He literally says that he wants you to know the Blade not the person he left behind.
"Reaching." Him saying that makes sense because he's literally not the same person as when he was pact-less, while also not being anything worth complaining about, since the players didn't KNOW him when he was pact-less anyway.
He literally says he doesn't regret his pact because of all the good he's done.
And?
What's to misinterpret?
The Blade is literally him going Batman and taking his Warlock powers and helping others.
This comment from me was mainly commenting on the false claim of him being a self-pitying loser. Which you conflate with him simply commenting
once about being punished for not listening to Mizora. Which is a WILD misinterpretation.
Yes. That was his whole entire career. That's what he was doing in the first very first scene.
But after he joins your party? "Waaaa Mizora is mean" "Waaaa we need to rescue my father" "Waaaa I hate this pact"
This is exactly what I mean when I commented about your head-canons. He mentions Mizora only once after she leaves her three camp appearances and when she's captured (since she directly addresses him every time) and never in-between at any other time other than when Zevlor directly asks him why he looks different all of a sudden in Act 1. And rightfully so, because she's directly being a nuisance for him in each appearance. He mentions his father, because 1.) he's his father and 2.) like in the Florick scene in Waukeen's Rest in Act 1 that kidnapping the Grand Duke would only serve the purpose of destabilizing Baldur's Gate. Which would be bad FOR EVERYONE LIVING THERE.
'Seeing the forest for the trees,' as the saying goes.
That's the entire point. The entire thing about the Blade of Frontiers, how he's put forth in his first encounter is completely at odds with his in camp dialogue where almost every time you return to camp there's a new ! signalling he's complaining about his life again.
He mentions his demonic transformation for doing the right thing in camp, after the fact, once. Twice (about horn care tips) if you talk to him as an Origin character to Karlach, after he gets changed. Because
why wouldn't he comment about being turned into that against his will? Did you expect him not to comment on that once? What person wouldn't say something about that? You're still reaching. Because the whole "
going off and searching to play the hero" thing takes a
HARD backseat because he and everyone else believes that they're on borrowed time, because of the tadpole, and they're trying to find a cure. There's limited chances for him to "
go off and search to play the hero" along the way, because you go to the Shadow Lands for all of Act 2, where 99% of everything is dead. Then it's Act 3 and saving the city/Sword Coast.
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Where's his dialogue showing concern for others? Him telling you how you should help the Tieflings? How you should help the Harpers? No it's "We need to get to Moonrise to rescue my dad" and "Mizora is a meanie"
So, you just didn't (as I previously mentioned) pay attention to:
- Where he was and what he was doing when you initially MEET him or when he's inside the grove afterwards? Did you need him to tell you to help the Tieflings, to demonstrate
his concern for them, when he's already DOING that? "Reaching."
- Or how he told Umi that he doesn't want him to do anything but stall long enough so he can flee because doesn't WANT him to be a warrior (since he's not good at fighting).
- Or the special dialogue if you talk to Umi as Wyll after the goblin camp is decimated?
- Or how he gets enraged if you do the non-heroic thing and betray the Tieflings, on the grounds of them being innocents?
- Or his angry concern for Karlach as being an innocent target to Mizora (whether you kill Karlach or not it's the same remark).
- Or when he shows concern for Mol at Last Light Inn when she forms a pact with Raphael?
You have a really interesting selective memory. Also, I already went over your (at this point) intentional misinterpretation of him rescuing his dad and his issue with Mizora.
If you talk to him, he has a few other dialogues about being a Noble or how he became the Blade. But the rest of the time it's all about his dad, his pact and Mizora.
You seem really hung up on him wanting to rescue his own dad (while ignoring that he was the only companion to remark on how his absence would be bad for all of the city) for some reason. The same with harping on his few instances of mentioning Mizora, only once after she makes an appearance (outside of when I mentioned when Zevlor directly asks about his new look.) These aren't valid points/critiques, no matter how many times you return to them.
This degree of misreading and general media illiteracy on your part is really bad.
Did we even PLAY the same game?
Last edited by Mr. Oakby; 24/11/23 09:46 AM.
