At the moment is seems that Larian is reverting the patch that destroyed roleplay options and forced one narrative on everyone and going back to the one that was available from the beginning that actually allowed us to create our own story.
+100. If you'd like to roleplay being in an unhappy/controlling relationship with him, then the frightened facial expressions during the kisses would be better added through a mod. Because the way it is, it's already diverging from the romance as a whole and forcing the extreme distressed narrative (only through kissing). There's also the option to break up with him still available after Ascension - all the way up until the end - for those who want to roleplay being unhappy with him. You're not stuck with him; even if you decide to let him turn you, there's still plenty of chances to break up with him afterwards.
The way Tav's face is animated in the Patch 6 kisses was a bad decision imo, and thankfully they've decided to fix this in Patch 7. They're fixing something that was implemented badly -- not giving us anything new.
In the epilogue everyone can choose to RP Tav happy with the arrangement or trapped in it. We can't even kiss AA there so it actually caters to the displeased Tav narrative.
It's upsetting that the whole Patch 6 kiss nightmare issue happened in the first place, because now when we ask for an option to have a kiss with him in the epilogue (which we've been waiting for since Patch 5), some people think we're asking for too much. Getting the option to kiss him in the epilogue would only be fair! I can hug some friends there, but can't even hug/kiss my romantic partner.
