Have you guys considered that the Illithids are only kidnapping people for the absolute who are special? I don't know how much on this as been mined, but I won't mind as much every origin character being 'special', if it fits in with the machinations of the Mind-Flayers and the cult of the Absolute.
If they will skillfully turn the oddity of companion characters into narrative thread like that, I would be... impressed.
Most of my negative attitude toward BG3 doesn't really come from EA itslef, but from my experience with D:OS2 and seeing similar things happening in BG3. If Larian really is one step ahead, that would be something. It wouldn't be a first time a good RPG would turn a narrative contrivance into a solid reveal. I remember thinking how idiotic it was when our PC in KOTOR became a Jedi overnight, until... you know, the "whoa" moment.
