So, y'all don't think the new kissing animations are important, huh?
I understand that the question was meant to be kind of rhetorical, but I still want to voice polite disagreement,
I think that these animations are important. They bring a lot more character to a part that was lacking (the mid-stages of the romances where you had a long time without much change).
That said: a friend of mine absolutely loves Astarion, so I think focusing on him is fitting. Though I didn’t romance Halsin either. But maybe I’m just not the target audience for that Character.