It is beyond cruel to even imply the possibility that Astarion's writer is deliberately causing harm to DA/SA survivors because they're narcissistic, malevolent, and a sadist. Good lord, you are so quick to assume malice. I would hate to write for Larian, if this is how the people reading my content digest it. They like this, this, this, this, and this, but because they didn't like this one thing, they have to come up with some insane, moral justification for why I went out of my way to hurt them, and if I didn't, I have to change it immediately, or I'm causing real world harm.
Exhausting. I think it'd be absolutely exhausting.
