I don't care if she's fan service, she sounds nice, says nice things and isn't just sarcastic and edgy all of the time. I'll take her over any of the "realistic" characters Larian creates anyday.
Well said. And Larian's "realistic" characters are not actually realistic to begin with. They're a bunch of cliched, hipster, drama queens who I would never want to be around. Owlcat certainly has room to improve in the writing department, but at least they aren't giving me Larian writing. Larian's writing is the worst.
Room for improvement is an understatement. Arueshalae is a demonic temptress who used to dine on souls human flesh (edit: got the cannibal romances confused. Now that is something I'd not expect to be writing about cRPGs...), but now is all shy and blushing and a trembling voice. But hey, she is nice to the main character, whom she is very dependent on, so that's good writing.
Even if Hulrun and the inqusition are present in the city, the same Hulrun who would persecute a tiefling if they so much as twitched, who has tried to murder Ember for beign a witch, there is no inquisition trying to persecute Arueshalae, who is a real demon. Neither is anyone in the city afraid of her, or even taking much notice, despite the fact that it's the middle of a demonic invasion.
It's not about realism, it's about consistency.
i'll take inconsistency over asshole companions anyday
