Uuuuuuh ...
1. Karlach is the best, but she's still not a too complex person.
2. Wyll is also great, but he's clearly also stupid, the way he became Warlock.
3. Gale is intelligent, sure. But he is also super creepy. The way he talks about being in love with Mystra and then he suddenly hits on the protagonist. What a collossal jackass.
4. I am willing to tolerate a lot in the case of Astarion, after all he was tortured for 200 years straight. Still he's just utterly evil and beyond redemption.
5. Laezel is a murderer and boasts about it and talks about killing "teethlings" just because they are "weak".
6. Shadowheart literally follows a deity that wants to destroy the world.
These choices SUCK.
So where are my Imoen, Aerie and Keldorn ? I just cant find them here.
I think this is one reason for the success of BG3: all the companions are obviously flawed, and in their romance arcs they can become better. It’s genuine character progression, and you don’t get that if you start out as good.
These flaws also enable Larian to draw out the romance over 150 hours of gameplay.
And they are quick to acknowledge *you* (the player).
Different for others, the delaying part of the romance for Karlach is external: it’s not her character, not some external loyalty or being alien, but just that she is cursed with that burning heart — for which she’s only responsible insofar that she trusted the wrong person.
