relationships? mind spoiling some of them, or do we have to wait and see, lol
I don't mind a handful!
Lucien and Gale get along like oil and a matchstick. Amateur wizard from another plane and former Archwizard out of his element? Both completely erudite? Yes please.
Auri and Shadowheart wind up close friends with a casual side relationship; both of them don't have qualms about, as Shadowheart puts it, "short-term amusements," and both of them have religious ties that greater society tends to shun.
Astarion and Taliesin are both particularly catty with each other. It's hard to tell whether they like or hate each other early on, especially when it comes to Tally's puns and Astarion's vampirism, but as they both open up, they would (and shall!) kill for each other.
If you're looking for romantic relationships, these are the ones I'm 100% sure I'm going for (I have other ideas, but I'm not putting them in until I'm sure I want to add the companions that'd be part of it):
Astarion and Wyll. Astarion uses everyone to his advantage, but Wyll is so earnest and genuine that he's the one Astarion would actually feel bad about doing that to (leading to the Act II confession: "you deserve something real." Because Wyll DOES). There's something particularly well worth exploring between an unapologetically selfish man and a man who'd give everything of himself; Wyll is kind to Astarion in a way no one else has been in his life, Astarion demands Wyll keep something of himself for himself. I've got so much invested in it. It's a really good contrast.
Lucien and Karlach. This one is partly based in canon: Karlach daydreams about Dammon if she's not romancing anyone else in her origin playthrough, and the both her and Lucien are happy-go-lucky and glad to be alive. I feel like they'd play off each other's silliness and sweetness well; besides that, him being willing to fix her engine and her being willing to protect him from just about anything really hits well for me.
Gale and Taliesin. They fall somewhere in the middle between "sweet similarity" and "spicy contrast" for me, both loving cats, both being curious about the world, both having a bit of a love for bad puns, but entirely different in home life and approach to combat. Moving into it: Gale is a man who's prepared to beg for you not to let him die when he asks for magical artifacts; if you agree right off the bat, he has to take a moment to reorganize what he was about to say. And as Tally's author said, no matter how dangerous it is to travel with his companion, he's wholly dedicated to staying by their side. That kind of devotion is something Gale does not expect. And on the other end, if you talk to Tally about himself, he mentions how at one point, his father made him loathe himself so much that he hated his own body. Compare that to Gale being the only companion to not change his opinion of you if you become a mind flayer. He still wants to marry you, the thought of leaving you never even crossing his mind. Gale's love language is soul-crushing devotion. He gives all of himself to his partner, no matter what. And that's something that would totally WRECK Taliesin.
Also, Tally 100% has to meet Morena Dekarios and get spoiled. I demand it.
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