I would love, if you’re still doing that, a character breakdown for Scanlan.

Oooookay, yeah, mhm. That’s complicated. He’s not my favorite. By a long shot. He’s like… 5 or 6 out of 7. He used to be higher on the list. Hell, the Pit Fiend fight is the single reason the first character I played was a bard. I do like his development, though. I like the person he is, mostly, with one glaring exception, when he comes back in the end.

Honestly, only Pike.

Also Pike. And Grog. But I don’t like their shenanigans moments together, I like the emotionally sincere ones. Also Kaylie. Kaylie is great and I would have loved to see more of them together.

Ahahahahaha. Okay. You can’t not take the memory modification of allies into consideration when you’re trying to judge his character. He deserved a public degrading to chaotic neutral waaaay more than Vex did. “What’s my mother’s name?” was a dick move. An effective one, but a dick move, and I cheered when Percy got him back for that. It was almost as dickish as Sam having that cheat sheet. Ioun was not the right fit for him. She wasn’t for Percy, either, but she also wasn’t right for Scanlan. Scanlan is among those most fucked over by the horrible pacing of the Vecna arc. He was such a dick to Vex, over and over and over again, even though she loved him so much. The fact that he never thought to apologize to her is probably what I like the least about him.

Fucking apologize to Vex. Also, I just wish the Vecna arc was longer so his character development could be shown more. There were moments, but like. Not enough. And I will always call for more Kaylie.

Fun Fact: My opinions about Scanlan, Ioun, and the god arc were the only ones that ever got me anon hate on this website 🙂