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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8230334">I don't think it is doubtful. Again, we don't know why they put these themes with the female characters, and a handful of the male characters. But there could have been personal reasons one or both of the designers wanted the female characters to have these kinds of themes (again I don't know, I just know that when I write or design, it is a very personal form of expression and often things from your own youth and development as a person make their way into the content). Just as an example of what I mean, someone who lost a sibling in childbirth when they were young might write a lot of characters that deal with women losing children or babies, or wanting them. It doesn't mean that person is trying to reinforce sexist tropes. It means the person is grappling with something personal through these kinds of themes.I would say Strahd is very much defined by his love for Tatyana. He has other things going on, but as I pointed out, so does Gabrielle Aderre and Ivana Boritsi. Tatyana is his overriding goal. I mean that is the character. You can go a bit deeper, I mean she obviously represents his lost youth in a way, and there is something about his vanity in there (but that sort of thing is true with the female characters too). Soth is also defined by his love for Kitiara. Adam is similar I think in that he is bound up in a lot of these kinds of themes. He is defined by his relationship with Victor and his desire for Elise (and Victor is defined by his desire to be a mother in effect). Dilisnya is defined largely by his jealousy of his sister. But importantly, I don't think any of these characters are intended to be saying something about what men and women ought to be. They are, I think, mostly just meant to be entertaining and reflect the genre.</blockquote>

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