Funny household member...

**acm_no1** · October 13, 2013, 12:43 AM

...can someone explain how an old hag affects my imperial army?

**Dago Red** · October 13, 2013, 12:57 AM

These comedic ancillaries go all the way back to Rome. They appeared to be a little light role playing that had the effect of taking up a spot in your hangers on group. They were mildly annoying but that was kind of the point, and it made the game feel more alive. Gave that character a little more, character, too.

But since you can now only have one solitary ancillary with you in Rome II, it's just stupid to include. It's not like you're stuck with her and it serves to gimp one of your generals, because there are so many available at any one time, you're never lacking for options.

**Heinz Guderian** · October 13, 2013, 02:57 PM

"spinster aunt"? what is that supposed to mean? why wont my mother like it?

**chris10** · October 13, 2013, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Heinz Guderian

"spinster aunt"? what is that supposed to mean? why wont my mother like it?

Unmarried lesbian aunt - that somewhat oddball sister of one of your parents who never dated much, prefers to live alone with her cats and knit more quilts, and is rumored to not exactly play for the regular team.

**Heinz Guderian** · October 13, 2013, 03:20 PM

she is a lesbian? what is so funny about that? Is CA taking a shot at the GBLT community?

**chris10** · October 13, 2013, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by Heinz Guderian

she is a lesbian? what is so funny about that? Is CA taking a shot at the GBLT community?

Has everything to come down at this ultra ridicolous and totally hipocritical political correctness ?
...errrrrrr

**Jofoblie** · October 13, 2013, 04:26 PM

It's the kind of thing your aunt would say if you were leading armies and killing men. Your mother wouldn't like that.

**Jofoblie** · October 13, 2013, 03:47 PM

I wasn't aware spinster implied lesbian. I just thought it meant an old woman who never got married. Brb; google.

Wiki page doesn't say anything about lesbians...

**chris10** · October 13, 2013, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Jofoblie

I wasn't aware spinster implied lesbian.

well, not explicitly...

Originally Posted by chris10

....and is rumored to not exactly play for the regular team

different poeple may interpret it differently..

**Heinz Guderian** · October 13, 2013, 03:59 PM

ok. so i'll ask again. what does CA mean by "your mother wouldnt like it"? Does it mean that the general is question is having sexual relations with his aunt rather than her being a homosexual?

**King_Porus** · October 13, 2013, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by Heinz Guderian

ok. so i'll ask again. what does CA mean by "your mother wouldnt like it"? Does it mean that the general is question is having sexual relations with his aunt rather than her being a homosexual?

lol are you legitimately confused or are you just joking? A spinster aunt is that one meddling oddball aunt who never gets married (and I guess they're sometimes assumed to be lesbian but not always) it seems that every family has one. Anyways, "you're mother wouldn't like that" just means that she's influencing him by questioning his morales like, "you shouldn't have executed those prisoners, you're mum wouldn't like that". It's a joke, you may not get it, but it's not really a laugh out loud joke, just a "smirk the first time you see it joke".edit: exactly what the guy above me wrote, it's just something your meddling aunt would say if you were killing people in battle...it's funny to imagine some old woman shaming her strong powerful general nephew

**GnaReffotsirk** · October 13, 2013, 04:04 PM

That's because, your father could have something to do with her "destiny" in life. You know, for a simple young woman, staying in the house, while mother was busy. And now, she's older and never thought of finding her man.

Of course mother wouldn't like that.

Also there's this from "The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club" by Charles Dickens

'How dear Emily is flirting with the strange gentleman,' whispered the spinster aunt, with true spinster-aunt-like envy, to her brother, Mr. Wardle.

'Oh! I don't know,' said the jolly old gentleman; 'all very natural, I dare say--nothing unusual. Mr. Pickwick, some wine, Sir?' Mr. Pickwick, who had been deeply investigating the interior of the pigeon-pie, readily assented.

'Emily, my dear,' said the spinster aunt, with a patronising air,

'don't talk so loud, love.'

I think there's something wrong with Spinster-aunts, though I don't quite get what that quote is all about.