Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion There must be more true friend companions in the game who support you no matter what

Have the Larian writers ever heard of wives lying in court to protect their husbands, even at the risk of going to jail? Or lovers betraying their own people or country for their partner?


Surely you've also heard of plenty of real life scenarios in which people did not choose their lovers over the law, justice, the good of their societies, and so on.

They should read Jack London's "The Story of Jees Uck" - a story that shows what love looks like in novels.

This isn't a novel, and nor should anyone writing in any medium set out to write "what love looks like in fiction." They show a range of diverse personality types and responses, which is good writing.

Meanwhile, you must be aware that love does not look only one way in novels; otherwise, you wouldn't have given a specific example. You would have simply said, "they should read some novels."

I would urge you to read more in general. You could start with His Dark Materials, in which young lovers are forced to make an impossibly hard choice for the good of the world, and then move onto Wuthering Heights, where everyone is in a toxic relationship with at least one other person, and someone can reject you in life and then jealously haunt you in death.

Instead, we're served this sick, toxic barrage of constant conflict, threats, and oversized egos, presented as if it's a normal relationship between loving partners. Smh...

That's not at all what this game is? It sounds like you wanted to romance specific characters while making specific decisions that made that hard for you.

I was left with a really bad aftertaste after sparing the Emperor. The Githyanki gave me no help in getting this far, and Lae'zel - despite 100 approval and a completed romance arc - threatening me with death yet again was just too much. Imagine having a wife who threatens to kill you every other day for not doing what she wants.

Dude, you knew who Lae'zel was going into this. She's from a ferocious warrior culture and has also been brainwashed by a lich-led cult from birth. You've known her for like, a few weeks, MAYBE months, and you routinely betray everything she stands for. The fact that all you got is fussed at is honestly pretty tame.