Those are scenes about Gale (and Astarion in the brothel) that I’ve only seen on YouTube. I remember going with the hologram invitation and projection under the stars many times, as a friend. And honestly I can’t fault him there. I like what it informs about him, even that which I didn’t experience first end. Maybe it seems childish to some, or strange. Yet, as someone who has to physically and emotionally get on the sidelines a lot, who used daydreaming as a coping mechanism a lot while growing up ? Well, I kind of get it (and it might just be that I don’t have the magic to end up doing it like this, ah ah…). Maybe that’s why I really adore Gale as a friend and a companion that I take everywhere a lot, because he is kind of relatable to me. I just haven’t romanced him.
For the brothel bit, I can understand the different perceptions people can get from it. For my own part, I think I’d put my thinking that way. That there are the people on stage and the characters they play, and it’s not really their fault if they are handed very bad material in some instances. To me, here is one such example, and I try to keep that in mind.
