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In any case, I\'d argue that ArbitrarySkepticism still applies to Morrigan even under your interpretation of it. As I mentioned, there\'s quite a bit of evidence in-game that the Chantry\'s teachings are true. All of it is left open to \'\'some\'\' doubt by the fact that there are alternate possible explanations given, but it\'s really a stretch to say there\'s \
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In any case, I\\\'d argue that ArbitrarySkepticism still applies to Morrigan even under your interpretation of it. As I mentioned, there\\\'s quite a bit of evidence in-game that the Chantry\\\'s teachings may be true. All of it is left open to \\\'\\\'some\\\'\\\' doubt by the fact that there are alternate possible explanations given, but it\\\'s really a stretch to say there\\\'s \\\"no evidence\\\" - there\\\'s a very powerful, seemingly all-knowing spirit that upholds the Chantry account, the ashes heal any illness, etc. It\\\'s not a case, as with real world religions, where the theology has to be interpreted loosely to fit with the observed world and doesn\\\'t do a great job of predicting things - pretty much everything that happens is exactly consistent with the Chantry\\\'s account of the game\\\'s universe. Morrigan is not skeptical of other things that many people in the game doubt - e.g. stories about Flemeth - so the extreme closed-mindedness about the Chantry\\\'s teachings is odd. Not necessarily out of character, given her hatred of the Chantry for other reasons, but not really the most logical stance either.
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In any case, I\'d argue that ArbitrarySkepticism still applies to Morrigan even under your interpretation of it. As I mentioned, there\'s quite a bit of evidence in-game that the Chantry\'s teachings are true. All of it is left open to \'\'some\'\' doubt by the fact that there are alternate possible explanations given, but it\'s really a stretch to say there\'s \
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In any case, I\\\'d argue that ArbitrarySkepticism still applies to Morrigan even under your interpretation of it. As I mentioned, there\\\'s quite a bit of evidence in-game that the Chantry\\\'s teachings are true. All of it is left open to \\\'\\\'some\\\'\\\' doubt by the fact that there are alternate possible explanations given, but it\\\'s really a stretch to say there\\\'s \\\"no evidence\\\" - there\\\'s a very powerful, seemingly all-knowing spirit that upholds the Chantry account, the ashes heal any illness, etc. It\\\'s not a case, as with real world religions, where the theology has to be interpreted loosely to fit with the observed world and doesn\\\'t do a great job of predicting things - pretty much everything that happens is exactly consistent with the Chantry\\\'s account of the game\\\'s universe. Morrigan is not skeptical of other things that many people in the game doubt - e.g. stories about Flemeth - so the extreme closed-mindedness about the Chantry\\\'s teachings is odd. Not necessarily out of character, given her hatred of the Chantry for other reasons, but not really the most logical stance either.
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It seems to me that what you\'re describing - fantastic creatures A and B both exist, Morrigan believes in one but not the other - would be a kind of supertrope to FlatEarthAtheist, basically the same thing but applying to all entities, not just gods. There should be such a trope, if there\'s not already, but given the way ArbitrarySkepticism is defined presently, I don\'t think that\'s it. Perhaps that page should be split into two separate tropes, one describing the current common interpretation and one your interpretation? They do seem to be two separate things. I definitely think that author(s) setting the rules for their own fictional universes to say, for example, that in this universe elves exist but dwarves don\'t, is a legitimate trope unto itself.
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It seems to me that what you\\\'re describing - fantastic creatures A and B both exist, Morrigan believes in one but not the other - would be a kind of supertrope to FlatEarthAtheist, basically the same thing but applying to all entities, not just gods. There should be such a trope, if there\\\'s not already, but given the way ArbitrarySkepticism is defined presently, I don\\\'t think that\\\'s it. Perhaps that page should be split into two separate tropes, one describing the current common interpretation and one your interpretation? They do seem to be two separate things. I definitely think that author(s) setting the rules for their own fictional universes in a way that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall acknowledges reader expectations of the genre]] to say, for example, that in this universe elves exist but dwarves don\\\'t, is a legitimate trope unto itself.
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In any case, I\'d argue that ArbitrarySkepticism still applies to Morrigan even under your interpretation of it. As I mentioned, there\'s quite a bit of evidence in-game that the Chantry\'s teachings are true. All of it is left open to \'\'some\'\' doubt by the fact that there are alternate possible explanations given, but it\'s really a stretch to say there\'s \
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In any case, I\\\'d argue that ArbitrarySkepticism still applies to Morrigan even under your interpretation of it. As I mentioned, there\\\'s quite a bit of evidence in-game that the Chantry\\\'s teachings are true. All of it is left open to \\\'\\\'some\\\'\\\' doubt by the fact that there are alternate possible explanations given, but it\\\'s really a stretch to say there\\\'s \\\"no evidence\\\" - there\\\'s a very powerful, seemingly all-knowing spirit that upholds the Chantry account, the ashes heal any illness, etc. It\\\'s not a case, as with real world religions, where the theology has to be interpreted loosely to fit with the observed world and doesn\\\'t do a great job of predicting things - pretty much everything that happens is exactly consistent with the Chantry\\\'s account of the game\\\'s universe. Morrigan is not skeptical of other things that many people in the game doubt - e.g. stories about Flemeth - so the extreme closed-mindedness about the Chantry\\\'s teachings is odd. Not necessarily out of character, given her hatred of the Chantry for other reasons, but not really the most logical stance either.
