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I don’t think our companions’ reactions are ridiculous at all, after all they just found out you’re the reason for this entire shitshow. But I do wish there was a follow up conversation like the one after you have to get tied up so as not to kill your romanced companion. If’s a bit jarring when they’re all like “I can’t believe you get out of my face” then when you talk to them in camp it’s like absolutely nothing happened.

I can’t take shadowheart seriously with that hair

laezel, astarion, and wyll have reactions to this reveal, but it seems you didn’t talk to them about the bhaalspawn reveal before the reveal with gortash. laezels mad at you like a lot of others, wylls mainly worried about his father, and astarion thanks you as it was you, not the mindflayers, who was ultimately the reason why he was saved from cazador

This is easily one of my favorite scenes in the entire game. When things really start coming together and you realize that not only are you a psychopath killer, you’re responsible for EVERYTHING you’ve fought against so far. And your Durge is slowly picking up the pieces until this moment. To me it’s so much more impactful as a resistant Durge. Just having to live with the idea that you’ve done all this. Also I could listen to Jason Isaacs for hours so that certainly helps make it one of my favorites lol.

Strange, Astarion had a different reaction for me where he was upset by the news but also acknowledged that he wouldn't have escaped cazador if it hadn't been for my durge

Oh my, what did you do to shadowheart's hair 😭

The hells did you do to Shadowhearts beautiful hair 😭

Don’t know if it’s mentioned, but Astarion does have dialogue about the revelation that’s not shown here. You need to make sure everyone has been talked to regarding your Bhaalspawn reveal to get it. Oddly though, shadowheart didn’t give any dialogue concerning it.

Shehulk really can't shut the fuck up for 5 minutes

Gortash didn't tell me ANY of this wtf ToT thanks for making this vid but wtf why in my durge game he didn't say anything ?? it felt different to tav but none of these revelations

Karlach: I want to say it doens't make sense - but it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? I should've seen it earlier. All the signs were there. Literally Dark Urge in Act 1: I can't control my hunger of blood and I want to kill everything. Karlach: Don't worry, surely it's nothing

Your durge is so pretty

Props to Jaheira and Halsin for being so reasonable about the situation. Not freaking out on poor Durge for something they have no memory of

I talked to Gale (who I was romancing) right after the coronation. Gale first scolded me and told me to give him time. I talked to him again literally one second later and he was back to normal romantic banter xD. 'Give me time' seems to be code for 'until our very next conversation' xD

another example of minthara being the most intelligent and level headed companion which makes it all the more irritating she's blatantly unfinished like halsin

omg what armor is that on Tav i love it

My game is bugged lol I didn't even get the same dialogue. It seems my dialogue is half Tav and half Durge lol he talked to me like I was Tav but only acknowledged that I was durge when i chose the Durge options. My companions also had nothing to say about Durge.

I wish this happens, our Durge becomes depressed and ridden with guilt, sits alone. Until one of the companions like Jaheria or Withers come to talk to Durge and convince to our mistake we have caused.

Astarion said different in my playthrough, he actually thanked me for being a evil bastard and saved him from Cazador. He owe me his life I guess.

Everyone’s reaction makes sense to me except Shadowheart. Her response comes off as hypocritical considering she worships Shar and was willing to kill Aylin and screw everyone over just so she could be a dark justiciar. Plus I'm sure she has done screwed-up stuff in the name of Shar. Then again…orchestrating a plot to turn everyone into squid monsters is a whole other league of evil.

I might be misremembering but I think Shadowheart has a different reaction if you have her go dark justiciar. On my evil durge run I don't remember her being that offended after finding out.

Do you have to ally with Gortash to get this dialouge? None of my companions mentioned it, not even Karlach who i was romancing

Call me petty, but Minthara’s a real one and I rate Jaheira’s fairness :)

I love how pragmatic Minthara is.

I love Shadowheart’s reaction.

Crazy how Jaheira doesn't mention that she also worked with a Bhaalspawn. Funny how Wyll does though.

I romanced Shadowheart with my dark urge and didn't get any reaction from her. Thought was a bug but that wasn't problem with karlach lol Heavy reactions from all companions

I just love how Minthara is always one step ahead on everybody to process and analyse the situation. Everybody is like : "My god ! You knew everything and you didn't tell us ! I know you were amnesic... but damn ! You are a Baahl spawn !" Minthara : "Now we know the truth about you and your initial scheme, we have the best opportunity to outplan it !" She is by far, the best companion you can imagine in this situation.

Shadowheart with the karen hair 😂

it seems as though who has special dialogue reacting to you having worked with gortash depends on something - because gale, astarion, halsin, karlach, and jaheira all had something to say for me. But the others just had the same dialogue from learning i was bhaalspawn.

The issue I had with this isnt that the companions I were the closest to (Karlach and Gale plus a fully romanced Astarion) were scathing here. The problem for me was there was no follow through. I always thought there needed to be a BIG scene following this. Maybe several. A heated argument scene back at camp with your companions that is already in mid flow when you rock up. And could you imagine how dramatic and narratively satisfying it would be as a good, resisting Durge who'd gone all out to build great relationships with everyone and be a friend to the world in general to have the option to just leave camp that night to have a straight up mental breakdown alone in the woods. Maybe later an attempt being made to track them down by whoever had the best relationship with Durge. How a fully romanced spawn Astarion would be so pissed at Gale and Karlach after they had unloaded as shown here, whilst trying to get Durge to pull themselves together? Later them maybe, if they had super high approval being all like 'Oh gods, they've spent the last month fighting together, working on our machine and hugging/helping to stop us from blowing ourselves to kingdom come, they REALLY don't remember any of that shit, we just verbally tore them a gaping new hole and turned our backs and now they are out there somewhere, alone, vulnerable and possibly curled in a ball crying their eyes out.'

Least Astarion's happy with the revelation, since it means that you technically were the reason that he was able to escape Cazador's influence in the first place.

I never got these reactions. Maybe its because the only Durge thing I really did was kill Alfira

Weird. I only got Laezel and Astarion lines to trigger in my party. I dont remeber if shadowheart said anything but even then i might have forgotten since she takes it pretty well

idk about everyone else, but i'm so glad the companions get mad at you about this, even to the point of hypocrisy (shadowheart, dear, you ALSO are an amnesiac previously in an evil cult that tortures and kills people. that was literally all of act 2), it makes them feel like real people! idk man i also would be initially angry if one of my friends turned out to have been the Worst Guy In The World even if they were choosing not to do that anymore. also adds to gortash as a villain as well-i do lean towards his sentiment towards the dark urge being genuine here, but that doesn't mean he's not also using it to manipulate you. his word choices seem crafted specifically to drive the companions away from the dark urge, and the durge, as a consequence, towards him (see "my favorite bhaalspawn" when with karlach, but "favorite assassin" when she's not-the former being more alarming). he may not have to bother with keeping up appearances now that he has all of the patiars under his thumb one way or another, but it's clear how he got here

I don't think I got any of this, I confronted Gortash as Durge but didn't get any of this dialogue at all. Not sure if it bugged out for me or if I confronted him at a wrong time. Oh well, time for a new playthrough :D

How do you trigger the Karlach dialouge because im romancing her and she doesnt even mention me being former Chosen of Bhal

I had a different reaction from Astarion that was him thanking me for freeing him from Cazador. Did you tell him you were bhaalspawn before initiating the Gortash cutscene?

No companion was like this when I did durge wtf

All I can say is, Minthara truly is ride or die

I really like Jaheira's voice actor in this, really showed emotions that she's scared between breaths, her doubts but firm voice when she tells you still believing you

Shadowhearts makes no fucking sense lmao "How dare you not tell us!? You're lucky I know you don't even remember anything >:("

Wyll, surprisingly, reacted very adequately 😳 Well, I can understand why Karlach was so angry, but Shadowheart?.. She who worshiped Shar, she who wanted to become a Dark Justiciar and until the very end was not sure whether she did the right thing by rejecting her goddess, is now pretending to be innocent saint? Especially after all the good things that were done in the 1st and 2nd acts? Really? It is a pity, there is no option in the game to remind her of who she was before she met us and who she wanted to be (and who she would have been if not us). She pissed me off more than others do... And it’s a pity we can’t have Gortash as a companion. He seems to be the only one genuinely happy to see Durge 🙄

Fellow cowboy hat Astarion appreciator

I didn't get these conversations after Gortash's coronation they just straight up didn't say anything. Idk why but maybe it's because I told them all already that I was a Bhaalspawn after fainting right before entering Wyrm's Rock. That or the fact that I had max approval with everyone so maybe they're just less harsh.

This is really confusing. They talk to you like you are dark urge but you are just a women

Regardless of all the reaction, man that VA kills it!

Do they still react this way after telling them you’re a bhaalspawn?

Heh. Gortash spewing his whole plan in a room full of witnesses....

MAn isn't Gortash just Boris Johnson alter ego???