You can abandon everything and everyone for her, but not for any other character. It feels like whoever wrote the endings had favorites and were writing for themselves (or just to finish it asap), not for the player. Because when you write for the player, you recognize that different players roleplay different characters and prefer different companions, and try to make things as fair as possible.
Apparently, when you play as a githyanki you can go back to the Astral and abandon your partner just like that too.
And after choosing to spare all 7000 spawn I should be able to fuck off to the Underdark with Astarion even without romancing him. Especially as a drow.
Originally Posted by Ametris
I've seen many suggestions for a cure for Astarion so he can be mortal again. Since he's never expressed interest in that, I think what could work better is being able to convince Jaheira to let Tav use her Rite of the Timeless Body scroll to perform the druidic ritual so Tav can slow down their aging and enjoy more time with Astarion.
Yeah he's never said he'd like to be mortal again, and it's disappointing that we can't ask. We can't ask what he wants to do in the future at all, unless I forgot something.
Jaheira is also supposed to be an expert on vampires, isn't she? It's such a wasted opportunity that we couldn't ask for her assistance regarding Astarion. Like about the cloak of Dragomir or other magical items.
Yeah, as Tav/Durge the player is choosing from that extremely limited number of options, not giving him the space to decide. Not to mention how sterile that whole dialogue scene looks, like two acquaintances talking, not partners. We should be able to stand much closer to him here, hold his hand, hug him or kiss him (in all romances obviously, not just him, as I mentioned before).
As for origin playthroughs,
when you're playing as Karlach, spawn!Astarion suggests to go with her to Avernus. He explicitly says he wants to go, to be with her.
