I despised shadowheart for a lot of reasons. Chief among them being that I had to go very much out of my way to stay on her good side and frankly it was a pain in the ass trying to do so. Had to make choices and dialogue options that just did not fit me in the slightest and re-load every time I ticked her off. Even Lae'zel (the scary lady that routinely says she'll kill me) is somehow nicer, less unpleasant and even more understandable.
Even shadowheart's story makes me want to leave her on the beach, "Oooh I have a vaguely mysterious story but, don't ask me about it" . That is even worse than Gales story of "I am a wizard that did something stupid and now have wizard problems" .....fek off story! Even her name sounds like something out of bad edgegirl fanfiction. So no, I'm not going to be more curious about that goofy lookin box after she griped at me for the dozenth time for being nice.
Half of the time I did not even bother picking her up due to her underwhelming combat prowess and constant disapproval. Sure I know some people really liked her and adamantly defend shadowheart as a "really great character", while going out of the way to find her the very best build to optimize her into a super awesome part of the squad etc, ect... But screw all of that noise when every other character in the game is more likeable and almost immediately easier to make useful. Even Wyll is instantly more effective in combat and more capable of killing things and supporting the party right from the get-go.
And please gods spare me the builds and justifications alright? I don't give one fig about how people think I should go out of my way to like her or make them a good part of the squad when I already like and use literally everyone else.
So with all that in mind and knowing full well that people will probably think she's been "completely ruined"...
Meh, she's alright now.
Still has that sarcastic bite to her dialogue and is cagey as hell with her story that I still cannot be bothered to care about but, I get a lot less disapproval from her now and being able to save her from the pod instead of just leaving her behind just plain feels better despite my long standing wish to shove her off a cliff.... Plus with the new roll system that let's ya cast guidance and such as you roll actually gives me a reason to take her along. I don't think she'll ever be a favorite character but, she's tolerable now.
