So, I only recently started my first run through. Didn’t give a flying fig about the romance stuff, it was just something to click through to get back to story and combat.
Annnnd then act 3 hits, and Lae’zel wants to talk one morning and gives a dialogue that actually brought a tear to my eye. Ffs, she’s one of the least likable characters at the beginning of the game. More an annoyance than anything else, story wise.
And then she rejects her queen, finds love and there’s this beautiful moment. Definitely not the writing I expected for her, but damned if it didn’t work.
Makes me want to actually pay attention to the romance arcs now, see what the rest are like.
Oh, she had clearly chosen my character as her partner; it’s just that the scenes and interactions they had as partners were few and forgettable.
My play-through started shortly after the game’s release. I wonder if the Shadowheart + girl romance scenes have expanded/improved since then.
Kinda surprising they didn’t give the character more oomph for romance. She essentially starts out as the most versatile option for it, being able to mesh into pretty much any arc and remain interesting.