Jesus Christ you people actually got a new ending because of your whining and you still aren't happy with it. Crying about Karlach's ending just shows how much you've missed the point of her entire character. The writers did an amazing job the first time around, and they decided to include some fan-fiction in the game for you. It's time to let it go.
"what Karlach deservers" lmfao. It's a videogame, get a grip. The story is writen by writers which decided how it will end for her. No, love doesn't save you from impending death. No, you don't always get what you want, even in Faerun. That's the sad part of her arch, if it had YET ANOTHER happy ending it would be just another ending like all the other endings you can get for your companions. If your thick heads didn't get it from all the exposition, some companions deal with different kinds of trauma. I'd be honestly disappointed if, after Karlach finally lets it all out, after all the pent-up rage and hidden sadness, you actually got her fixed so she go to Build-a-Bear and live happily ever after. That's not good writing, go watch a romcom if you think it is.
Ok I don't know you or anything about you and I think after reading what you said I don't really care to get to know you. I just wanted to say you're not only coming off as extremely not only extremely disingenuous, but also rude and insulting. You said it yourself, every other companion can have a happy ending. EVERY OTHER COMPANION GETS TO HAVE ONE!!! EXCEPT!!! FOR!!! KARLACH!!!
You can keep saying we "don't always get what we want" but my problem is we NEVER do, EVER!!! This "new" ending that isn't even a new ending, just a shiny new cutscene slapped onto the old shitty ending that we hated?!?! IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED!!! IT'S NOT WHAT WE ASKED FOR!!!
Every time I see a story about a character with the traits as Karlach, a queer coded-woman suffering from a past of abuse, torture and pain, (traits I happen to SHARE by the way) it ALWAYS ends the same fucking way! In one story after another. Over and over and over. Again and again. There's a reason why "Bury Your Gays" is a Trope and why there's entire website called "Does The Lesbian Die."
Why is THIS the only story about us that deserves to be told? Why must we be defined SOLELY by our pain and suffering?! WE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN OUR SCARS!!! DON'T WE DESERVE OTHER STORIES?!?!
You think we're whiny and entitled? My guy, YOU'RE the entitled one. I don't know who you are or what your sexuality is, but you sound like a straight person telling a bunch of queers to stop getting upset over the fact that we're constantly seeing ourselves suffer and die over and over and over, meanwhile straight people have SO many stories with happy endings to choose from that "Riding Into The Sunset" is a widespread phrase in English Vernacular!!!
Every single character faces hardships. Every single companion gets a possible ending where they can overcome those hardships and live their best lives EXCEPT FOR KARLACH! That's not fair. Karlach deserves better and we as players deserve better. But let's not forget what players REALLY want; they want to impregnate the evil drow companion who wants to murder everyone in the Druid Grove! So fuck Karlach, let's have Larian work on that instead! That's what REALLY matters to the BG3 Community. And YOU want to talk to ME about "bad writing?" You seriously make me want to vomit.
Anyways I don't know you or anything about you and I don't know your reasons for feeling the way you do, what I DO know is you dismissed OUR thoughts and feelings and made it out like we were AT FAULT for feeling the way we do about something that is IN NO WAY a satisfying ending. And I don't know if you're queer or sapphic yourself like me, but seriously. You think a LESBIAN doesn't know she "can't always gets what she wants?" Yeah. That's been my entire life story. So when do I START getting what I want?
