I can't speak for the other romances, but in my playthrough I thought the Astarion and Halsin thing was handled well? With Halsin as a side thing, anyway. I haven't had any threesomes (?)
I guess as a sex-repulsed ace myself (admittedly incomparable to the reasons Astarion is) it just made sense to me that Astarion would want for clarification about why Tav was interested in Halsin to set his mind and heart at ease but otherwise be fine with it, with my Tav continuing to shower Astarion with all the love he needed and more through the rest of the game.
Like the most surprising part for me was that Astarion *actually* reacted how I thought he might? I don't expect writing to hit so close for me, especially with how cheap video game romance usually feels.
I donno what I *was* expecting but it wasn't something I could relate to, anyway. I had been planning to just re-load after seeing a quick Halsin scene, but Astarion's reaction made so much sense that I decided to keep it.
That said, I haven't pressured Astarion into sex after romance (though I did end that run in Ascended because that run was ultimately decidedly non-canon for other reasons anyway), but I'm also saving the Spawn ending for my resist Urge run, so I don't know what other scenarios there are yet. I just know that when I approached him about Tav spending some physical time with Halsin that Astarion's reaction Made Sense to me.
(Also spoiled myself reading this thread a bit, but very glad to hear he breaks up with you if you push him for sex)
These decisions seem spot on to me.
The above about the drow encounter doesn't sound like it makes sense though.
Last edited by Vellum; 25/09/23 06:53 AM.
