Alright, Ladies and not-Ladies, here comes my rant number IV
I thought I was done with that miss Congeniality, that queen of everything, that most beautiful woman in all of Faerun (according to the only person – herself). I really thought she was gone after I told her to get lost the second time at the Druid Grove. But nope - she popped up again out of nowhere when I reached the temple of Selune. And guess what? She asked to join me again, even though I'd already told her twice to get lost for good. And this constant stalking combined with her arrogance when you accept her as a companion - I just realized how repulsive her character is. So her owning the Prism clearly makes her the main key companion in the game, and the game designers really push you into taking her as a companion. Why then is she created to be so repulsive? Everything would be fine if I showed servility to her, but I don't want to, and because of that the whole narrative starts to fall apart. I told her to f.o. forever for the third time and left the prism with her, because I'm so chronically good-aligned that I can't even bring myself to harm non-hostile pixels in the game to take the prism from her. If I end up dying later just because I refused to conform to the designers' vision of accepting Shadowfart, it will be a very, very serious disappointment for me in this game.
I don't really know at this point. Some gamers love unhinged psychos with constant conflicts, tantrums, and toxicity. Others prefer calm, kind, and reasonable companions. If the game leans too far in one direction, either group will complain that the companions are either too dull or too psychotic and repulsive. It's a difficult situation, wouldn't you say?
