#feeling very queer about Shadowheart in this chilli's tonight

[wavebiders]

Feeling very insane about the fact that, in a way, being a bad Sharran is what saves Shadowheart in the end

Because like. She's not supposed to be bad at keeping secrets. She's not supposed to be vulnerable, kind, or hopeful. She's not supposed to get attached to anything or anyone

Yet, it's these things that allow her to get close to the pc and the group as a whole. The more she fails to keep Shar's secrets the more she opens up to you, and the more she opens up to you the more you have the chance to build a relationship with her, and it's through having that relationship that she finds the courage to defy Shar

If she had been a better Sharran she never would have built that bond at all, she wouldn't have felt safe to make the decision she did, and probably no one would have trusted her enough to let her decide to begin with

Shadowheart is saved because she is loved, and Shadowheart is loved because she cannot stop being herself no matter how hard she tries

#shadowheart #bg3 #feeling very queer about Shadowheart in this chilli's tonight #anyway obviously this is very geared towards a specific version of her quest but I think it's the most common one and the one I like best #so shhhh #I think she's the only companion where having a good relationship with her directly affects her story in that way #Lae'zel will turn against Vlaakith mostly through getting the facts #Astarion needs you to persuade him and/or get in his head #but Shadowheart needs to feel loved #that's all she ever wanted from Shar anyway #it's so rewarding when she instead finds it with people that don't ask her to be something she's not #(also why her romance so much to her plot even without locking too much content behind it but that's another post)