Even if her questline is a bit shorter, it's still great and fully fleshed and finished very well. Dammon tried and failed, Gondians and Gortash's tech couldn't help so it's time to accept the harsh reality, like come on how many more things we should try for you to change opinion?(we don't take into consideration cheesy solutions like ressurection scroll etc). Just like Cyberpunk, her story is tragedy and it's a great one, I don't see a reason why this should be changed and even then you still can get hopeful ending in Avernus. As for convincing her, the decision could be made earlier but would that change anything really? She's a stubborn character so it's obvious she'd try to do things her way and could be convinced only at the very end when there is no other choice.
That harsh reality shouldn't have to be "Avernus or die". It should have the option to become "Avernus or <negative impact on life but at least remain on Faerun, alive>". Other companions with the exception of Gale (who has one positive outcome) all have tragic outcomes, but they all have the opportunity of healing. The closest you could headcanon for healing for Karlach is finding an infernal smith in Avernus who can fix her up, but it's never implied that'll happen.
Originally Posted by Norrec69
If astarions only options were to become ascended or die for cazador for us to gain an ally. After 3 acts of trying to save him. I think alot of astarion fans would understand the feelings we have
This, pretty much. When I saw the room with Shadowheart's parents and the Mirror of Loss in the back, my heart sank pretty heavily. I thought the only two options I would get is let them rot and keep Shadowheart, or save them but have her use the Mirror of Loss to forget everything and thus lose her. If that were her endings, I'd have rioted until the internet ran out of bandwidth. Instead, the endings still have heavy impact on her, but at least you don't feel as defeated as you do with Karlach's current endings.
