Originally Posted by yaslana
I want to add, that in addition to the tone deaf "ah no sun hot bye" joke (like why is Tav just standing there? I should be able to run after him) I find the final scene with him super disappointing.
No hugs, no kisses, no "fuck yeah we are both alive we are here damn yes"... Just "eh you still wanna? Huh cool, we are a good team anyway".
Look, I am okay with him loosing the sun as a price to be paid for real freedom (Tav just goes and finds someone who can cast Wish, make him alive and without the vampiric curse again. In my headcannon I am god and Astarion will have the sun back.)
But after those two emotional, tender, heartfelt scenes we had with him at his confession and his grave, I just expected more of this last scene. More emotion, more "you want me? you really want me even now?" more "i am so glad I have you" or something like that.
Compared to those other two scenes it fell so flat and I dont know how this is all we got with an outstanding VA like Neil and Rooney as his amazing writer. It feels tacked on. Last minute, eh just throw in three lines and that's good enough.
I don't know how the other romanced companions scene play out, but I don't expect them to be better frown
I really hope they re work those scenes or give us something beautiful in the epilogue.

This! 100% agree, it felt so weird that Astarion went from this highly emotional and emotive character to a blank canvas in this one scene, especially when you compare it to the ascended version (which i did watch on youtube to see how it plays out - cause I didn't feel like replaying 10s of hours just to see that - that's what new playthroughs are for).

Like snap, he has more emotion and sass if you talk to him during the Morphic Pool/Astral Prism sequences asking for last kiss than he does during that very last conversation post ending. What I expected to see is Tav leaping into his arms for a proper kiss(a'la what Ailyn and Isobel had once reunited at the very end of act 2), the goddamn animations for that are in the damn game's code!

And ye, on the topic of him
running away burning, sure, comic relief except it wasn't really funny? Minsc speaking about Boo beating the brain and scaring red dragons away into their home plane was funny and a comic relief, Astarion nearly burning to death and running away screaming wasn't really.

Last edited by Nicottia; 07/09/23 08:23 AM.