Blood & Wine voice acting accents

[Feelgood Citrus]

The area is clearly France, but the Dutchess speaks with a heavy Swedish accent. I can tell she's the same person that voiced characters in Skyrim. One character (the guy who you talk to about the Wineyard stuff) is also very clearly Swedish. And your 2 knight pals have clear German accents. While most other NPC's have a French accent.

What's up with that? The Dutchess accent sticks out like a sore thumb and it's annoying me...

The Ofieri in Hearts of Stone were clearly inspired by Middle-Eastern or Indian ethnicities and almost reminded me of Khajiit, but didn't really have any clearcut accents.

[Ozone]

So what, Toussaint is inspired by medieval European literature and culture. France, and others as well. Not to be confused with the real world in any shape or form

[Feelgood Citrus]

Originally posted by Ozone:

So what, Toussaint is inspired by medieval European literature and culture. France, and others as well. Not to be confused with the real world in any shape or form

But their accents are so incredibly pronounced that it must've been a concious choice. Accents imply diverse local groups with their own languages, not one region with one language. A French accent and a Swedish accent have very little in common. But there is nothing about the region that can be construed as remotely Swedish, not in culture nor in appearance.

[Ozone]

Originally posted by Dreamlicker:

Originally posted by Ozone:

So what, Toussaint is inspired by medieval European literature and culture. France, and others as well. Not to be confused with the real world in any shape or form

But their accents are so incredibly pronounced that it must've been a concious choice. Accents imply diverse local groups with their own languages, not one region with one language. A French accent and a Swedish accent have very little in common.

But it isn't a French region. It is a region generally inspired by France, and not only. Sorry to hear it grinds your gears but it is what it is, intentionally or not :D

[Ozone]

Originally posted by Dreamlicker:

. But there is nothing about the region that can be construed as remotely Swedish, not in culture nor in appearance.

I think Skellige Isles is heavily inspired by Scandinavian culture on the other hand. Try not to pay so much attention to accent, or get used to it :P

[MaximumEffort]

Originally posted by Dreamlicker:

Originally posted by Ozone:

So what, Toussaint is inspired by medieval European literature and culture. France, and others as well. Not to be confused with the real world in any shape or form

But their accents are so incredibly pronounced that it must've been a concious choice. Accents imply diverse local groups with their own languages, not one region with one language. A French accent and a Swedish accent have very little in common. But there is nothing about the region that can be construed as remotely Swedish, not in culture nor in appearance.

You should sometimes watch a 3 Musketeers movie. You'll be very disappointed.

[Feelgood Citrus]

Originally posted by Ozone:

Originally posted by Dreamlicker:

. But there is nothing about the region that can be construed as remotely Swedish, not in culture nor in appearance.

I think Skellige Isles is heavily inspired by Scandinavian culture on the other hand. Try not to pay so much attention to accent, or get used to it :P

That's what gets me! Skellige is clearly Ireland/Scotland with Vikings.
I just want some consistency!
I know, I'm being really nitpicky about it, it's the only thing I can find about the DLC that I can complain about!

Their accents define them. It tells what culture they're from. What region they're from. It needs to be consistent!

Originally posted by Ozone:

Originally posted by Dreamlicker:

But their accents are so incredibly pronounced that it must've been a concious choice. Accents imply diverse local groups with their own languages, not one region with one language. A French accent and a Swedish accent have very little in common.

But it isn't a French region. It is a region generally inspired by France, and not only. Sorry to hear it grinds your gears but it is what it is, intentionally or not :D

But there is literally nothing of it, no part of it, that is even remotely Scandinavian. At all. It's southern France both culturaly and in appearance. So why do they have such HEAVY Swedish accents? It doesn't make sense!

[Kris Allen]

this guy yo lol

[meep_meep]

Because it is not the real world, that is why, so who cares if it's consistent with real-world standards?

Besides, even in the real world, it is quite common even in modern times for a monarch of one particular nation to have been born and raised in a different one due to intermarriages and complicated lines of succession. For example, Sophia of Hanover was born in the Netherlands, became the ruler of Hanover in modern-day Germany, but was also the heir to the throne of England. So it's not really odd for Anna Henrietta to not have a native Toussaint accent.

[Feelgood Citrus]

Originally posted by Samantha Traynor:

Because it is not the real world, that is why, so who cares if it's consistent with real-world standards?

Besides, even in the real world, it is quite common even in modern times for a monarch of one particular nation to have been born and raised in a different one due to intermarriages and complicated lines of succession. For example, Sophia of Hanover was born in the Netherlands, became the ruler of Hanover in modern-day Germany, but was also the heir to the throne of England. So it's not really odd for Anna Henrietta to not have a native Toussaint accent.

That is the conclussion I've gone with in this case.
Sweden and France did have a lot of close relations and Sweden did have French-born monarchs, though that was during the 1700-1800s.

Originally posted by KrisAllen 1stRR:

this guy yo lol

I know!
Don't take it too seriously because I'm not actually that serious about it. It's just a thing I noticed that bugs me because it kinda broke the immersion when I heard an accent that really sticks out and there's no explanation for why.

In all other regions, there is a consistency of their dialects/accents because it makes sense that unless you've blatantly stated that a region has multiple ethnicites with their own languages, they will sound the same:ish. Baring the fact that regional dialects exists within a country.
But when there is a regional dialect, it has to be consistent and logically applied.

I mean if how people talk doesn't matter at all, why even bother doing the accents? And if you've actually started doing the dialects and accents, you will have to be consistent with them.
It's only logical.