The entire thing on the docks annoys me ridiculously much. It's evening for crying out loud. Can't they just let the tadpole effect run for 3 more minutes and forget the burning thing altogether? He can find out in the morning when we all have time to deal with it. Sigh It can even be mentioned in the non existent proper ending slides or something.......grrrr
This is actually the best suggestion yet. It all feels so rushed. You hardly step out of the water after defeating the big bad and suddenly everything happens at once -
Lae leaving, Astarion and Karlach burning up, Gale thirsting after the crown