#the elves are apparently Not Alright™

[yarpharp]

hey yeah so me being me and not aware of much about Baldur's Gate 3's other recruitable characters, I just thought Halsin was tossed in as like that one wacky poly hippie tree hugger that also moonlights as a dude who would totally fuck in his Wild Shape.

yeah NOBODY TOLD ME HIS FUCKING BACKSTORY IS FUCKING UPSETTING! Is.... Is everybody sleeping on this older elf dude? Like.... what the fuck. He was a fuckin slave in the Underdark for three years when he was young? A goddamn sex slave? He's so fucking old he was there for the whole battle with the Dark Justicars like 100s of years ago? And he lost everything! A good chunk of his homeland, his parents. He coped with his grief and traumas with sex and excessive drinking and he never really wanted to be in charge of the Grove in the first place but because he's a Good Man™ and the former Archdruid died he took up the mantle?????? I'm sorry, am I getting this correct?

hey yeah I like Astarion and his tragic backstory is A Lot BUT SO IS HALSIN'S????? What's up with the elves, man? Why are they all so traumatized?

(The lovely old elf Jaheira seems okay tho. She has tough grandma vibes)