That's a strong reaction.
Why? What's wrong with the source?
Sarevok is turned into a drug addict who becomes a worshipper of Bhaal so fuck you if you managed to change him. Imoen is a vampire because... because she is, fuck you. Irencius and Bodhi are alive because you can't leave things well enough alone, gotta bring back Vader/Vaas/Davy Jones/Whoever the fuck is popular in given franchise because you have no originality left!! Viconia is still a 1-d Shar worshipper. Really the only part that was actually fitting and funny was Montatron and Xzar. Fuck the rest of this shit. Fuck Abdel! Fuck the Novels!!
Yep, I'm not a fan of the novels either, I firmly ignore this Abdel Whathisface guy, because of course he isn't Gorions ward. That would be a female halfelf rogue/mage in my case and numerous others for other player. They did the same crap with Revan from Kotor, who was a lightsided asian female in my game and turned out to be a white male nutjob canonically.
And retconning established stories, just to use the characters again, is lazy storytelling.
