Gale
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good, absolutely the worst companion. Ricky Gervais in a wizard hat.
The worst part is, as a wizard, he is easily the most OP member of the party as well, so I find unless I pick a wizard/sorcerer as a player character, he's pretty much mandatory.
meh, I like him, and I hate Ricky Gervais
I play a wizard specifically so I can stunt on him in every dialogue where he does his "oh, I'm the most effortlessly talented wizard ever" bullshit.
minthara - funniest no question
karlach - the one I would most want to hang with irl
shadowheart - goth bae
I'm surprised people are voting Lae'zel, she was like one more fash comment away from me spilling her guts in a hallway at one point lmao.
She said one sentence to my tiefling after I released her from her cage and I regretted it instantly
the best companion is Halsin because he can turn into a fuckin dilophosaurus
DILFosaurus
How is Shadowheart in the lead? Like she's not bad or anything, but if she's your favourite you probably think salt is spicy.
She's pretty and nice
She's highschool goth crush
Hot take: Shadowheart as the main character is the best choice because you don't have to deal with her being an emo weirdo. Just respec into whatever class you want. Also you get better understanding of her backstory, and romancing Laezel or Karlach is extremely spicy. Also, to be the gothiest person alive you can go the evil route and romance Minthara.
In terms of whose quips I enjoy most, its definitely Astarion. Hes so fucking gay, hes dripping with gay
i played a few hours and was gonna vote for her purely due to disliking her the least out of the starter companions before i saw the girl reading this
Because she and Minthara are the only "classically attractive" female companions and the majority of Hexbear users are still female-attracted people with relatively average standards for attractiveness. And Minthara isn't available until the later chapters.
her backstory and quest are the most fleshed out and tied to the story, the main quest should have been more about Shar/Selune instead of the scuffed mindflayer bullshit, imo
yeah. i didn't let her go blonde, so i assume i must have missed part of the appeal, but i really don't get it. everyone else is so much more fun. until i saw all those polls etc i wouldn't even have guessed that she had fans. she's kind of just... there
I like Gale 
I romanced shadowheart on my run but have come to think Laezel is best girl
The big brain move is to play as shadowheart and romance laezel.
Many of the characters have serious flaws that made me dislike them to some degree when we first met, but as you get to know them and progress through the story, they grow on you or they grow into better people (assuming a relatively good playthrough), so I ended up liking all of them to some degree by the end.
Some of the most controversial/off-putting ones have the best character arcs such as Laezel and Astarion (ok, I always loved him despite his evil quirks).
The one I liked least was probably Wyll and I have to say, despite really hating his holier than thou attitude in the beginning, by the end I only avoided bringing him along because I never learned to build warlocks in a way that felt engaging to play.
I didn't hate anyone by the end, but I also tend to favor deeply flawed characters who grow into better people in all stories. They are just more interesting and realistic.
The only thing that saves Wyll is that his romance line is the most adorable tenderqueer shit imaginable, marred only by his incredible vanillaness.
Not super surprising a lot of people like muscle mommy.
People keep calling Karlach that, I read her as more of a brash young lesbian with a traumatic past that really needs supportive friends and a hug.
Now Jaehira, that's a muscle mommy.
I haven't played it I just voted because i like polls
Who invited the liberal 😏
My first run I romanced Karlach.
Midgame spoilers
When we reached the Nightsong I just straight up murdered Shadowheart without hesitation. I then found out after reading online that she won't actually kill the Nightsong if you just kinda trust her. All the good bits of Shadowheart are after that interaction so I left the first run thinking she was the worst, has a massive bump on my second run.
Still went through with the Astarion romance the second time
lae'zel
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