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couslande · 2 years

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like i do think its very possible to take a watsonian reading and say loghain going on about alistair threatening cailan’s inheritance and reducing rowan to a concubine is him lashing out emotionally and jumping to the weirdest possible conclusion because he needs to justify how he feels. but even though i know its the fandom’s favourite hobby you cant ignore the doylist reason of the writers most likely did not think at all about how marriage works, particularly medieval political marriages, and just assumed that yeah a bastard would immediately destroy rowans status somehow

#like humiliated perhaps sure #but she cannot be reduced in status unless theres a major political upheaval or divorce #origins #and yeah an illegitimate bastard could pose some threat if cailan's enemies get a hold of him #or alistair decides to go for the throne himself and can make a compelling argument #but otherwise alistair only becomes a claimant after cailan dies with no heir #and loghain turns a majority of the lords against him allowing eamon to manipulate in alistairs favour

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