I agree with Bethra. There was no dialog about vampirism, he never suggested it before, and I didn't even have it in my mind either. All I cared about vampirism was Astarion's problems with the phenomenon. I reacted with great apprehension to any suggestion of getting rid of the maggots (what if it works and Astarion without the larvae goes back to being a ordinary spawn with all the consequences that entails), after the ritual I was finally able to experience genuine joy and relief, why would I be resentful and aggressive? The fact that he is no longer hungry or in need of a larva is far more important to me (and consequently to my Tav) than the fact that Astarion decided to call me a pet (oops, trouble!). Tav might joke about it something like, "Well, I hope it's at least a wolfhound and not a bologna," but certainly not offended like a little girl. I would never hint (and even less demand) intimacy with a loved one if he had a trauma related to it, after all, in asexual relationships people can love each other perfectly well and be happy together, only in the case of a directly expressed desire and initiative from Astarion himself, I could want intimacy with him. I don't understand how the Ascension ritual could have influenced me to suddenly become sexually incontinent, because no one did the ritual with me, and it doesn't seem realistic to me that participating in the ritual as a helper and spectator could do that to my mind.
