I too prefer her older look, more mature and scarred like the rest of her body - a body that also lacks some muscle, but I guess we can explain that with the thingy she has for a heart if we assume it gives her enough physical power?

As for the voice...

Originally Posted by Edvin Black
Originally Posted by The Red Queen
Though I still don't believe her RL looks have anything to do with her suitability to voice an animated barbarian.

Actually, it's the other way around.
Larian should have chosen the voice actor based on what voice would best suit the barbarian warrior and the barbarian warrior's body should reflect the fact that she is a barbarian warrior.

Originally Posted by The Red Queen
While I agree with others in preferring the more scarred face, I think she can probably sound tough enough when she needs to, but when I got to see her on the 7th I was unexpectedly quite won over by the contrast between her rage and toughness and a sort of innocence and sweetness that you'd not necessarily expect of someone with her back story.

I was also very (unpleasantly) surprised by how Karlach behaves and how she sounds.
I guess the problem has always been there, but it wasn't until the last PFH that it fully showed me its severity.

Originally Posted by The Red Queen
We haven't seen a lot yet and I'll reserve judgement, but I think it has the potential to make for a more interesting barbarian character than one that just leans into the stereotype.

I think quite the opposite.
All romances are always "tomboy", "sweet and innocent", "bi*ch (sometimes with a heart of gold)".
I think it would be anti-stereotypical if we got a really tough woman once again.

Do you know Cassandra Pentaghast ?
Although I don't have a good opinion of Dragon Age Inquisition, I do have a high opinion of this character.

You could tell right from her voice that she was a tough woman.
She was written like a tough woman, look like tough woman, acted like a tough woman and sounded like a tough woman.
Honestly, I think this was the first time in RPG history that we were allowed to romance tough woman.
See, this is where opinion comes into place because there was nothing in Cassandra's voice that sounds "tough" for me. Is it the "ugh"'s she throws? The accent? She sounded like a normal person to me. Annoying, but normal.

What would you like Karlach to sound like? A barely literate caveman? That is what you see are a barbarian voice? Voice is not something that changes as we grow in muscle, unless you include hormones like testosterone which actually does lower your timbre over time.

Also if you wanted something more atypical... Karlach is just it. A barbarian, but a nice one. Prone to violence, but not cruelty. Being a fighter does not make her a "tomboy". Karlach is feminine (perhaps too much so?) and still could kick your ass, which is great laugh