I know many people nowadays insist that no one is truly good or evil and everyone is just the same shade of grey, but that's all just hogwash to me.
Same shade of gray? Yea, that would be hogwash, and not what I'm trying to argue. But one-dimensionally black or white is just as absurd. Real characters are built less around shallow alignment tropes and more around inner conflict and personal goals, which all 5 companions so far seem to show (from what little we know of them). That's all I am pushing. Don't write them both off based on their past. While it informs their personality, it does not define them, especially given that their situations have both just radically changed, even beyond the standard tadpole issue.
