Dragon Age Writer Defends Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lae’zel, Highlights Gender Bias in Player Reactions

The discussion around Lae’zel began when a post on Twitter described her as the equivalent of “the show gets really good after season 4” in terms of RPG party members. Another user commented that if Lae’zel were a male character, people might be swooning over his edginess, similar to how they do with Astarion, another character from the game.