yeah im not seeing it as them *doubling down* I still believe it was a bandaid solution/attempt to at the very least give ppl who invested in her some sort of ending that didnt feel so...god damn awful. and based on the leaks there was alot of ideas thrown around for her so i dont think his was their intent on her story from the get go, I think its what they settled on with the time they had. So im of the mind Larian wont leave us in the dust and give us a way to truly *fix* her and have her stay. I mean look at this thread? its generating a new page every 2 or 3 days? if not sooner with the vast majority of us voicing the need to give her a better ending better content and that patch 2 (while again i must say larian I apricate the effort that was made to even do that ending scene) was still not what we want. nor is it what should be settled on as the only other option for karlach.
plus in my honest opinion the way the community has supported the game and how it blew larians expectations out of the water in terms of player count and sales, larian seems like a company who would take some of that influx of revenue and really polish up/fix/add content to their game as a thank you to their player base.
