#you can tell them to avoid direct confrontation and run but they remind you they'll never be safe if they do that

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The way BG3 approaches revenge is so interesting. It never says anyone is wrong to kill someone who's done them harm, but it does say that doing so alone won't fix the trauma.

Aylin just feels empty after killing Lorroakan. Astarion admits killing Cazador didn't feel how he expected it would either; he feels numb for a while and it changes his perspective on things. Karlach kills Gortash and it isn't satisfying, because he never felt sorry for the life he took from her and now she has to grapple with how little she has left.

Again, they weren't wrong to crave that catharsis and the safety it brings them. But revenge is never the end of healing. It's only the beginning. Choosing to live again is maybe the best revenge there is.

#bg3 #baldur's gate iii #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #counselor plays video game #killing is pretty normalized in their world but like as far as i know you can't tell your companions to just forgive their abusers #you can tell them to avoid direct confrontation and run but they remind you they'll never be safe if they do that #in fact taking that choice that catharsis by for example killing cazador without astarion is framed as a bad option #a betrayal of his trust and autonomy. which it is even with good intentions