I hope they ignore these kinds of threads. You control your choices in YOUR game. If you don't want to romance like this, choose options 3 or 4 or 5 on any of the prompts that were given in that string of options. Don't want it? Don't do it. Simple as that.
I really hope they stand by their writers and animators and waive off criticism like this. caving to this undeserved, and usually framed with false pretense, pressure will hurt the experience for everyone, which is the goal of these sorts of public pressure campaigns.
So yeah, for those that don't want it. Don't actively choose it.
I honestly don't get this argument.
Because an individual or group of people thinks something is revolting or unacceptable, they should just opt out instead of requesting its removal?
With that kind of principle, how on Earth could any legislative body have any legitimacy in make anything illegal on the basis of morality if it's entirely dependent upon the individual's subjective ethics whether or not to participate in the transgression?
"If you don't want to watch kiddy p*** on the internet, just don't actively choose it."
[quote=Llengrath]Are you aware that you can slaughter innocent children in this game and that your character can be roleplayed as an immoral monster without any remorse that actually enjoys it while doing so?
Don't want to witness appalling things? Then simply don't make bad choices leading to appalling things and leave the real-world moral pretense out of it. That simple. This ain't a fairytale, but it also ain't a horror show either. It is a mature fantasy world where actions produce reactions and everything can go good or bad. It will be what you make it be.
The killing of innocent children isn't presented as some fluffy feel-good romantic thing to do. People who would choose to do that are generally conscious of the fact that they're roleplaying an act of evil.
But Astarion and Halsin aren't presented or perceived as evil or morally deficient for that little escapade which at the least could be called morally dubious.
It's because of this framing that this, unlike the killing of innocent children, contributes to moral subversion, especially with people who already have frail ethics as it is.
That scene was cringe as hell, and it has nothing to do with people being prudes as some would say.
However, I would not categorically dismiss this romance option to be present in the game (I find romance options overrated by the way, not restricted enough, and the related pornographic content completely unnecessary), if in the Forgotten Realms it is somehow not frowned upon (I hope it is). And if it is, has negative consequences with the rest of the world (if caught in the act), including companions who would be intolerant to such behaviour and at least show some moral boundaries pertaining to the field of sexual perversities instead of this modern 'anything goes'-mentality when it comes to "love" and sex.
