OK, confession time. I disliked Shadowheart at first, like really disliked her. So I dyed her clothes into light colors cause it seems like she’d hate that, being all into Shar and darkness. She has since grown on me, but I still really like these colors on her, even if she might not…

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    1 year ago

    It’s not about horny. Laezel is racist and arrogant, borderline fascist. Shadowheart is a passive aggressive bitch princess, zealot of Shar, no less. Wyll is a hypocrite. Gayle is a sweat talker. Astarion is an asshole. Karlach, you have a chance at killing her, but she’s the nicest, goodest one you can find, the polar opposite of Shadowheart.

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      1 year ago

      Gale was the fuckbuddy of the goddess of magic and it wasn’t enough for him.

      I have zero sympathy for him in his whole storyline.

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      I found Astarion’s “Let’s go hurt someone” line so off-putting that I actively avoided him. My wife took a near instantaneous hatred of Shart (like, to a comical degree - I even explained the cult thing and she didn’t even care).

      Oddly enough, we’re both like “Ok Lae’zel’s an asshole, but she seems pretty straightforward and not needlessly cruel.”

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      1 year ago

      Laezel is racist and arrogant, borderline fascist.

      You could add, Gith supremacist, and arguably on the far side of ‘borderline.’ I have wondered about playing each of the origin characters separately so I can keep their stories disentangled and Lae would feel more likeable if you were actually playing as her.

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        1 year ago

        Very true. But like all characters, she can change. I realized this with Laezel in my first playthrough. She does change. So does Shadowheart. Karlach is interesting on this matter because I think she can be corrupted into becoming more evil if you work for it, but I didn’t try yet. Talking with friends I realized this with Gayle: he can easily turn good or evil depending on how you treat and talk with him.