Talk:Annabelle Parsons/@comment-27818075-20180812134141/@comment-27818075-20181207221025

@Rrwashburn, wow. Does everyone in YOUR country rely on stereotypes and mass media like you? Because before this moment I thought that people from the same country could be completely different.

As for your comment on gay people. Surprise: I know they've existed way before XVIII-XIX century. Homosexuality, especially among men, was a common thing back in the Ancient Greece. But England of the D&D time period is a completely different period of time. The Protestant Church (and the religion itself) had a huge impact on people. They were meant to hide their feelings, especially outside of the marriage, especially if there was a gay couple. Religion and society rules were strictly against it, and in some countries homosexuality was even considered a mental disorder (and we're talking about XX century!). I'm not saying MC and Annabelle can't love each other, but: 1) if MC is so open-minded about it, she must have been brought up different from the other people (as someone mentioned on one of D&D pages); 2) they would keep it a TOTAL SECRET from others, because - surprise-surprise! - back then people weren't as tolerant as now. Religion, traditional upbringing and all that don't suggest 'follow your heart and fall in love with any person you like'. The homosexuals you're referring to were mostly people of arts - poets, authors, actors, artists etc., because the 'high' society didn't treat them seriously from the start. And, I'm sure, even THEY didn't declare they love for people of the same gender - that would lead to bullying or even bloodshed among more traditional folks.