Every time I hear arguments about the cycle of abuse I just roll my eyes. It's repeated ad nauseam. The same slogans everywhere. In case you're not familiar with my compilation of them (with 1 new line I couldn't add because of these forums not allowing edits of old posts:
THE HOLY WORDS OF THE UNASCENDED ASTARION CHURCH:
1. Ascended Astarion is Cazador 2.0. 2. You are continuing the cycle of abuse. 3. You failed to save him from himself. 4. He doesn't love Tav. 5. He lost his soul in the ritual / he's not himself. 6. You condone abuse by liking him. 7. He's toxic, I feel for you because you'll likely end up in that kind of relationship in real life. 8. He's trapped forever. 9. You are his Spawn, he is your master, he controls you! 10. AA should be killed. 11. You are delulu if you believe he cares, he's a monster. 12. You are nothing but his dog / slave. 13. If you loved him, you wouldn't choose to ascend him. 14. Astarion has so much content in the game and it's your fault. 15. You requested this / you asked for this. 16. Don't be emotional because you are not human. 17. Alt + F4. 18. "Evil" is "Bad". 19. This is why women should not be allowed to play video games. 20. You denied him healing. 21. You need therapy. 22. AA fans are media illiterate.
I love you, Ametris. You always manage to make me laugh. All you have to do is pull out the holy words, your humour and your picture and I laugh at it. Thank you <3
"I would, thank God, watch the universe perish without shedding a tear."