While I totally agree that Forde was teasing Vanessa, I don't think he's the type of character to say an outright lie, even for laughs. I'd view Forde's use of "scandal" and "intrigue" as more like exaggerations, which means that there are still some external objections to a royal/commoner pairing. Those external objections, however, may not be shared by the entire public populace, creating a sort of split: the romantic young folk (ie Forde) and the objecting old dudes (which could include Seth).
On a different note, I always viewed the objections of Eph/L'Arachel to be more like "omgwthbbq she's marrying that insane warrior dude that likes fighting all day long? did she marry him just because he's hot"
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Re: Ninja comment
Date: 2012-01-17 06:46 pm (UTC)On a different note, I always viewed the objections of Eph/L'Arachel to be more like "omgwthbbq she's marrying that insane warrior dude that likes fighting all day long?
did she marry him just because he's hot"