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Are you happy with how your favorite canon muse was portrayed in canon?
Ohh!! What a good question!
For the most part, yes. In the Marvel fandom, my favorites are Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, both men who have been portrayed in several different ways depending on who wrote them and what arc they were in. I appreciate a character with a complicated background that didn't have that picturesque upbringing or the perfect life - especially in say, Tony's case whereby all rights it looks like he should have had. Does that mean that I love every *adaptation* we've had? nah. I will say I thought RDJ was the only possible Tony Stark and if they make Doom just an alternate Tony I'll be upset. I think casting Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner has been a good choice, but I don't like how they addressed Prof. Hulk (integrated system) or introduced Skaar. We should have had a standalone movie (and there is still time!) of World War Hulk when Hulk was on the planet Sakaar. We obviously didn't get to see so much more.
For personal reasons, I resonate with both Astarion and Halsin's stories in BG3.
I am still learning, and still uncovering new facets to these two but the fact that they're shown actively on different parts of their recovery brings me so much hope and joy. It's a weird place to be in, because I am just now actively trying to address residual trauma from 30 years ago, and I see Astarion's fear, and his hurt, and the way that he is actively choosing to open up and to let his friends in even though he is terrified and has only been shown hurt before it's just....*ah* so good.
And yeah, I think it was a huge misfire that you don't know about Halsin's trauma until **after** you have him sleep with the Drow twins with you, and then he's so damn casual about it? like my guy. Sir, you are **burying** those feels. Like I am so well versed in just putting a lid on my feelings and it's like Yzma's plan.
He's gonna put those feelings into a box, and put that box inside of another box, and then he'll mail it to himself and when it arrives he'll SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER.
I just thought it was a slip up for Halsin to tell you **after** when he is the King of Consent and having everyone be informed so it's just......not the best way to have brought that trauma up with your partner.