Originally Posted by melgreg
I'm also not even certain the scared faces were a deliberate choice, rather than an oversight/botched attempt at making a neutral expression.

Nope. Never. I am very sure, this was done deliberately, as Tav's facial expressions fits completely his body language, Tav is trying to reject Astarion, has clenched fists, he just do, what he has to do, like a soulless human-being, a victim of a cruel sadist. You cannot see any love or real enjoyment in Tav.
He even has an expressionless doll face at the beginning of the bite kiss! It's like this: "You can feel the fear (...), but you force yourself to keep smiling. As you so often did before."

Only people with a dangerous sadistic personality disorder are not bothered by Tav's portrayal, or people who have no empathy or those, who cannot read facial expressions/body language. So, thank you, Larian, to implement kisses for Valentine's day, which show a Tav who suffers and feels no love anymore. Instead of a good, consensual, enjoyable SM, as the animations could have instead been made for. Good Work! disapprovegauntlet (I put this disapprovegauntlet here, in case someone can't sense irony)

Last edited by Zayir; 19/02/24 07:08 PM.
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