#glimmergris

Bonus question: Is there anything about their romances that went differently in your canon than it did in-game?

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With Glim, there was a definite friends-to-lovers connection with Gale. I think she immediately liked him, but didn't necessarily see him romantically at the start. Just a nice guy, and so easy to talk to! Wow, he really can talk, and he's so charming! She does realise she's falling for him a liiittle sooner than he realises the same - I like the interpretation that he's as surprised as she is when she imagines the kiss during the weave connection (which I guess is a slight deviation from canon since he did kind of set up that "date".) But she convinces herself that it's one sided for a long, long time, even as Gale is trying to expressly admit the opposite - she's genuinely quite taken aback when he tells her he loves her.

Her favourite thing is impossible, she loves so much about him! But I think his curiosity is up there. She loves how he is a problem solver, is so quick and probing and so full of passion for the world. She finds an equal in him, and it is all she could have wished for.

The slight deviation, though really it's just a heightening of canon, is that they almost break up and have some REALLY rough arguments in act 3. Between the crown, the ironhand gnomes, and the death of her mother, there are some big emotions flying about.

For Manva... well, I think she meets people where they are. Gortash definitely pursued her for a long time, like years, before she finally kissed him. Lae'zel, Astarion, and Minthara all propositioned her (for very different reasons across the board.) The only person she didn't respond to was Ketheric, which was much more of an experiment for her in "what would happen if?"

There's LOTS of changes to canon, lol. For one Durgetash really isn't canon (sorry guys) and I definitely HC that she snuck back to see him at least once between the coronation and the end of the game. And obviously Ketheric happens way before the game, and is again, a fun flavour. Astarion is pretty much exactly as it is in game; he propositions her because he is scared for his safety, and they stop when they start to become actual friends. Also though the game doesn't allow it, Manva is with Lae'zel and Minthara, at least for a little while. Things peter out with Lae'zel, but at that point her and Minthara also grow closer, which is different from the game!

Bonus question: What animal do you think best represents each of them?

This is how I can be certain neither of them are self inserts lol! Thank you for this great question.

Neither are really animal people. Glim likes Scratch and has the owlbear cub, but at the end of the game the cub goes back into the wild and scratch goes with Shadowheart. She's fine with animals but her family just didn't vibe with pets? You didn't have animals in the house!

Manva grew up with livestock, used to look after the chickens at the temple of Ilmater, but you also then had to kill those chickens lol. She views animals as livestock.

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So! The thing with Glimmergris, which I have mentioned before, is that she's built in a very similar way to the other companions so steps quite well into this supportive role, because she also has the push and pull that most of the origin companions have:

Do I stay on the path that has been designed for me, or do I pull away towards a freedom that may come at a cost?

So I think she would be very, very supportive of a Durge on a resist path! If she was told about their memory loss and craving for violence, I think she would be concerned, but would say that violence can be rewritten into passion, if needed.

She'd definitely sus out that they had killed the first victim, but would not say anything too incriminating in front of the others, but would try and speak to them later about what happened. She'd ask if it was an accident, if Alfira wasn't quite what they thought, and joke about making sure she's not at risk of playing an offending song. After that, she'd support them on their resist path as normal.

If they're romancing her and they get the scene, she would think they're waking her to sneak away from camp and be understandably horrified. I don't think enough of the love interests are actually terrified, but she would be. She's only small and could be very, very easily overpowered (Scel's line is "she's so small, so easy to break in two. Hardly a test at all!") but she pulls herself together to tie Durge up. But she remains scared, telling a story about a hero who shook off a possession not to calm Durge, but to calm herself.

She'd be sorry the next day for being a coward, but would say that their determination and will was an inspiration for her, and she will try and show the same bravery.