A post in the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit has over 14,000 upvotes. 'We've been duped,' the sisters exclaim. Both are hastily added to a fan-cam-style montage of everyone's favorite Respec zombie, the Wizards, with their demonic antagonist Raphael.

Tinkerpop claims that you can get this "ending" with "deception advanced enough to make Wizards believe that Rafael wants a sloppy toppy" (I read it that way, so you must, too), but this is clearly accomplished with a mod The "ending" of the film is a cutaway of Will's ballroom dancing. Will's ballroom dancing cutscenes are pieced together like the world's worst ransom demand letter.

The editing itself is truly excellent. In the dramatic Tik-Tok style created by fans who dream big about their favorite characters' hidden love lives, Raphael and Withers intertwine as lovers, kissing in the moonlight and dancing while resting under the stars. Do not think about the implication about the end of the video above. The path is madness.

Clearly something went into the water over the weekend. The most unexpected of this Baldur's Gate 3 ship is by user Tinkerpopp, whose hobby seems to be making fun Baldur's Gate 3 edits like this one of Carrack dunking on Gothash, Smash Bros style.

He is aware that trying to explain this rationally is like trying to understand 5-dimensional space, the concept of infinity, or the vehicle physics of cyberpunk 2077. It is doubtful that we will ever reach a reasonable conclusion, but at least by delving into the lore of this unlikely pair of star-crossed lovers, we can better understand why this pair is so thoroughly out of place. Below, there are many spoilers for Raphael and Withers' character arc.

First of all, Withers is as smooth as a Ken doll in the lower half of his body. Furthermore, he is probably a jargal, a primordial forgotten realm deity of death and entropy, shockingly dispassionate given his past occupation. This mystery was unraveled from in-game texts by the community some time ago. Jargal's past appellations include judge of the damned, lord of the end of all things, and guardian of the tomb.

He divided his dominion when he was an adventurer with the evil gods Bane, Myrkul, and Baal coming to his doorstep to take what was his. According to the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, this was because he was bored: "But he grew tired of his duties.

Raphael is a powerful cambion for the throne of the Nine Hells. He is by no means a great demon, but as a half-demon, he is quite influential. Unlike the three adventurers who raided Jergal's territory, Raphael recognizes that Jergal is the mastermind and will flee the scene the moment he offers Raphael anything. After all, he already has a boyfriend. Oh well. Does an incubus that is a clone of itself count?" philosophers have been debating this for decades.

So we have a retired embodiment of the Grim Reaper and a workaholic hell-raiser with his eyes set on an entirely different realm of the universe. How do these two come together? That's the fascinating part. It's as if the community painstakingly tested each character in Baldur's Gate 3 under a microscope, found two characters as unrelated to each other as possible, and bumped them together like action figures.

However. What if Jargal had grown tired of his domination and wanted something more? For Raphael, Withers is someone he can neither outwit nor outmaneuver, someone with tremendous knowledge of the damned, someone he can never control.

A chance encounter may ignite something unprecedented, something strange to outsiders, but real, something entirely new. Anything can happen. Love finds a way. We are deprived.