Idk maybe we should just send Larian direct feedback and explain why what they've done is so bad; it takes away player agency and choice to the extreme (and player choice was one of their selling points so maybe they should remember that) and triggers abuse survivors for a start.
I would recommend clogging up their emails as a way for them to notice. supportbg3@ larian.com with no spaces I really doubt they take much notice of the forums, and the discord has lost the voting thing on suggestions (so every suggestion is now a one off by one player - sigh). It seems clear to my mind that they have decided to punish players for their choices if they aren't the 'good' (in their heads) choices. Not acceptable in an RPG. I would never be scared or afraid of Astarion and deeply resent those animations being forced on me. So much so that I'm thinking of rolling back to pre patch 6 (nothing much else apart from a few missing cut scenes had happened on my last playthrough - I can live without them) and locking the game so it can't be updated
