Agreed! I always choose ascension in my play-through and it’s not because ‘I want his body.’ That always leaves a bad taste in my mouth because, sure, it’s part of it, but I want him because of who he is. I want him to be stronger, to achieve autonomy for once and, to me, he wants it.
Ascended Astarion still has trauma which will take time to work through, so delegating him to a sex object just because he went ahead with the ritual… it doesn’t make sense at all. I want him to be his own person, that’s why I play ascended. If I wanted a toy, I’d stay single.
