My Tav wasn't hurt, because at first she was also using him to have someone on her side. Drow are very mistrustful and disliked after all and she was worried about getting backstabbed. Plus he was an elf too so they had a connection because of it. The joke was on them both.
That’s why I love roleplay games, everyone can have his own story.
Originally Posted by Ametris
That insight check also gave me chills. Honestly, I don't even know how many times in my playthrough I was affectionately swearing at the screen calling him an effing bastard when he had that smug face and knew precisely how to make my Tav go along with his ideas. And then the game called me out. This is also why I prefer the ascension path, because we get to see the innermost depth of his character. He doesn't change himself for Tav, but does what he wants with his newfound freedom and it's interesting to see. Only in there after all the buildup does he allow himself to indulge and turn his fantasies into reality. Spawn Astarion seems verbally and sexually repressed in comparison. Is he ashamed of himself when he's with Tav?
Well said! He is finally free to fulfil his „desire to live a life without restraint“ (Artbook). It’s such a pity, that they don’t reveal his past being a „corrupt elite“ with „a taste of power and a hunger for eternal life“ like you mentioned before. It would have made the character and story more complex and maybe more understandable. Playing a good character was like: Astarion disapproves – reload – Astarion disapproves – reaload – Astarion … oh, approves! What? Why? OH! He is into sm? I am all yours, darling. Haha! No, joke aside. I love him being evil in cutscenes. One of my favourite was the confrontation with Ulma after the Ascension, where he was so arrogant and mean. Unfortunately with the latest Hotfix, I assume, they changed some of his facial expressions.. from looking self-confident and proud to disgusted and even worried. Such a shame to change this perfect scene… I know, just some microexpressions and perhaps others will not recognize it (?) but why do they have to change some of his facial expressions to disgusted, when he looked so good being proud and evil how it was before?
Originally Posted by Ametris
What I find surprising is that he doesn't go after Tav when they've broken up with him after being turned into his spawn and before the ending. Maybe it's his wounded ego or maybe he's just waiting for the right moment.
You mean, to reuunite after a breakup? It’s just not in the game to reunite with anyone, is it? Of course it would make sense in some romances to have this option. If it’s true, that Astarion is able to control you, when you lose your tadpole, it’s interesting, that he is not doing so after a breakup and the epilogue. He is not into revenge on you. He still asks to be partners in crimes, he likes and misses Tav.
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