At the moment of the ritual, the emphasis is on how evil the ritual is, however, the narrator does not mention that releasing thousands of spawns puts thousands of people at risk. Living people. The narrator speaks negatively only about the ritual. Instead, they could show a neutral opinion, for example: "If you perform the ritual, then thousands of souls you have ruined will go to hell. But if you release them, thousands of people may suffer from their actions." The second is never mentioned, although later in the game it is shown that spawns do cause damage to living creatures. This dual position shows how the "negative" is shown only where it is convenient for them. And yes, I don't like it. I'm saying this because that's why Ascended Astarion fans found themselves in such a position. Whoever wrote the game doesn't seem to consider the possibility that your character might be evil. Or they considers it, but from the position of "you feel guilty for this", "you should be unhappy", "we will teach you a lesson for this choice."
This would have been so much better than what we got! Totally agree with your comments about how the evil path is shafted. I keep the moralisers of the team at camp and hang out with the pragmatists capable of seeing shades of grey. I don't need the game itself trying to make me feel bad when I'm enjoying myself.
Originally Posted by Darkangel1211
Just because it’s his ‘evil’ ending doesn’t mean my MC doesn’t love AA any less than as a spawn. This whole trope of ‘you can’t love him now, he’s evil,’ is such bad quality writing, imo. You have the option to go through with the ritual and commit 100% to the outcome of it.
Exactly! If we can fully commit to it why can't we say nice things to back it up?
Originally Posted by t1mekill3r
Like, I didn't do it to save the city. I did it because I don't want a tentacle infestation in a city I'm planning to rule.
I did it because it seemed too risky to dominate it when that bugger already showed it had a lot of tricks up its sleeve, and I was SO tired of hearing its annoying, agitated voice. I just wanted to see it dead and to shut up forever. Same with the Emperor. Finally be free of the tentacle nonsense and have a nice, decadent life with Astarion.
Originally Posted by melgreg
A bit more dialogue wouldn't go amiss either, perhaps reminiscing about one of the parties you hosted together and how tame this one is in comparison.
He actually talks about it in banter. He says: 'This is nice. A little tame compared to one of my parties, but it has a quaint charm.' I think he could suggest a private afterparty in the clearing for old times' sake.
