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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8231903"><p>If we are talking about Jacqueline Renier, this simply isn't true. It says in the black box pretty clearly that she is power hungry and cunning (she killed her own father after being trained by him in order to seize control of the domain). Love is not her only motivation. We simply know that she does fall in love, and when she does, she is cursed to revert to her rat man form in the presence of her lover. But there are plenty of other motivations going on with that character. You guys are ignoring tons of details in these entires in order to make a narrow case that the npc is only about love and treating people badly because they can't attain it (or because they want a baby, or whatever the argument is). Renier was described a shining star in her family, her father tutored her for a reason. We know Jacqueline is domineering, manipulative and mean. We don't really know why though. Her personality seemed to be like that prior to becoming lord, and the curse only took effect after she took control (at least that seems to to be what the entry says). I don't think it is as simple as 'she can't have love, so she is therefore cruel to people'. I think the cruelty would be there without the curse (the curse probably just makes it especially bad to be on the receiving end of her cruelty when it is related to love). I find this to be a stark villain that works great in pay, YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 8231903"] If we are talking about Jacqueline Renier, this simply isn't true. It says in the black box pretty clearly that she is power hungry and cunning (she killed her own father after being trained by him in order to seize control of the domain). Love is not her only motivation. We simply know that she does fall in love, and when she does, she is cursed to revert to her rat man form in the presence of her lover. But there are plenty of other motivations going on with that character. You guys are ignoring tons of details in these entires in order to make a narrow case that the npc is only about love and treating people badly because they can't attain it (or because they want a baby, or whatever the argument is). Renier was described a shining star in her family, her father tutored her for a reason. We know Jacqueline is domineering, manipulative and mean. We don't really know why though. Her personality seemed to be like that prior to becoming lord, and the curse only took effect after she took control (at least that seems to to be what the entry says). I don't think it is as simple as 'she can't have love, so she is therefore cruel to people'. I think the cruelty would be there without the curse (the curse probably just makes it especially bad to be on the receiving end of her cruelty when it is related to love). I find this to be a stark villain that works great in pay, YMMV [/QUOTE]
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