I'm sorry, I wasn't referring to you, to Larian.
It feels like they started writing the dark side of Astarion just cheap.
And that's what AA fans are worried about, that Larian isn't writing a dark romance that will be good and right, but a "look how bad" one.
They do show a dark romance that people have already fallen in love with, making it "abusive," which contradicts the entire novel before it. It's generally weird to write abuse\no-true-love when it's the only romance with men for the "path of evil".
Some people enjoy showing violence\abuse when the player-character specifically doesn't want it to happen to them. But the player does. Angst. The most illogical line of romance with Lord, which is taken as fanservice just to listen to the man hissing.
Then Larian to rework Lord and Astarion entire romance, because what came before is a completely different romance. Which still doesn't make sense if the player is Druage.
Most AA fans don't like Tav face, of course body language, too. Even if they like the animations. I know this for a fact, and I know that several complaints have already been written about it. It's a trigger.
He asked whether to turn Tav, Tav could choose gently or roughly. Tav is special and Tav is not a victim, they chose this. "Treasure" is a gentle dynamic, as evidenced by his phrasing after the kiss.
Love-obsession is when everything is given, but it's for always together. Those who wrote kisses are obviously abandoning the concept of a consenting Tav-ally who also obsessively loves Astarion - which is the most logical. Astarion tempts for evil, and they end up together.
Last edited by LiryFire; 18/02/24 03:48 PM.
