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highcastle wrote...
I had the opposite reactions to these characters. It was pretty obvious from a very early stage that Zevran's attitude was largely facade. Look at his interactions with Wynne. He's shameless because it keeps people away from him. He builds a lot of barriers between himself and others. And the moment he gets close to a person (i.e. the Warden), he reveals just how broken he really is. But not so broken he requires rescuing. He's largely managed to cope with his life on his own, but he can finally manage to talk about it with a warden he cares for.
I agree and disagree--he is a sexual man, and he does enjoy sex and pleasures of the flesh and makes no qualm about it. While the flirtation itself could be seen as a defense mechanism, it's also one he enjoys. I think "hedonistic" is the perfect word. I liked Zevran, but all the references to bondage and orgies and such just grated my nerves. He doesn't understand love, but he sure gets sex.
Leske on the other hand...I don't know. It might be just that I'm not a huge fan of dwarves to begin with. But I also wasn't enamored of his character by any means. Zevran flirted because he didn't know how else to behave, but Leske seemed genuinely sleazy at times. Leske also seemed weaker over all. Zevran had lived just as hard, if not harder a life, but was still strong, capable, and a survivor. Leske seemed beaten down. Personally, I think survivors are the stronger characters.
I'm not a personal fan of dwarves, either, and it's not so much Leske himself that I like but some of the pieces he represents. Zevran's broken bird thing only ever shows up if you romance him--personally, I dislike that aspect of a character. Maybe it made perfect sense for him, but it sort of wore finding him valuable as a companion when not a romance. Leske gave in; Zevran did not. He accepted it, but he never was beaten down by it.
Leske isn't...broken, I wouldn't say, not the way Zevran is. He gave in, stopped fighting. He might have seemed spirited, and I don't think that behavior in his situation is always a facade so much as a real part of his personality that's easily stripped away in the right (or wrong) circumstances. Like I said, I think he feels guilty. He's weak, he knows it, and can't help it. I'd like to see a LI that knows it but wants to change, wants to be stronger.
I'd want a LI I can help with that. Not support as an emotional crutch, exactly, but be like a rock, or an inspiration. They don't look to you and say "Please, I'm feeling weak, pep talk me!" but feel weak and maybe look at your strength quietly and draw from it, or you give it of your own accord.
...Alright, that's enough digging at a character we saw for all of two hours. I know I'm looking too deeply into him, but I'm mostly conjecturing what I know of his character and situation with what I feel like he would be like or what I'd want him to be like.
All-in-all, it's not Leske himself, but some of the qualities in him I was interested in. I was attached to Leske, and even for those few hours I saw him, felt like he was a friend. I saw the cowardly part of him, even the snivelling part, and I just felt bad. I wanted to help him. I'm just remixing that emotional connection to a LI. Shake and stir.
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