It is a video game and it is fantasy. The Gur were rude to Astarion and my PARTY, I do not care who they are or what they believe. They were rude, they attacked. I defended myself and my PARTY. Whether that is right or wrong is whatever I decide in MY game. Your thoughts on Ascension, do not simply exist in MY game. Your headcanon is NOT my headcanon. Therefore, your opinion and your game are YOUR business. Do not lecture others on YOUR headcanon. PERIOD.
No one is innocent in BG3. That is my OPINION. Including those who think they are heroes...they have just as much blood on their hands in their game as I do in my game.
So...as far as the Ascension... I personally do not think it is his BAD ending. It is a possible path where he gets to live in the sun without the issues of vampirism, which is what he wants. I have absolutely no problem with that. Cazador is dead, the 7000 spawn that Cazador created are dead, they were bound for the Fugue Plane anyway. If Meph wants them, then that is the deal that Astarion completed anyway. He is a new monster, the Vampire Ascendant, in the BG3 universe and all is fine for Baulder's Gate currently, now it is time to destroy the brain or maybe enslave it this time. The bad ending for Astarion for me is more of the one where he does end soulless as a zombie in Cazador's ritual.
All vampires, whether they are spawn, true vampires, or vampire ascendants fall within the "evil" alignment, so that does NOT bother me. I love the individual in the game and either path is a valid choice as long as he lives and he is happy with the one he trusts.
The Gur were rude, they attacked, they died. They are not innocent, in my opinion.
