Originally Posted by ges915
I don't see how it's censorship? You just see the bodies for like 2 seconds less because it fades to the cinematic shot of the candle/fire. I think it works as symbolism for the infernal ritual, his power comes from the hells. Don't know if that was the intention but it's what came to my mind.
I mean they basically removed the sex part of the sex scene, which is, by definition, censorship - removing content that can be considered objectionable, and sex is often considered objectionable because... I don't even know why. It really shouldn't be a big deal.

It's great that you get symbolism for something that has no bearing on the connection of Astarion and Tav in an intimate moment out of it, but since every other sex scene in the game has remained the same, changing this one is a bit of a slap to the face, and there was no reason for the change when stuff like Minthara's sex scene is in the game and remains unchanged (I wonder what the big difference between the two characters is /s). That's why people want it back to the way it was. If they'd touched any other romance scene to tone them down, we'd be wanting them restored too. Like I said, it's great you got symbolism out of it (I do honestly mean this), but it is really just a basic fade to black to censor sex. The candle thing isn't even original; it's in a hundred different movies and it's a cliche in them too.