The argument of whether Astarion is happier as a spawn or as the Vampire Ascendant is something that could de-rail this thread, so be careful. Acting like AA is his happiest version is going to bring that kind of argument.
I don't see anyone making this argument atm. If you mean my picture, I merely presented how I roleplayed, showing that Tav was concerned about his wellbeing throughout the whole game and that Astarion also saw it this way (I used multiple options Tav could pick in descriptions like "I just want you to be happy", but now, as Veranis nicely said once, the dialogue options in that situation resort to "Psyche! She doesn't care about him at all". It is in tune with patch 6 where someone decided for us what our character thinks and how they should behave, while it was possible to roleplay a certain way before.
