I saw the Gale and Astarion animation, yeah. I see what you mean about Gale being the one who’s degraded. The kiss appears to be receiving a mostly positive reception, though… Hopefully that’s ascended Astarion like most people think. I did not like the Shadowheart one honestly. But I’m hoping that it is the Dark Justiciar version. It gives off those vibes.
It would make absolutely no sense for Spawn Astarion. My general problem with these two kisses is that they feel very unique or situational and not like something that would just casually happen on a day to day basis. The first batch of new kisses (minus Wyll's perhaps, which is a little fancy) is great in this regard, they have personality but aren't so fancy that they start looking odd as a repeatable, every day animation.
