It's good feedback, I hope they read it haha. Only thing I disagree on is your soft spot for the Astarion character - this guy doesn't just go straight for the throat as a vampire, but certain other anatomy as well that I'd prefer any male characters stay well clear of...
Jokes aside, the game does cleverly allow you to pick your 'fantasy' romance on character creation. Mine was a fine ass drow gal, because I'm a freak from them drow gals. So here was me thinking that the game would treat me as a regular old straight drow-girl lovin' male. Instead, two innocuous dialogue options into an Astarion conversation at camp and it's 'game on' as far as this guy is concerned. Tone it down? Or just remove it?
Better yet, code the fantasy game to be what I selected in my 'dream girl' part of character creation. Believe it or not, I seem to get a lot Astarion-esque 'attention' in real life. Not hating - each to their own, as long as what I'm into is respected too. But in fantasy, at least, I'd like to think everyone treats me as a straight-up straight, especially when I configured that in the character creation.
At first, I thought too the fantasy romance was about the character's preference or an existing npc that would be a recruitable companion, not a...well, tadpole maybe ?
Otherwise, I agree with you. Astarion is on fire
(hence my comments above), however, concerning him, it seems his romance is linked to his approval rate (beyond neutral), not with the star's conversation.
I think I understand what you mean with your clumsy reference to real life but in this game, this is not a real problem because every character is bi and contrary to the main character, they can not use the tadpole or detect thoughts to know your character preference. Here is my advice : if you want to avoid romance with your companions, you just have to choose the disinterest options and say no at the party and/or sleep alone. Maybe they will disapprove but they will stay friend with your character.
The only drow woman at the moment is Minthara but to have her, the character must side with the goblins and from what I saw in videos, this is more a one night stand than a romance
if they do not add another drow woman, maybe later with a mercenary or with a mod (it would work fine with Shadowheart since she is a half-elf).
