Aela Bugs, or "The Part Where My Wife Tries To Kill Everyone In Si

[ynysdyn]

So, first some background.

 

1. Aela and I got married after I'd been given the "Blood's Honor" quest but before I'd finished it. I've had her as my follower for a while now, and we've had an eventful honeymoon of giant-killing, vampire damsel rescuing, and even destroying the Dark Brotherhood.

 

2. Before going after the hagravens in "Blood's Honor", I dismissed Aela ("You shall not have a shield-brother," Kodlak said. I take that man very seriously). She got on her way back to Breezehome (also, I love it when she calls me "Dear")

 

2.a. I did notice, however, that if I ran up and tried to talk to her again, there was no longer a "follow me" dialogue option.

 

2.b. The "let's talk" option was also gone. The last time I'd used it, we talked about her combat habits and I told her to be more aggressive. "Yes dear," she said. "I'll only kill people I don't like." Those words, and their implications, would come back to haunt me later.

 

3. After bagging some witch heads, I came back to find Kodlak murdered. Vilkas and I embarked on "Purity of Revenge". I went to Breezehome to console my wife, who would only say, "Make them bleed." Again, I should have taken her condition more seriously.

 

4. Upon completing "Purity of Revenge" and returning for Kodlak's funeral, I found that the entire village had gathered as well... Except they'd gathered to watch Jarl Balgruuf and my wife try to kill each other, with an ever-increasing amount of collateral damage. So I "disabled" Aela via the console long enough for Kodlak to have a proper funeral (plus, you know, when the Jarl yells, "She started it!" you kinda have to listen). Afterwards, Farkas and Vilkas retired to the Underforce and Jorland asked me to fetch Kodlak's piece of Wuuthrad.

 

. . . Except, it seems like Aela has taken the whole thing harder than anyone else . . . Because now, whenever I dip back into the console to "enable" her again, she immediately goes back to sniping peasants with the Ebony Bow I gave her as a wedding present.

 

Can anyone speak to our domestic troubles before I have to re-write all our memories of wedded bliss and, more importantly, replay hours of game time? I'm getting desperate here.