I have no problem with bittersweet or even tragic endings. In Cyberpunk 2077, if you romance Judy, she ends up leaving you because she never wanted to stay in Night City. A fitting end.
My problem with the current endings is they're abrupt, half-baked, and some of them are insulting.
I'm fine with Astarion staying a vampire and being cursed to the shadows. I'd adore a DLC where we explore options to help him walk in the sun but if that never happens, having him cope with who he is now is a fitting end.
What ISN'T a fitting end is having him burning up at the docks in a comical fashion and me having no option to help him, someone saying an insulting or snarky comment about him as though he didn't redeem himself, completely ignoring his character development, and then roll credits. No closure. No chance to run and help him. He could be dead for all I know.
Astarion isn't the only one who got this treatment. The endings are so fast, it feels rushed into oblivion. We got no final goodbyes, some companions never even say a word at the end. The endings are underdeveloped. They can be tragic, good, bittersweet as long as they do justice to the characters. But when they're 2 seconds long and that's it?
No. Nope. Don't like.
