Also, this is an RPG, you're supposed to be able to be a piece of shit to your companions, but in BG3 those opportunities can feel unequal for different characters.
Yeah exactly. Like I don't have a problem necessarily with the player character being able to take the piss out of Gale--if someone wants to do that playthrough, that's cool. The problem comes when Gale-related options (especially re: being in a romance with him) are limited to
only insulting choices and the fact this treatment doesn't extend to the other characters.