You know, maybe it's because i woke up feeling SJW, but i kinda wish the companions had had their genders swapped. Don't get me wrong SH is my favorite one and Lae'zel is just a bit too 100% all the time, but i get the feeling the strong independent shtick wouldn't have been a thing if the two most outwardly hostile companions had also been the only males among them.
Maybe the genderswap would have lowkey made Astarion tolerable too, who knows.