Ok, so I'm kinda having a hard time understanding the ask here for some of these comments. Like, yes, the options are overly assumptive about the players motives, but his behavior post ascension is legitimately abusive. A character who's going to stay with him needs to reconcile that in some way unless you're a doormat who wants to be walked over.
He’s not abusive in my RP - I envisioned a cross between Frank N Furter and Dracula and that’s exactly what I got. It may not be to everyone’s taste but that’s why this is an RP.
Astarion’s clearly experiencing some regret / guilt post ascension, and from his behavior we can see that he's projecting his anger at himself onto the PC. He's not trying to win the PC over in that moment. His goal is to provoke them into showing their "true colors" through a love-test designed to be impossible. He wants the PC to lash out at him and call him a monster. If they do, he can write them off entirely and absolve himself as the victim in this situation for having been manipulated by a PC who supposedly "loved him".
Astarion: It feels so good. Freedom - true freedom. Finally.
Astarion: I can feel my strength growing. Every day that passes, I gain new abilities.
Astarion: You know, now that our enemies have fallen, I might be the most powerful person in the world.
Astarion: And as you're my consort, that makes us the most powerful people in the world.
Tav: I wouldn't want it any other way.
Astarion: And neither would I. Together, we can do anything.
Astarion: The world is ours for the taking. So, what would you like?
Tav: I want to see the world, with you at my side.
Astarion: Then you shall. We'll travel the lands together, tasting everything Faerun has to offer.
Astarion: Perharps we'll find somewhere we'd like to stay for a century or two - perhaps not.
Astarion: We have a beautiful, bloody future to look forward to, my love. I can't be sure what it holds for us, but I know one thing.
Astarion: This is going to be fun.
He doesn’t sound like he’s bitter here… or feels regret or guilt. It sounds like he’s got everything he ever wanted.
