Hello everyone , I am trying to express in English as much as I can because it’s not my first language. I’ve been following everyone’s input for a while, and I think I would like to express how I feel too, but not with the kisses specifically.
AA fans being targeted , bullied and mocked has been trending on the mainstream for long time, a lot of people believe that they have the right to “Educate ” AA fans by telling them to go seek help for being into abusive behavior , that they are just delusional , that they must be some illiterate teenagers that have wrong images of dark romance or their choice is concerning.But the thing is the game is targeted to adults! I myself am a 41 year old married woman that would like to enjoy a good story-telling fantasy game , I like both route, AA or UA, for my taste maybe AA makes more sense to how I understand his story line, but I also find UA redemption arc very touching.
I don’t seek for negative content on the internet on purpose (who would?) but everytime I get on internet trying to look for some Astarion content to enjoy as everyone does, there would be tons of attack on AA fans, it’s very difficult to avoid.
I understand that Larian maybe wanna make people understand that choosing AA is a bad ending, but so as becoming Bhaal’s chosen , so as slaughtering emerald grove, so as Shadowheart being dark justiciar, but I don’t see so many people attack the players for choosing these routes and they can rationally believe that the players who choose these are simply enjoying the games while choose AA is just sick and delusional , why?
While I sincerely believe that Larian was actually trying to make AA fans happy by creating new scenes , even the smirk that matching the poster, but by a very unfortunate and insensitive execution, now the UA fans truly believe that Larian is siding with them and the bully just got even worse , are you really siding with UA fans Larian?please don’t break my heart like this.
I said this on my last post( I later deleted for some reason), what Neil said was probably how AA fans feel now, isolated , left alone , it’s almost impossible for them to engage with any discussion without being attacked once they mention they prefer AA route, how unfortunate! Don’t look into comment while browsing then you might say , but why? Why can’t AA fans be part of this amazing fantasy world?
AA has always been promote material , and I believe that Larian knows Astarion always brings out a lot of topics and controversy which is good for marketing , but please be sensitive about your audience , you created this wonderful , all genders equal , embracing all sexualities fantasy world with such touching written stories and characters, I don’t understand how come AA fans have to feel left out .
I’ve been gaming since I was 12 when the game was on DOS system ,and Video games were for nerds at that time not even mentioning I am a girl, so seeing how video games become the way it is now I feel so proud!! But even now if I have to be involved in some social activities with so called “trophy wives “ community , I am still a weirdo by liking video games , so the game community is really my true home in my mind.I love games with good stories, for example god of war , the last of us or the Witcher , its like reading a good book except better because you get to be part of it ,my husband talked me into bg3 because I’ve never really tried crpg, and I was hooked!!but this is also the first time as a gamer I feel unwelcome by a community simply by a choice that I make is not in majority, which is sad.
I am sorry I post this here because it’s not really related to the topic but I literally don’t know where else since most male players won’t care and probably say “if I ever see another Astarion post!!” ,and UA fans would just ask you to go look for therapy.
