i feel like smth not touched on enough is how,,, genuine astarion is for the very first rest.
he asks the player for confirmation that this is where theyre all stopping for the night and his eyes are so wide and his tone is so light
first bit of info he’ll divulge about himself is that hes not used to curling up in the dirt, and that it’s “a little novel” with this sort of amused exhale of air and lilt at the end like hes still incredulous
if you tell him to give it a try hes like aha nope! i need time to do some hard thinkin and process all of this and it comes across as he says it that hes still processing
and the way he says “you sleep, i’ll keep watch” is so very genuine imo.
and if you thank him, it’s like he realizes that by being nice/courteous he can get the player to like him more, so ONLY THEN does he turn on the charm. at the very end on the conversation.
lae’zel is so babygirl im astounded each time i play. she wants to kill omeluum but when wyll asks about squidies going solo, she’s like “i mean. just look at omeluum. he went renegade, so. obviously.”
people are so weird about lae’zel srsly. this woman is so Good i truly do not understand the majority of takes
like shadowheart mentions she’s half-elf once and lae’zel is like ok noted for the next time and doesnt get it wrong again
gale mentions how he’s impressed by her fighting and she immediately offers to teach him
she also answers any and all questions about the celestial realm and mindflayers that EVERYONE in the party asks her
she is the ONLY one with any experience and hands on knowledge about what the party is going thru but will still defer to the leader and help. for all she knows, they will literally be cured immediately if they find the creche but she still sticks around these fucking weirdoes because they ask her to