"Finally signed up just to say thank you for your comments and thoughts".(2) I don't have anything else to add, s??o I just pasted mist1e's quote.
It's so nice to see like-minded people.
Thank you all. Hugs.
You are not alone <3 Hugs back and thank you for commenting, it is very important people express their concernings about these new "kisses" (which shows sexual abuse) - and without being bullied by others.
I'll throw in another hug.
Originally Posted by AkaiMikadzuki
-The ritual seems strange to me too. Larian talks about 7000 souls, clearly showing us 10-20 spawns. When I see these cells on 5 NPCs, they really take me out of the immersion...I understand that this is a gaming convention, but in a cinematic game, it is a strange convention. I just concluded that this was a late idea to show that we would do something bad by killing these spawns. But leaving them alive, sending them underdark, is good...
Not only that but the people we actually see are poor helpless children, a romantic sweet young man and a couple of mute and oddly calm randoms. As I mentioned in another thread: "When you tell Astarion that in another life you'd have been one of his victims, a fool who wanted to love him he actually says that many of his targets were petty criminals, street drunkards and brothel-goers. That people like Sebastian only happened from time to time. The majority of the spawn are actually questionable or even downright reprehensible individuals. They are in a much worse state than he'd ever was, completely ravenous, as he puts it. Why doesn't the game show us these people, only the innocent folk?"
Looks like emotional manipulation to me.
Originally Posted by AkaiMikadzuki
In general, the ritual would not have changed much if the 7 spawns had remained the victim, but Astarion's relationship with them would have been deeper and more tragic.
This would have been a much better way to tell the story rather than cheap tricks to evoke sympathy.
Nirraart posted today a great short that further shows how ridiculous the kisses are and how they even contradict what Astarion says about Tav: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dTYZg4eJjvU.
Originally Posted by KiraMira
It is such a good interaction and almost made the Harleep scene worth going through. And for the most badass reply you can give to Raphael when he confronts you, it had me chuckling for days after.
