Certainly! Here's my response for Baldur's Gate; TGE to follow tomorrow.
1. The first character I first fell in love with Viconia, because I think there's far more potential to the drow than Salvatore or the original D&D designers are willing to explore (and you meet and then kill a Flaming Fist goon to save her!). I also fell in love with Kivan the first time I encountered him, because bitchy, grieving elves are apparently my thing, and I liked his character's voice acting too. I'm still bummed his back story wasn't explored further, either in BG or in BGII. Soulafein, who I suspect was intended to be one of the additional BGII NPC romances that Black Isle ultimately didn't finish. And like everyone, Minsc and Boo, because, Minsc and Boo.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now Jaheira, who grew on me so much I modded BGII to get her expanded storyline with my female PC. Her grumpiness really grew on me, and she taught me how to effectively play druids.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't I don't know enough about fandom to know who the favorites are, but even those characters for whom I don't have an immediate affinity (Neera, Garrick, Xzar and Montaron) tend to grow on me with time.
4. The character I love that everyone else dislikes Anomen, because although criticisms of his romance are spot-on, I still see what the developers were trying to do with his character and it was revolutionary despite their blind spots. To wit: the female PC saves the literal knight in shining armor. Anomen's “sanctimonious, lady-dismissing paladin to flag-waver for women kicking ass” progression could have been better executed, but it is a pretty damn subversive plot progression for the genre all the same.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer This does not apply to my love for any of the BG characters, which is constant.
6. The character/person I would shag anytime In no particular order: Viconia, Kivan, Soulafein, Rasaad, Jaheira, Mazzy, Anomen, possibly Garrick.
7. The character/person I'd want to be like Rasaad, for his optimism and goodness combined with wicked monk skills, and Mazzy for her dedication and goodness.
8. The character/person I'd slap Drizzt. Over and over and over and over.
9. A pairing that I love Jaheira and Khalid (and oh, how that broke my heart). Not a pairing, but Minsc's devotion to Boo is darling.
10. A pairing that I dislike PC/Imoen is not my cup of tea. And I'm not a fan of pairings with evil-aligned characters unless they have a change of heart/alignment as a result.
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1. The first character I first fell in love with
Viconia, because I think there's far more potential to the drow than Salvatore or the original D&D designers are willing to explore (and you meet and then kill a Flaming Fist goon to save her!). I also fell in love with Kivan the first time I encountered him, because bitchy, grieving elves are apparently my thing, and I liked his character's voice acting too. I'm still bummed his back story wasn't explored further, either in BG or in BGII. Soulafein, who I suspect was intended to be one of the additional BGII NPC romances that Black Isle ultimately didn't finish. And like everyone, Minsc and Boo, because, Minsc and Boo.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
Jaheira, who grew on me so much I modded BGII to get her expanded storyline with my female PC. Her grumpiness really grew on me, and she taught me how to effectively play druids.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't
I don't know enough about fandom to know who the favorites are, but even those characters for whom I don't have an immediate affinity (Neera, Garrick, Xzar and Montaron) tend to grow on me with time.
4. The character I love that everyone else dislikes
Anomen, because although criticisms of his romance are spot-on, I still see what the developers were trying to do with his character and it was revolutionary despite their blind spots. To wit: the female PC saves the literal knight in shining armor. Anomen's “sanctimonious, lady-dismissing paladin to flag-waver for women kicking ass” progression could have been better executed, but it is a pretty damn subversive plot progression for the genre all the same.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer
This does not apply to my love for any of the BG characters, which is constant.
6. The character/person I would shag anytime
In no particular order: Viconia, Kivan, Soulafein, Rasaad, Jaheira, Mazzy, Anomen, possibly Garrick.
7. The character/person I'd want to be like
Rasaad, for his optimism and goodness combined with wicked monk skills, and Mazzy for her dedication and goodness.
8. The character/person I'd slap
Drizzt. Over and over and over and over.
9. A pairing that I love
Jaheira and Khalid (and oh, how that broke my heart). Not a pairing, but Minsc's devotion to Boo is darling.
10. A pairing that I dislike
PC/Imoen is not my cup of tea. And I'm not a fan of pairings with evil-aligned characters unless they have a change of heart/alignment as a result.