Midge hopes that if someone was attacking her, he would try to help her, but he’s also brought up her parents again.
She furrows her brow. “It’s not that I didn’t like it, it’s just that I don’t think my parents are trying to hurt me. They’re just… practical people. They can’t believe that people make money telling jokes onstage, especially not women. They also think that what I make jokes about is vulgar, and by conventional standards, it is. They would be offended if a man said those things too, but I think that they, like most of society, are more offended when it comes from a woman.
They’re not the most modern, free-thinking people, but I love them, Jaskier. And I know that they love me.”
If someone was physically attacking her and his family wasn't around, he would indeed try to help. But he understood defending her honor as merely someone insulting her.
He watches her for a second, and he sighs. "I'm going to say something, and-- it's not a jab at your parents, although it does apply. It's about love and the logic you just used." He pokes her nose. "A person's love isn't proof that they aren't hurting you. Love makes people some really stupid shit."
Could Joel be proof of this, maybe? Jaskier isn't sure how true his love for Midge is.
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She furrows her brow. “It’s not that I didn’t like it, it’s just that I don’t think my parents are trying to hurt me. They’re just… practical people. They can’t believe that people make money telling jokes onstage, especially not women. They also think that what I make jokes about is vulgar, and by conventional standards, it is. They would be offended if a man said those things too, but I think that they, like most of society, are more offended when it comes from a woman.
They’re not the most modern, free-thinking people, but I love them, Jaskier. And I know that they love me.”
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He watches her for a second, and he sighs. "I'm going to say something, and-- it's not a jab at your parents, although it does apply. It's about love and the logic you just used." He pokes her nose. "A person's love isn't proof that they aren't hurting you. Love makes people some really stupid shit."
Could Joel be proof of this, maybe? Jaskier isn't sure how true his love for Midge is.
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Midge genuinely wants to know what his reasoning is. She’s not angry. She wants to understand.