#im SORRY KARLACH

[hexballgate]

THIS IS FOR LARIAN.

YEAH HI LARIAN ONE QUESTION WHY ARE YOU EVIL?

Video description: A conversation between the OP's tav and Karlach. Their Tav has black locks tied into a half-ponytail and yellow+blue clown face paint on. The conversation goes:

Karlach: I thought... I thought what we had was special. What happened?

Player: It wasn't anything you did. I just can't ignore what my heart's telling me.

Karlach: But... My heart is telling me I love you. It's about the only good news its given me.

Karlach: Argh! I just dont.... I dont understand how this happened. What went wrong.

Karlach: What do you do when the person you want to run to is the person who broke your heart?

[hound-of-ill-omen]

Karlach refuses to talk to me or join my party becsuse of what happened in The Grove (I couldn't convince Kagha to not kick the tieflings out so I killed her and then the other druids started killing all the other tieflings. I stopped them as soon as I could but um yeah most died) and if you look up anything about Karlach not wanting to befriend you because of whatever happened in The Grove people online call it "The Evil Route"...

MY CHARACTER ISN'T EVIL!!!! SHE'S DOING HER BEST!!! SHE'S THE HERO!!!!!!!! PLEASE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT

[feelboss]

original plan was to romance karlach or wyll... but then i played durge and spoiled myself on a few things and im like

oh fuck astarion tho...

[isolationstreet]

yeah uh Avourel is not a great person...

[blorbopolis]

starting to understand one another

[paarthursass]

genuinely love how the whole gang is like "fuck this guy"

[corviiids]

cant shut up about this game for even one second

[deer-with-a-stick]

Me, going through the romance options: Lae'zel is hot, I'll try it out. Ooh, Karlach has a great personality I love her. Shadowheart's got some issues but she's grown on me. Wyll is interesting because I feel like I don't see characters like him that often. Astarion's got plenty of angst, I like it. I'm curious as to how Halsin's bear form would work...ugh how do I choose.

Gale, eating my boots and infodumping about his cat: Do you have a good place where I can die so that I won't murder innocents I'd appreciate it

Me: I want that one

[bladesmitten]

Avatar Karlach: You got it. Next stop, Zariel's forge. Final stop, Faerûn.

Wyll: Fuck yeah, that's my girl! Oh shit - I'm starting to pick up your bad habits. Well, fuck it. In for a coin, in for a coffer.

devnote: Oopsy - he's been picking up some bad language habits from Karlach!

[khadame]

Was I sweet once?

(Based on a Dark Urge dialogue from Blighted Village.)

[natstablook29]

Man, I love it when Balduran says "ITS BALDURIAN TIME" and baldurs all over the gate

[thewizardhole]

i didn’t think he was gonna do it ;-;

[bg-brainrot]

One thing I, personally, can't relate to when discussing BG3 companions: not loving each and every single one of these little weirdos.

Obviously, Astarion's my favorite (gestures at, well, everything on my blog), but I love all of the companions SO much. They're each so unique, so flawed, so painfully relatable.

Now, a quick disclaimer: by all means, these aren't the only or even the best reasons to appreciate these characters, but they're some of my personal favorites!

Some reasons to love them...

Astarion, even against two centuries of torture and trauma, for breaking that cycle of abuse and learning to become his own man.

Gale, despite her reigns on his past, on his power, for going against his goddess's wishes and living on to rectify his mistakes, rather than dying for them.

Karlach, even after everything she's ever done, after finding no catharsis in the act of revenge, for keeping her head, her ax, and her hopes high.

Lae'zel, despite realizing that her entire reason for living is a lie, for fighting on to find new meaning and build a world she'd be proud to fight for.

Shadowheart, even after finding out that her very existence is a lie, for stumbling forth into a new world, one where her devotion is hers to share.

Wyll, despite his deep, undying love for his father, for learning that he needn't sacrifice everything for the ones he loves, he has those who love him in turn.

Halsin, who for all intents and purposes doesn't need to bother with all of this, for caring enough about people, about you, to do whatever he can to help.

Minthara, after being brainwashed, betrayed, destroyed, for ultimately rising from the ashes of herself to follow and support you in anything and everything.

Jaheira, who had all but given up on passing the torch, who after love and loss decided to go out fighting, for trusting you, a kindred spirit to let her rest.

Minsc, with not a single thought behind those eyes, for understanding friendship and loyalty so deeply, that he joins your crew faithfully on Jaheira's words.

It's been a long time since I loved every single one of my companions in a game like this (maybe DA2?), and I'm so weirdly grateful to them for helping me understand myself better.

Anyway, I just think they're all super neat, interesting characters. You definitely don't need to love them all, but I certainly think it's a blast!

[sirgavvaine]

Wifeys

[littlestarbigfangs]

"Maybe it'll help if we start with a little fun. How would you like to help me kill some evil bastards?"

[bhaalble]

in general I need to wrench alignment out of BG3 fandom's hands for a second until we have a talk about how morality is not an inborn static quality where you get one chance to decide to be niceys and if you don't take it its joever forever. Lae'zel queen of Lawful Evil is still stunningly patient with you a stranger, deeply loyal to her kin (enough that this loyalty is what gets her to spit in the face of a goddess she reveres), and genuinely excited to share her culture with people she trusts even a little. Karlach is literally the nicest person you'll meet on this journey and sometimes she eats trapped mortal souls to juice herself up for a fight. We have Capacities please stop being Catholic for a second!