing Orlais? Orlais, people. Someone whose job it is to make sure your organization gets along well with Orlais because you need their help to save the world. Still, does being diplomatic mean you gotta be completely spineless? Orlesians say that Free Marcher nobility is quaint, so the Inquisitor must try hard to prove that his/her bloodline is worthy?
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Oct 2, 2019 16:23:49 GMT
Someone whose job it is to make sure your organization gets along well with Orlais because you need their help to save the world. Still, does being diplomatic mean you gotta be completely spineless? Orlesians say that Free Marcher nobility is quaint, so the Inquisitor must try hard to prove that his/her bloodline is worthy? I'd say ignoring those jabs and remaining civil takes more spine than trying to trade blows.
|
|
Silvery
N3
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
Posts: 455 Likes: 986
inherit
941
0
Apr 17, 2024 16:02:01 GMT
986
Silvery
455
Aug 12, 2016 21:54:47 GMT
August 2016
silvery
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
|
Post by Silvery on Oct 3, 2019 2:11:07 GMT
I feel like its from Tumblr. Tried searching the image and the artist's name which is marked on it but can't find a source. Almightyp from Tumblr but they've deactivated their account for some reason. Which is a pity since the few other pics I spotted from their account in reposts (reblogs? tumblr reply thingy) were amazing. EDIT: So more digging. And I'm like 80% sure on this. So that's Evelin, or Lin. She goes from the tumblr handle from AlmightyP, to MindlesslyRed and then ends up at rlinarts. That picture isn't on her current blog, but there are 3 really pretty Josephine pictures on that tag on her place, so still worth a look And her whole page is amazing, so would recommend. rlinarts.tumblr.com/tagged/josephine-montilyet Nice detective work on that.
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 19, 2019 18:02:25 GMT
|
|
inherit
749
0
Mar 10, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
3,653
Iddy
3,727
August 2016
iddy
|
Post by Iddy on Nov 22, 2019 3:53:30 GMT
Josephine is so very nobley that I find it a bit hard to believe she would fall for a Inquisitor of humble origins.
I mean, it's technically possible, but that's just game mechanics.
|
|
dirtydiscolux
N2
<3
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
Posts: 224 Likes: 536
inherit
7792
0
536
dirtydiscolux
<3
224
Apr 18, 2017 14:14:58 GMT
April 2017
nina
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
|
Post by dirtydiscolux on Nov 23, 2019 19:36:37 GMT
I romance her with a rogue Trevelyan. A Trevelyan just seemed to suit her romance best for me. I romance her every playthrough now. I love her personality and romance path. I switched my DAI KEEP romance tile to Josephine just a week ago.
|
|
inherit
749
0
Mar 10, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
3,653
Iddy
3,727
August 2016
iddy
|
Post by Iddy on Nov 25, 2019 4:33:01 GMT
If the Inquisitor asks Josephine if she and Leliana are more than friends, she absolutely denies it.
But if you ask Leliana, she implies they had sex. So... what is the truth?
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 25, 2019 8:17:35 GMT
If the Inquisitor asks Josephine if she and Leliana are more than friends, she absolutely denies it. But if you ask Leliana, she implies they had sex. So... what is the truth? The writers for both Leliana and Josephine confirmed that the two never had a sexual relationship, instead it being a sisterly one.
|
|
Noxluxe
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
Posts: 1,979 Likes: 3,492
inherit
10359
0
Mar 14, 2019 16:10:11 GMT
3,492
Noxluxe
1,979
Jul 21, 2018 23:55:09 GMT
July 2018
noxluxe
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
|
Post by Noxluxe on Nov 28, 2019 6:39:29 GMT
I think I romanced Josephine during my very first Inquisition play-through, but then cocked it up during the duel. It was cool to actually get to fight a duel in a lady's honor, especially one who is practically a Disney princess. I figured she would be flattered at me dealing with the matter in such an efficient, civilized and time-honored way, while personally getting the pleasure of skewering a snotty bastard who thought he had a claim on her and that he could match me in single combat to boot. It was supposed to prove to her how serious I was, while at the same time sending a message to the world that fucking with my people ends with you dead in a gutter no matter who you are. Unfortunately that's not quite how she saw it. Let's just say that Hyram Trevelyan, Templar Inquisitor, was no expert at reading the room. A shame, too. I don't plan on playing the game as a Trevelyan ever again, and like Iddy I can't really imagine her with anyone else. And I actually really like her. Even though her gossiping about Maker-be-damned Orlesian nobles always makes my Inquisitors' eyes glaze over, and has my finger hovering over the skip button.
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 28, 2019 7:04:38 GMT
I don’t get this “She can’t be with anyone but nonmage human Inquisitor” idea since the game and her romance is full of evidence to the contrary.
|
|
Noxluxe
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
Posts: 1,979 Likes: 3,492
inherit
10359
0
Mar 14, 2019 16:10:11 GMT
3,492
Noxluxe
1,979
Jul 21, 2018 23:55:09 GMT
July 2018
noxluxe
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
|
Post by Noxluxe on Nov 28, 2019 9:26:41 GMT
I don’t get this “She can’t be with anyone but nonmage human Inquisitor” idea since the game and her romance is full of evidence to the contrary. For my part, I think it's very hard for people of wildly different social standings to have relationships. Culture clashes might seem romantic from the outside, but they aren't. So much uncertainty at the start of a relationship makes it much harder to find the sense of security and trust you need to have to make it last. Add an inter-species element, and the pairing becomes downright implausible. Josephine is a consummate noble, she breathes proper etiquette, and wants things to be the way they're supposed to in her own mind. I'd want her to have a husband she can dress up perfectly according to relevant customs without having to get creative with nonhuman body proportions, and drag to state dinners, dance with using the same steps she always has and parade around on her arm without causing mockery and vicious rumors that she would pretend didn't hurt her but which absolutely would. The game makes no point of any of that being an issue, even though it realistically very much would, so it just seems more natural if she's with another human of similar background where they wouldn't be a concern.
|
|
inherit
749
0
Mar 10, 2024 18:44:44 GMT
3,653
Iddy
3,727
August 2016
iddy
|
Post by Iddy on Nov 28, 2019 11:55:55 GMT
I don’t get this “She can’t be with anyone but nonmage human Inquisitor” idea since the game and her romance is full of evidence to the contrary. For my part, I think it's very hard for people of wildly different social standings to have relationships. Culture clashes might seem romantic from the outside, but they aren't. So much uncertainty at the start of a relationship makes it much harder to find the sense of security and trust you need to have to make it last. Add an inter-species element, and the pairing becomes downright implausible. Josephine is a consummate noble, she breathes proper etiquette, and wants things to be the way they're supposed to in her own mind. I'd want her to have a husband she can dress up perfectly according to relevant customs without having to get creative with nonhuman body proportions, and drag to state dinners, dance with using the same steps she always has and parade around on her arm without causing mockery and vicious rumors that she would pretend didn't hurt her but which absolutely would. The game makes no point of any of that being an issue, even though it realistically very much would, so it just seems more natural if she's with another human of similar background where they wouldn't be a concern. Yeah, I think it would work better if Josephine was Cassandra's kind of noble, who has no love for that world. Speaking of couples, what do you think of Dorian/Iron Bull?
|
|
Noxluxe
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
Posts: 1,979 Likes: 3,492
inherit
10359
0
Mar 14, 2019 16:10:11 GMT
3,492
Noxluxe
1,979
Jul 21, 2018 23:55:09 GMT
July 2018
noxluxe
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
|
Post by Noxluxe on Nov 28, 2019 12:47:13 GMT
Yeah, I think it would work better if Josephine was Cassandra's kind of noble, who has no love for that world. Speaking of couples, what do you think of Dorian/Iron Bull? Yup. Cassandra is from an entirely different world, and has long since sacrificed any notion of propriety or normality in her life in order to be a more effective soldier for the common good. That means that she's freer to make unorthodox romantic choices, but also more unlikely to actually make them. I definitely wouldn't say Josephine should be more like her. The opportunity to romance a comparatively normal, sane and intelligent woman whose life hasn't been entirely swallowed by a larger cause doesn't crop up too often in RPGs anymore. I'm not a fan of Dorian/Iron Bull. Dorian is too good of a guy, and the Bull has too much baggage. I can see them getting together for some ill-advised hedonistic decompression, and I can see Dorian developing feelings because he's a goddamn bleeding heart, but I don't see them having any kind of future together even assuming that Iron Bull doesn't turn tail. Tevinter's redemption is too important to Dorian, and Iron Bull isn't going to hold unto the relationship through all those years' slow and careful work. And that's for the best. You? At the risk of possibly derailing the thread a bit.
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 28, 2019 20:00:11 GMT
For my part, I think it's very hard for people of wildly different social standings to have relationships. Culture clashes might seem romantic from the outside, but they aren't. So much uncertainty at the start of a relationship makes it much harder to find the sense of security and trust you need to have to make it last. Add an inter-species element, and the pairing becomes downright implausible. Josephine is a consummate noble, she breathes proper etiquette, and wants things to be the way they're supposed to in her own mind. I'd want her to have a husband she can dress up perfectly according to relevant customs without having to get creative with nonhuman body proportions, and drag to state dinners, dance with using the same steps she always has and parade around on her arm without causing mockery and vicious rumors that she would pretend didn't hurt her but which absolutely would. The game makes no point of any of that being an issue, even though it realistically very much would, so it just seems more natural if she's with another human of similar background where they wouldn't be a concern. Yeah, I think it would work better if Josephine was Cassandra's kind of noble, who has no love for that world. Speaking of couples, what do you think of Dorian/Iron Bull? The same Cassandra that dumps you if she becomes Divine because Divines don’t have lovers? As for Josephine, you two can have that preference if you want but it’s wrong. The game and everyone involved in her creation say it is completely in her character to love an Inquisitor of any race or gender. Part of her romance quest is even literally her choosing you over what society expects of her. She also joined the Inquisition because she wanted not just to restore the world but make it better. Also please take the Dorian and Iron Bull discussion elsewhere. They have their own threads.
|
|
Noxluxe
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
Posts: 1,979 Likes: 3,492
inherit
10359
0
Mar 14, 2019 16:10:11 GMT
3,492
Noxluxe
1,979
Jul 21, 2018 23:55:09 GMT
July 2018
noxluxe
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
|
Post by Noxluxe on Nov 28, 2019 21:41:08 GMT
The same Cassandra that dumps you if she becomes Divine because Divines don’t have lovers? As for Josephine, you two can have that preference if you want but it’s wrong. The game and everyone involved in her creation say it is completely in her character to love an Inquisitor of any race or gender. Part of her romance quest is even literally her choosing you over what society expects of her. She also joined the Inquisition because she wanted not just to restore the world but make it better. Also please take the Dorian and Iron Bull discussion elsewhere. They have their own threads. Exactly. Cassandra as is has less reason to feel restricted in who she falls for, but only because a normal domestic situation was never really in the cards for her in the first place. Her duty to the world takes too much of her to allow for it. Nobody is saying that it's not in Josephine's character to love freely and without reservation. Just that being involved with a woman or a non-human actually would cost and cause problems for her, and since the game makes no issue of that whatsoever it seems more natural if there's no reason why it should. Such as if the Inquisitor is a perfectly ordinary and proper human noble that nobody would take exception to her falling in love with. The discussion isn't really about her preferences, it's more about what kind of romance would actually be convenient and healthy for her. And how smooth and free of difficulties and controversy the pairing is presented as in the game, which is slightly implausible if she publicly declared her love for, say, a Qunari mage.
|
|
inherit
Scribbles
185
0
Apr 23, 2024 17:30:54 GMT
30,246
Hanako Ikezawa
22,353
August 2016
hanakoikezawa
|
Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 28, 2019 21:54:51 GMT
The same Cassandra that dumps you if she becomes Divine because Divines don’t have lovers? As for Josephine, you two can have that preference if you want but it’s wrong. The game and everyone involved in her creation say it is completely in her character to love an Inquisitor of any race or gender. Part of her romance quest is even literally her choosing you over what society expects of her. She also joined the Inquisition because she wanted not just to restore the world but make it better. Also please take the Dorian and Iron Bull discussion elsewhere. They have their own threads. Exactly. Cassandra as is has less reason to feel restricted in who she falls for, but only because a normal domestic situation was never really in the cards for her in the first place. Her duty to the world takes too much of her to allow for it. Nobody is saying that it's not in Josephine's character to love freely and without reservation. Just that being involved with a woman or a non-human actually would cost and cause problems for her, and since the game makes no issue of that whatsoever it seems more natural if there's no reason why it should. Such as if the Inquisitor is a perfectly ordinary and proper human noble that nobody would take exception to her falling in love with. The discussion isn't really about her preferences, it's more about what kind of romance would actually be convenient and healthy for her. And how smooth and free of difficulties and controversy the pairing is presented as in the game, which is slightly implausible if she publicly declared her love for, say, a Qunari mage. As I said before, you are wrong. Simple as that.
|
|
Noxluxe
N4
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
Posts: 1,979 Likes: 3,492
inherit
10359
0
Mar 14, 2019 16:10:11 GMT
3,492
Noxluxe
1,979
Jul 21, 2018 23:55:09 GMT
July 2018
noxluxe
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda, SWTOR
|
Post by Noxluxe on Nov 29, 2019 6:00:54 GMT
As I said before, you are wrong. Simple as that. *shrugs* It's more a question of one's personal suspension of disbelief than a right or wrong thing. But, sure, if you feel that way.
|
|
inherit
Champion of Kirkwall
1212
0
8,023
Sifr
3,737
Aug 25, 2016 20:05:11 GMT
August 2016
sifr
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquistion, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire
|
Post by Sifr on Dec 5, 2019 8:31:03 GMT
The discussion isn't really about her preferences, it's more about what kind of romance would actually be convenient and healthy for her. And how smooth and free of difficulties and controversy the pairing is presented as in the game, which is slightly implausible if she publicly declared her love for, say, a Qunari mage. I sadly do have to agree that it seems more plausible that for non-human Inquisitors, the more "socially acceptable" route would have been for Josephine to enter into a marriage of convenience with Otranto, with the agreement that both parties were free to pursue other lovers.
Vivienne's situation is how it should have played out for Josephine with a non-human and/or mage Inquisitor.
As Vivienne points out, society would never tolerate a mage like her being married to Duke Bastien, a member of the illustrious Council of Heralds. But as his official mistress, no-one batted an eye and she was freely welcome among the Orlesian court.
|
|