First of all, no you weren't being to argumentative, you just expressed a contradictory opinion to mine and given my limited knowledge of how astarion's romance goes and my own interpretation of the meaning of the phrase, I disagreed, and that's okay!! That's what these forums are for, for expressing ourselves and our different experiences with a great game!
In case my first paragraph wasn't clear, I meant that the reason why it fits here and not just under the suggestions is because this discussion is primarily about how romances develop for each character and what we could do or say in the romance that would be interesting to explore their character further or that would just make us happy to see! It's a character discussion!
I wasn't aware that astarion uses the words "I love you" at the start of the relationship to seal the deal. That's completely different from shadowheart's romance where she's scared of openly acknowledging the relationship or even admitting her feelings because of her upbringing. I guess it makes sense given how astarion was going out in public seducing people with no regard for the consequences of anything he said and then returning to that mansion to be abused.
Tho in my original post I specifically said saying "I love you" should be available in every romance, and in this case those words are already exchanged with astarion in the game, I can see why you'd want a different exchange to convey those same, intense feelings that might help the character feel reassured in the relationship when those words in particular don't carry as much weight for him.
Although, idk if you've seen this scene from good will hunting, but sometimes something that just sounds like a platitude because you've heard it so many times from people who didn't mean it or said it without meaning it yourself, when said with sincerity, when said over and over with patience and love, can tear down the walls you put up around your heart. I wonder if maybe those words that sound so insincere to astarion, words that are just part of a ritual to force commitment in an otherwise untrustworthy relationship he knows can end with betrayal at a moments notice without it, might be able to break through to him if you had the option to say them to him again and again, as many times as you'd like.
Last edited by Orenji-kun; 12/03/2412:48 AM. Reason: Clarifying first reply and cleaning up useless brackets
