Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans defend Wyll after player explains why they kicked him out Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are coming to Wyll\u2019s defense after a Reddit post accusing the character of discrimination garnered attention. It\u2019s no surprise that a game like Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 would leave players incredibly invested in their personal favorite characters. While companions like Astarion and Shadowheart are obvious favorites, even more divisive characters have their defenders. This is something that\u2019s been made even more clear after one player shared their dislike of the Origin character and potential companion Wyll. The admission prompted plenty of responses (and various jokes) from fans who were quick to defend the Blade of Frontiers and argue that the player had misinterpreted his character. Note, spoilers for Wyll\u2019s storyline to follow. Wyll fans say haters misunderstand his character and storyline The outpouring of Wyll love was prompted by a post on the BaldursGate3 subreddit titled \u201cWhy I kicked Wyll out of my party.\u201d In it, the poster explains how Wyll frustrated them while playing as a tiefling, calling him a hypocrite for making a deal with the cambion Mizora and accusing him of prejudice for \u201csaying to my face that his horns make him too fugly to socialize.\u201d Of course, Wyll fans did not stand for the slander. Many pointed out that Wyll\u2019s sadness over his transformation comes from being publicly marked as someone who made a deal with a devil, not an inherent dislike of those with horns like tieflings. In fact, Wyll\u2019s horns are said in-game to make some of the tieflings in the Grove uncomfortable, as his devilish horns remind them of those who enslaved them in Avernus. This led one commenter to note, \u201cOP is literally complaining that Wyll isn\u2019t being racist by equating Tiefling with devil.\u201d Others pointed out that, even if Wyll \u201cchooses to be mopey and sad\u201d and \u201cKills the vibe of my Tiefling party,\u201d all of the companions have their flaws and can be annoying. As one player puts it, \u201cLae\u2019zel is outright racist to the Tieflings, Shadowheart is constantly making snide remarks, Astarion literally tries to kill you.\u201d This even led to a post parodying the original, with a user jokingly explaining why Wyll might want to kick the player-made avatar out of the party. While there are valid criticisms of Wyll\u2019s character development and relative lack of content in comparison with other companions, most seem to appreciate what is there. Wyll is one of the few characters in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 who is simply nice, and many find the fact that he made his pact in a desperate and selfless attempt to save his home to be tragic and a welcome departure from most Warlock stories that center on ambition and lust for power. All this serves as a reminder to those criticizing characters on the internet that the fans will find you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans defend Wyll after player explains why they kicked him out Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 players are coming to Wyll\u2019s defense after a Reddit post accusing the character of discrimination garnered attention. It\u2019s no surprise that a game like Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 would leave players incredibly invested in their personal favorite characters. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}