I like Astarion for thirsty reasons, even though I sometimes feel like I'm invading LGQTB spaces when I romance him. That might be a me problem though.
However, I also like him because the man is a walking representation of the selfish will to live that any decent player must have. Not only is he enjoying his tadpoled predicament as much as a BG fan is, after decades of draught, but physically he is the embodiment of the best and the worst that the tadpole has to offer: awesome powers coupled with bloodthirsty violence, childish glee (like a baby tadpole) at psionically controlling others (like a grown-up illithid, but also just like the player who is in control of all the characters). The scars on his back, Cazador's "poem", are in concentric circles that look both like the marks that a giant tadpole would leave, with their little concentric mouths, and like a target (because we all have targets on our backs). And he's sad at the idea of losing the tadpole, because that would mean he will lose the ability to stand in the sun, just like getting rid of the parasite would mark the beginning of the end of the main quest, in-game.
He's a terribly handsome representation of the player's ID and that's why he's so popular.
I don't think he has anything with LGQTB... He's just a proud asshole and a villain, that's all. Also xenophobe and so charming. Astarion not only wants to survive, he also revels in violence and power, he likes it.
Originally Posted by spectralhunter
Originally Posted by fylimar
To get back to topic: I'm trying the Astarion romance atm and somehow managed to get a high approval with him for the first time ever - and I'm playing a really good character, so I must have done some dialogues right, because I get a lot of dissapproval from simply helping people.
Astarion is stupid easy to bed.
I played with four custom characters which means he never was in my party. I made all “good” choices and pretty much ignored any approval ratings. After defeating Minthara, everyone else rejected my character. Not Asterion.
With the right combination of dialogue choices, I got the romance scene.
I still hope it's a bug. Right now, you can get his romance scene literally at lowest approval.
