I'm sorry, but the last few videos of the Ascended Astarion kiss and epilogue are edited to the point, where you do not see the full effect of the free cam mod. Tav's body language is still balled up fists, a disgusted look on their face, slumped body posture & total unhappiness. After the brain fight, the pre-epilogue has Astarion go into a speech where your Tav is slumped, looking sad, frowning, and unhappy up until he offers his hand & they walk out of the room, which is the only part where they do look happy. I would rather you choose to show the entire thing, than a heavily edited shot that does not show the entire thing, just to satisfy people who have the supposed dom/sub fantasy that they are acting like it is, which is their own choice & their own opinions.
I'd just like to say that the YouTube video I shared was from a creator who was objecting to the new animations making their Tav look unhappy and like a victim. Obviously, I cannot speak for the creator, but the reason I shared was not because I felt this was a satisfactory fix. Tav's body language is still very worrying, as I said in my post. So, if Larian just did something like this, I'd be very unhappy because it's only addresses one aspect of the issues we are discussing. I also feel personally, that I would like to see Tav's face, just not with the frightened expressions they have given us in Patch 6.
The reasons I posted were a link were: 1. To show what an amateur can achieve in a short time and using what is already there. I would expect Larian to do a whole lot better and I am still holding on to hope that they will. 2. To support the creator in their protest against Patch 6. They are clearly unhappy with what Larian gave us, as are the vast majority of those commenting on their work.
Sadly, Facebook and X are not places where we can express our discontent with the Patch 6 changes without being subjected to a dog-pile. So I think it's a good thing some content creators on YouTube are expressing similar views to ours. Larian may or may not take notice of the forum, but if the unhappiness is more widespread it will hopefully be harder to ignore.
I'd also like to thank everyone posting here for keeping the discussion civil and for being so supportive to those of us who have found these animations particularly uncomfortable due to past abuse. Before I posted, I was worried things might get a little rough, but I went ahead anyway because I felt I had to say something. -hugs-
