Was it not obvious from the start, I mean I already saw this when I was introduced to the ''totally not dorian pavus'', sassy vampire character of Astarion who seemed to be just created to bring over all of the Bioware/Inquisition fans desperate for another DAI type experience in Bioware's decline. And that worked as i've seen tons of articles from the bio fans making those comparisons, i've seen a lot of the artist making fanart for the character say things like ''I don't know what BG3 is but I love astarion'', ''I never played this game but I love vampire sass'' lmao. My fear is that, as someone else posted on the subreddit, they'll focus too much on catering to these ''new fans'' posting on their social medias, and forget to make the game they initially set out to make.
But they are not even close to each other... Except for arrogance, but Astarion is able to manipulate. Although I love the characters of this author (for example Fenris), but Dorian story was surprisingly boring. Although the most terrible thing that happened in DAI is Cole. Especially if you read a book about him before the game. Astarion is generally compared to many characters, but in fact, at this stage, he does not look like any of these.
Evil characters are rarely found ^ ^ in games. God Bless Tyranny
Astarion has a good design, but his writing is significantly different from Bioware characters. And as long as this is the case, I don't see anything wrong with the fact that some character visually attracts new people.
