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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38606
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

[Deliberate Values Dissonance](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeliberateValuesDissonance) is when the morals of a character or culture in-story (whether historical or fictional) that modern people don't agree with are presented in-universe. Not because the author believes in them, but because the culture being represented in-universe does.

My series features a character who is heavily implied to be Jeanne d'Arc (and goes by the name of Catherine Romée) as it's deuteragonist. In the series, _"Catherine"_ is subjected to quite [a culture shock](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FishOutOfTemporalWater), after having her soul contained within an ancient artefact called a _"Divine Tool"_ for 600 years. Throughout the series, I plan on having instances where "Catherine" encounters aspects of the modern world that conflicts with her Catholic values.

Key highlights include:

- Expressing shock at women being able to serve as soldiers. 

- Displaying bafflement at modern society being very accepting of homosexuality.

- Being awestruck at people's rather lax attitude towards profanity and atheism.

- Expressing horror and disgust upon learning that the protagonist had premarital sex with a girl prior to the events that unfold in the series.

None of this is played for laughs, as it suggested that "Catherine" is suffering from [suicidal depression](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathSeeker) due to her loved ones being dead, existing in a world that is radically different from her own and having to work with the [prot](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SociopathicHero)[agonist](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NominalHero), who she [doesn't get](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CynicIdealistDuo) [along with](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeethClenchedTeamwork). It's also implied that she may be insane, due to being in [social isolation for 6 centuries](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoMadFromTheIsolation). But, rather than writing her as a [stereotypical homophobic, God-fearing Catholic](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrawCharacter) or making it look like I condone her beliefs, I wish to portray her as someone who hails from a period in time when her religious views were commonplace.

**Is anyway that I can achieve such a feat?**

Original score: 13