To be fair, there's someone I know who likes Astarion for exactly the same reason that I don't ^.^
I find it interesting that you and Fylimar find Astarion two-dimensional. Did you guys do the speak to the dead on Galandrel if you chose to not betray Astarion? There is some interesting information about who really wants Astarion. It makes me wonder how important could Astarion be? I also think Larian favors Astarion as he is so far the only who has a love song in the game which plays during camp. It’s called “I want to live.” The composer liked everyone’s comment that mentioned Astarion, that’s the conclusion that people came with about the song being for Astarion.
"I want to live" seems like a title that would fit for all of the party characters given that the main driving cobflict is "don't let the tadpole kill you". Does it always play during camp or just when Astarion is relevant? Does it only play during romantic scenes with him, or does it play for everyone?
And about the bolded part -- I don't understand at all what you're saying there, could you rephrase that for me?
Originally Posted by Niara
I generally deal with the hunter amicably and it doesn't come to a fight, though the times when it does, SwD considers you the killer, even if you didn't participate directly; how do you see that one?
I think, but I'm not sure because my memory is hazy, that even if you kill an NPC you can cast Speak With Dead on them with a character other than your main one. In my previous playthrough I killed the ogre-bugbear couple and saw that the bugbear was SwD-able, but he refused to speak with my character because killer. But when I reloaded and tried with another character I did get to have a talk with him. I think.
Originally Posted by ALexws
Originally Posted by Lady Avyna
It makes me wonder how important could Astarion be?
Probably more than we think. There is one scene that he is trying to figure out the meaning of scars on his back. And it's a confirmation from Astarian that Cazador carves them on his back. And turns out it's a part of an infernal pact with the devil. Consider we actually have dealt with things from Nine Hell more than once in Act 1.
That makes me wonder, if we take the hearsay as true that Larian said they developed all origins in twos (like Laessie and Shadowheart are obviously counterparts and relevant to each other's story) if Astarion might be Wyll's story partner rather than Karlach (who I had previously assumed it was because of the obvious fiendish connection). Astarion I had thought previously would be partnered with the werewolf (because curses) or Minsc (because his BG2 favoured enemy was vampires).
