Pathetic man // The Aura of a Third Child

I don't give a shit if they slap the Wizards of the Coast label on it. I do not give a shit about whether they put the word "official" on something. I do not abide it, I do not count it, I do not want it. WotC didn't respect what made BG 1 and 2 so beloved, and they will not with BG3 either. It is a label that sells, and that is all it will ever be to them. I adore BG3, but even it served to prove the point that WotC will completely misrepresent, flanderize, or outright derail a character simply to capitalize on nostalgia. If you only played BG3, you will not care how Sarevok was portrayed, but I dare you to ask someone who loves the first two games what they think of his and Viconias parts in BG3.

The weird "canon" being flung about is genuinely just the death of fun in a space that is literally existent just for a freedom of expression and agency for the players. Larian and its developers in every department created this game with love and dedication, with the sole intention being player freedom and fun. I care what Larian has to say about the game, not WotC, and Larian has been adamant that it is the PLAYER that should be the one taking the reigns.

So when they "canonize" the redeemed Dark Urge who romanced no one, Gale ascending to godhood, Wyll not escaping his pact with Mizora and anything else, that shit will be completely disregarded by me. Just like how they handled the original BG cast in 3.

Like imagine you kidnapped a kid and raised her in a cult and took all her memories and sent her off on a mission and she somehow managed to not just turn against your religion, not just turn to the religion in direct rivalry with yours, not just defy you and turn to her own goals, not just come back and confront you over it, but she came back with two idiots you used to hang out with over 100 years ago who definitely just came here to shit talk and annoy you, and the most unimportant loser ass Baenre she can find who still has a massive superiority complex