As an American… expect it to continue getting worse. There are so many batshit stupid people in this country. It’s depressing.

But you can only change the light after you’ve gone through it

As a filthy casual, could anyone give me a link or brief summary as to why the GIL should/shouldn’t go away?

At least to some degree, yeah. Each origin character has more to their background, different choices, etc that you can’t get through a play through where they are your companion

I haven’t noticed that in my games, but if I was your DM, then I’d rather know that I had a tell