She would be more popular if she was a more interesting, unique character. they changed to appease to one section of the fanbase over the rest. That didn't change her being the only conventionally attractive romance option or her current form, less interesting but still basically fine, it's not a great=terrible binary and no one is saying it is, well except from you in a lame attempt to misrepresent what people are saying to troll and flame.
I basically agree with this. I picked her as my romance option because I wanted to see at least one of them and she's the only conventionally attractive female companion in the game (despite the bangs) apart from Minthara who sadly doesn't have much to offer in terms of story. I also played a Paladin/Cleric of Selűne so I thought the dynamic might be somewhat intruiging. She's definitely not as interesting as Lae'zel but what can I say; people are shallow and I am no exception. Personality wise, she just veers too much into the "wounded bird" trope and overall comes across as incredibly docile. I'm almost inclined to see her go down her darker path on my next playthrough to see if she discovers a little bit of bite but I'm not counting on it.
It would have been fine had there been any attempts from her to actually deceive the group/the player character or make some nasty compromises to your detriment in pursuit of her mission. But the character as it exists now offers very little potential for tension or conflict and her grand epiphany never quite reaches the the same heights as the climax of Lae'zel's story.
