Okay, so after a while of just reading your post and the replies I agree with you wholeheartedly. It baffles me that so many people have either misinterpret you or don't engage with what you said. You are correct that Viconia and Sarevok have been fundamental changed from who they were in BG1 and 2. Their is no debate around that. Yet somehow people just don't understand. Why are they doing this? I have no idea.

Regardless I enjoyed your post very much. I just don't understand why Larian decided to put them in and then do them poorly. It would have been way easier and better if they just left legacy characters alone. They don't serve effective nostalgia bait or are good for the new story. I just don't get it.