Like for example, given the role of religion in historical knighthood, there are very few AUs where I could buy Seth or Geoffrey as completely irreligious.
Yeah, Seth gives us evidence of his belief in a higher power (I don't think he's playing Devil's Advocate/mind games with Natasha). And Finn strikes me as someone who'd be extremely orthodox no matter what the setting; other early-game knights not so much, but I don't see any one of them being godless. Michalis is godless. Michalis is portrayed as totally outside the norm. On the other hand, some of the monks-- Artur especially-- I could almost see as tweaked into the kind of priest/rabbi I've known personally who doesn't actually believe but sees their role as the best way to go about doing good in the world.
I can't see them being able to quote their religious book of choice, or being strict about going to services, or consulting a religious leader for their personal problems, but I do think logically most would have something there even in AU.
They might be able to quote from it as a sign of being a literate character in tune with their culture, though. Like Jagen dropping lines from the Raman Bible to illustrate his points in FE3. I don't see Jagen as super-devout, but place that man in a modern American AU and I bet he can recite from The Bible, Shakespeare, and the Declaration of Independence.
"Cultured" people used to do that as a matter of course. I know a few septuagenarian holdouts who can pull that sort of thing off, including the Latin and Greek quotations.
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Yeah, Seth gives us evidence of his belief in a higher power (I don't think he's playing Devil's Advocate/mind games with Natasha). And Finn strikes me as someone who'd be extremely orthodox no matter what the setting; other early-game knights not so much, but I don't see any one of them being godless. Michalis is godless. Michalis is portrayed as totally outside the norm. On the other hand, some of the monks-- Artur especially-- I could almost see as tweaked into the kind of priest/rabbi I've known personally who doesn't actually believe but sees their role as the best way to go about doing good in the world.
I can't see them being able to quote their religious book of choice, or being strict about going to services, or consulting a religious leader for their personal problems, but I do think logically most would have something there even in AU.
They might be able to quote from it as a sign of being a literate character in tune with their culture, though. Like Jagen dropping lines from the Raman Bible to illustrate his points in FE3. I don't see Jagen as super-devout, but place that man in a modern American AU and I bet he can recite from The Bible, Shakespeare, and the Declaration of Independence.
"Cultured" people used to do that as a matter of course. I know a few septuagenarian holdouts who can pull that sort of thing off, including the Latin and Greek quotations.