What the. As if it's not his victory too. I think someone on the writing team might be a bit too much into angst.
They really are into angst, aren't they? Although I will always go with ascension in my game, I would still like to see the spawn path get its justice and have a different ending. I am disappointed to see they didn't fix the atrocious dock scene but even doubled down on it and added extra angst for Astarion. He was ashamed... really? Even if your chara was his only real friend? Even if he's scared of being alone? C'mon... He was part of the team!
Now that they added such a nice epilogue party, they should also change the ending itself. If they insist so much on having Astarion burn in the sun, I would like to see a short scene where they all go look for him, find him and then go into the tavern and toast together and have that be the last shot before the private conversation with our LI.