buahahah excellent
so I watched the panel from that latest con, Dev, Jen&Aliona, and Neil were in, and I learned another amazing thing Larian did.
so we already know that Larian pulled their devs and their families, from the warzone(during the R*****n invasion of Ukraine), and made sure they could immigrate safely and seamlessly to a different country.
we know that they hired intimacy coordinators, so the actors and staff could feel safe during not only sex scenes but also torture scenes and other hard to shallow stuff, that happen in the game.
the one that Neil mentioned and it's something I didn't know, was that, originally there was no "they/them" option in early access, and while most actors had finished all their lines, they were called back in, paid fully for their sessions, and recorded all the lines that had she/he in them with "they". it was not part of the original production, but they decided it was important enough to spend money, to spend time, to spend energy, and all kind of resources to put they/them in the game. that meant of course actors back in the mocap suits, animators animating more facials, coders inserting more scenes into the game. the amount of work, the amount of time, and the amount of money this takes, is very significant, and Larian did it anyway.
and the dedication was to the point of bringing in actors who had like 2 lines in the whole game to do them with they/them pronouns because they said they would do it and they did.
Larian I wish you to continue to be as wonderful. for you, for us the players, for your staff, and for the gaming industry.
you are THE example, may all your games you release from now on surpass the success of BG3
it's time to show the world all my tavs
They/Them
they/them also my only durge
they/them
she/her (Karlach's best friend from the city)
they/them
she/her (also an OC I made for my moon lesbians fanfic)
they/them
she/her (from Kalrach's fist night at the camp fanfic smut, made her to romance karlach but I couldn't resist lae lol)
with all of them I have romanced either karlach or lae (or both 😎)
I have also completed the Karlach and Lae origins
I think this human is in a githyanki camouflage with the paint resembling the gith skin dots also wearing the gith unties, but maybe they couldn't find gith trousers so they got karlach's :P
I have said this before but I'll say it again
Larian was so right to hire theatre actors to play the characters
for starters it made the actors job easier because theatre and mocap apparently uses the same terminology
also mocap requires a bit of exaggerated movement, that is typical for theatre.
the theatricality of the actors also helped with bringing the amazing script to life.
Larian did a lot of things right, like creating a good working environment for everyone involved (they literally made efforts to get their people out of warzones, house them, and getting them everything they needed to stand on their own two feet again, so they can continue their work safely)
they allowed their writers to create wonderful stories.
but then they went a step further and hired theatre actors for the job.
(also they had intimacy coordinators, as they should)
I went into Ao3 and looked up some stats and made a spread sheet
here's the results
the picture is grim
first of all, people don't know how to fucking tag
then that much hetero fic broke my brain, where are all my gays?
spread sheet here
stole this note from her pocket and I was accused of stealing :P for the gays
more lesbian NPCs in baldur's gate
toxic yuri ahoy
damn philomeen is mean
more lesbians wives NPCs
the amount of gay NPCs in this game :D
awwwe that's so cute
have you guys noticed if the checks are harder to pass? I get nat 1's all over the place, twice in a row sometimes, and way more frequently than before, and I spend my inspiration points faster.
I'm an easy mode gamer, I dont care playing hard, I want to enjoy. and I dont know if this is just me, or something has changed.
before your ask the karmic dice is checked.
I LOVE THEM!!!!
now THAT's toxic yuri
easiest way to get the following achievement
play your character the way you would, without getting them all the classes, once you reach level 12
knock on grandpa's door, asking to hire one of his buddies, and then multiclass that one to all classes
game will ask you to simply get someone to stay at camp.
Orpheus is one of the most aesthetically attractive guys in BG3
also his voice 😍