#wyll compels me so much and it sucks because i think his arc was so interesting in EA ;(

[nerozane]

Something you can definitely tell with a lot of talk with the Devs development with Astarion's story, to Wyll's story. Wyll's rewrite was crunched to the point a new actor had to come in for him (the EA actor for Wyll is a theatre actor and judging timelines on the rewrite, if he's in a production he's Def locked in for months at a time plus preparation and rehearsals). Compare to Astarions story arc, where the writer was allowed to mull and write the best stuff in parts where he was stuck writing for astarions arc. And have some long term input from Neil.

And I can't help but feel sad. Because both EA Wyll and release Wyll both deserved to have time to stew and mull and have input from both actors to how his character arc goes. And it just makes me sad that both players and larian had absolutely no faith in receiving/writing a black character. Or even the desire to take risks that the writer for astarion's arc took.

#wyll #bg3 wyll #wyll ravengard #i wonder what Lanre Malaolu thought about being recast #because doing some light reading Lanre really shone in his works and shows elements of black masculinity that doesnt get explored #wyll compels me so much and it sucks because i think his arc was so interesting in EA ;( #also lesson learnt from this is writing is fucking hard #esp in collaborative arts like theatre movies and games #you cant churn out stuff within like several months like the implications when they announced the recast and rewrite before release #larian critical