I've yet to see any negatives to kill any Origin character at any point. Including Gale.
Yes, that is the one that I find problematic. Killing him seems to have no consequences, contrary to what Gale claims. So either he is wrong about his own condition, or Larian didn't implement the aftermath.
I did a lot of digging and view the story as a whole. Not from a perspective of a playthrough. Interpretations are fine, but I think you may have misunderstoood some things. Its what other playthrough's are for. Have fun.
If you mean datamined spoilers, I have read them here on the forums & watched the videos on yt. It hasn't changed my opinions of the companion characters. Neither do I consider datamined content to be the ultimate reveal, simply because some things might get rewritten in the final version of the game. Or might not even get implemented, including such things as dialogues or cutscenes. Happened with other games too, including BG2, where you can find leftover dialogue in the game with modding tools.
