As for this Astarion stuff in particular, I think that as an outcome for his story, it makes perfect sense. It's logical as an endpoint for that direction of his character and it tracks with the rest of the game in my opinion. .
i agree, but there are like millions of way to prove the point , and they have chosen the worst way--- by forcing female audiences to feel they are SA victims. i mean come on, its 2024 already !!
Agree! They could have shown AA how he is slaughtering the WHOLE CITY, kill every companion, kill even Tav! But how do they have to show how "bad" AA is? (Complete OOC) Sexual violence context in Valentine's day kisses for Ladies (and homosexual men). Larian is only harming us with it. Noone else.
I don't find the abuse outcome that logical. My opinion is that he needs someone on his side as any normal man does. And he would not want to mistreat Tav unless he felt he had to.
Yes, the premise is that everyone dies (become undead spawn) under the Lord Astarion. I feel they have made that very clear. They do not need to push this (uncalled for) abuse in our faces to make it obvious it is an evil ending.
My first playthrough was a blind one and I decided pretty early that I was going for AA ending. Because I wanted the evil romance ending. I loved seeing all the old spawn pop like grapes on a vine and see both Tav and Astarion get everything they wanted. Now it feels like someone is steering my game against my will and I do not like that at all.
