our time has come

Ok rip your play through because THEY JUST MADE MINTHARA RECRUITABLE IN A GOOD PLAYTHROUGH 😭😭😭 you can just knock her out and get her at moonrise. I'm just your too far in with lunara that you'd want to go back tho so no fifth hot drowussy for her. Maybe one day

DSIFDSIFUDS NO I'M ACTUALLY PLANNING ON RESTARTING IDC!! I'M STILL IN THE BEGINNING PART OF THE UNDERDARK!! I WILL DO ALL OF THIS OVER AGAIN!! I DO NOT CARE!! I HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED FOR TOO LONG!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

i feel like people talked a lot about polyamory being included in bg3 but it doesn't feel like there's really much of it at all. ik people have said like "its like real life some people are poly and some aren't" but like c'mon. this is a video game with romance where all your companions are attracted to you regardless of gender if you have approval or pick the right dialogue. i know practicality the combinations of romances would mean too much extra dialogue or whatever, but i would litterally settle for there not being any unique dialogue with polyamory and just being able to multi-romance and work out the details of it in my head. like a dao mod i used just whenever talking with a companion would ignore any existing romance flags.

ik it seems minor but like, especially with a game that takes so long to do a single playthrough, doing multiple playthroughs with the same character just to romance someone else is like. far too time consuming and unappealing. and it just very much takes away enjoyment from the game when i have to deal with consequences of "cheating" when there wasn't even ever a discussion of agreeing to monogamy.

So I finished the BG3 after doing every side mission I could find. And.... I have feelings

So I played with the poly mod, so I romanced everyone but Lae'zel and Shadowheart who I couldn't get the romance to start for. I also had the mod that lets me have all the companions with me, so I don't know how or if that changes the ending cut scenes.

But first off, the endings were way too short. I heavily dislike endings that have you fight the final battle, give you a cut scene, then end. Give us a little something after to come down from the high of the victory and see the happiness of the ending we fought so hard for.

Speaking of happiness; I can't say I'm happy with anyone's endings. I told Lae'zel she should go back to her people cause I know that's what she's wanted this whole time, so she left to free her people. This was in my opinion the happiest companion ending I got, even though it's still bitter sweet and doesn't feel like theirs closure cause she still has to fight to free her people with no time to rest.

Astarion just started to burn in the sun and ran off, then Shadowheart was like "poor guy, no more sun for him" then I never saw him again. Kinda shitty considering everything he fought for and the fact I was in a relationship with him. And it's not like the ending just picked one of my love interests to give the ending for, since all my other partners acknowledged me as their partner in their cut scenes (more on that in a moment).

Gale just stood at the edge of the doc and was like "the crown fell into the water. Guess I gotta find it" and then talked about his ex some more before saying we'll do it together. Didn't like that his arch was left open ended as well with him still afflicted with the orb AND wanting to return to Mystra who is terrible for so many reasons.

I got nothing for Shadowheart, and I don't know if Wyll can have his own scene, but his was lumped in with Karlach's for mine. Karlach is dying, her engine burning up, and she says she loves me and is glad we could be together. Wyll was really upset and yells "my love, we have to get her back to avernus! It's the only way to save her". Karlach didn't want to go back, but we convinced her and tell her we will be there with her and will protect her till we find a way to cure her. The three of us go to avernus and it ends with us about to fight imps and I guess I'm in a poly with the two of them, which I didn't know was an option, but them both referring to me as their love in that cut scene was a scripted thing so I don't think it was cause of the mod. Either way, I hated that at the end of the game, we haven't cured Karlach and now she's back in avernus. All her endings seem to suck as, spoiler, she either dies, returns to avernus, or becomes a mind flayer and has to live in hiding. So all of her endings suck.

I hated how none of the characters felt like they got a good resolution or much closure. There wasn't a sense of happiness or real victory. That kinda thing can work in DND cause the campaign can keep going, but in a video game, where there is no way to move forward, it seriously sucks. I put 300+ hours into this game, made so many choices to ensure my companions were safe and happy, tried to get them each the best ending I could without looking up too many spoilers, and in the end, they each get 3-5 minute cut scenes where their main character quest is unfinished and left in limbo? That just feels really crushing and disheartening as a gamer. In my next playthrough, why bother trying to help Karlach? She'll still be uncured by the end. Gale's just going to go back to his abusive god or maybe still blow up. Who knows. Astarion will still be hiding in the shadows, stuck as a spawn forever.

Over all, it just kinda sucked that not one of them felt like their arch got wrapped up/resolved.

hallucinating bugs and shadows n shit doesnt even bother me anymore like yep thats not even a real thing. moving on. jsut saw another to the left of my phone and its not even my problem

my eyes hurt so soo bad

my bg3 character is named io and she worship moon goddess cleric and shes dating two people idk if i can date more. is wyll or minthara poly. i wish i got karlach shes awesomeee but i did bad and missed her forever. and they dont even let you pick to top or bottom like bro i am Not bottoming for a fucking elf. i have standards. this game sucks. wheres the mod to handle this issue

I couldn't beat the class select screen for BG3 😭 everything I wanted I could just do for a teammate.

Now the real question is, who are you whoring for?

You gotta ROLEPLAY IT, live your fantasy DREAM, my dude 😭

Uhh better question is who am I NOT whoring for. I am not above using a poly mod after this initial playthrough because all these women? I'm speechless

But it's Karlach. Everyone else had to grow on me, but I was in love with her from the moment she appeared on my screen. And if any of you have even the slightest negative thing to say about her, you're gonna be meeting these fists. I do not accept Karlach slander on this

so, i have an intended romance list for future BG3 playthroughs, depending on MC :

Maris (current Tav) - During the adventure, everyone that will make a pass at him (I love you you beautiful poly mod). Post finale, Astarion (a boy has to choose ultimately and, no matter all the wild experimentations during their adventure, M is still a young noble from an exclusively elven community with a penchant for naughtiness. I am thinking that if Astarion chose to ascend he would gladly be his bitch for life but would not want to become a vampire, not even a full-fledged one. If A remained a spawn he would still choose him over everyone else, because I think over everyone else A is the one most needing of love and companionship)

Origin Astarion - Gale (the latter being sufficiently power-hungry and flexible when it comes to using power, though i wonder, would that affair work if you massacred the druid grove to get better access to the absolute cult? bc no matter what, Gale does not like cruelty or hurting innocents. As regards secondary lovers like Halsin or Minthara, I'd think A would have to have overcome a lot of his personal issues to be confident in such a choice. Or to not have overcome any of them and be convinced that his only worth to others is through sex)

Origin Karlach - Astarion (she seems to like bad boys even when she knows she can't trust them and she says herself she would totally bang him to the feywild and back; besides I want to see the stuff I read about this particular romance, the implications of not being able to use sex as manipulation tool on A's behalf are fascinating)

Origin Shadowheart - Karlach (they flirt with each other all the time and SH's VA is adamant that SH has a major crush on K)

Origin Lae'zel - nobody or Karlach (I can well see her staying single, but if she were to be attracted to one of them I think it would be K - she admires K's prowess in battle, as well as her live in the moment attitude due to the infernal engine time bomb)

Origin Wyll - Lae'zel (he tries to flirt with her almost from the start; the boy is prone to getting himself involved with dangerous, strong females and I think he is fascinated by how different and self-contained L appears to be; i can well see him submitting to L's passion and at the same time wishing to be her fairytale prince)

Origin Gale - I honestly can't decide, though I think the boy who summoned a tressim because his parents wouldn't get him a cat would instantly be drawn to the actual cat in the group and we all know by now who that is

Dark Urge - I'd hands down choose A because admittedly the dynamic between them from everything I've seen is incredible. My Durge would be a Dandelion type bard with little to no combat ability who would be torn against fighting the darkness inside and giving in to it for the shere exhilaration of the slaughter and sense of freedom it would offer (nvm that it would be the most constraining thing to accept (this one might also go both ways with A's choices: on the one hand durge might support or even push A towards ascendance for fear of themselves and a need to be controlled and used for better or for worse, or the two might literally strive towards redemption - and real freedom - together)