"Some grow to love their chains" - Astarion about Lae'zel

Astarion is disappointed in Lae'zel accepting Vlaakith.
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[@vixencaw7551]

It's interesting how all the companions have something they are/were bound to. Each of them has a different relationship with this bond and it changes how they interact with others. For example, Karlach and Astarion were both enslaved, but where Karlach wants to help those who are in a similar position, Astarion doesn't see why he should risk his life and freedom for others when no one did that for him.

[@resonatinglo]

Yep, so true. And you can see both points of view and why both act that way.
All of them are bound and even Tav I guess if you play DU as was originally meant to be, then all of us would be bound to something and would want to remove the chains... or "grow to love them" ...

[@themorbiddoll]

Karlach's optimism is still intact as her service was 10 years or so (which is still a long time, nothing to snuff at), her duties were that of a weapon Zariel wielded, rather than a sex slave to lure victims. I don't like comparisons, but Karlach didn't constantly have her master at her backside with the intent on physically breaking her spirit. Astarion had his optimism beaten, tortured, and abused out of him for over 200 years. I wonder if Karlach would eventually give into apathy or pessimism if her enslavement had lasted as long?

[@resonatinglo]

@@themorbiddoll Karlach is just such a sweetheart that no amount of years can bring her down

[@JMOlsen_]

​@@resonatingloNo. Everyone has limits. If they are realistically written, that is. Aside from the infernal contraption, her time in Avernus didn't challenge her much, she could keep her values. If all the things that were done to Astarion, were done to Karlach, either her obsolete peasant morality would have crumbled, or she would have killed herself. One or the other. There is no third option. Either the person will discard values that are harming them, or they will not be able to survive.