Im glad to see im not the only one who finds Astarion unbrearably overacted
He's not unbearably overacted...the character was specifically designed to come across as an insufferable and arrogant person who looks down upon everyone else.
Really? He doesn't come across all that insufferable to me. A bit of a spoiled brat, perhaps, but well, some people are like that. Lae'zel, meanwhile, with her "you are all inferior" attitude, I'm actually tempted to kill at times. If she only wasn't so useful as a fighter, and if her people weren't so knowledgable about the illithids.
Even Lae'zel is a naive kid just trying to act out the roll her evil society taught her to
She's clearly bound by loyalty, yes, but she seems mature enough to make her own decisions. We'll see how her story goes. I'd certainly appreciate a different side of her.
