When Act 3 begins, doubts arise about the romantic line with his character.
The doubts are as follows: on all resources and disputes, Astarion is recorded as a 100% non-monogamous romantic companion, and because of this, a very logical question arises - is it even canonical to build a closed relationship with him?
It seems like the game doesn’t contradict this and doesn’t interfere, but it doesn’t interfere with it in the same way as with the monogamous branch with the same Khalsin, and it can be easily built if you absolutely ignore all his dialogues about how monogamy is not for him and his zealous desire for Tav to give his love to everyone he wants. And if with Khalsin everything is clear, then with Spawn, on the contrary, absolutely nothing is clear, because he has no trace of such dialogues, but at the same time, according to his script, his behavior is the same as Khalsin’s - asking to participate in a brothel , regardless of whether you have a romance with him or not; and also a disrespect that comes out, if in this situation you refuse Khalsin when he also wants to join (and now it doesn’t matter that in the end it turned out to be a bad idea, the very fact of an enthusiastic desire to participate in this is there), and in fact, that’s all , what distinguishes him from Halsin is that all his poly-approving dialogues roll out only if the player himself provokes them. Here, of course, one could drag in that he is unhappy if you try to take off one twin solo, but at the same time the Ascendant has exactly the same dissatisfied reaction to this.
In the epilogue, when you play in co-op, regardless of whether there is a romantic Tav or not, he tells the non-romantic second Tav about hedonism in his castle, so everything is more or less clear here, unlike Spawn.
Also, don’t forget about the girl in the sewer, Astarion flirts with her even while in a relationship (I want to say that this is generally a rather strange event, as people say on other forums that for some this dialogue is played and for others it is deleted, just like me in any of the saves)
Based on these facts, I have the opinion that with Spawn we can build a monogamous branch in the same way as with Halsin, let’s say “closing our eyes and ears,” and our monogamy is built solely due to the lack of autonomy of the player’s companions and provoking such factor initiatives.
Therefore, I want to ask the players a question. What do you think, based on the character of Astarion and his worldview, will he be ready for a long-term monogamous relationship with a Tav without attracting new partners and will he be happy, because in my opinion this type of relationship can cast doubt on the concept of his freedom?
(P.S. It is important to add that I cannot agree that Asya’s approval for a poly relationship with Mibib is a lie or his lack of self-confidence simply because of the same Devnote, his casual dialogue, if this proposal arrives after a black mass, and heaps of situations when he is very determined to break up with the player if he is not convinced (including the dialogue of his reaction to betrayal with Mizora added to the files)
