Romance with Astarion was never written the way you want it to be, Silver.
About fear, on the player character's face, especially in intimacy.
It's taken out of the context of the story.
That wasn't there when the game was released.
It doesn't fit with the character's idea of being both dark and fun.
Especially there's the weird black and white romance where "I can heal\fix" works even though everyone knows it doesn't work and leads to death. I for one can't remind Astarion of his threat in the epilogue, or see how he's corrupted by the power of ruling 7k given the bent of his personality.
I don't think I have any desire to ask for any of that. It's not a path I'm choosing and exploring.
Maybe I'd like 18 charisma to be affected by something in the game, the actions we make.
It's not about "sanitised for a wider audience". That's more suitable about Astarion's past when he was selling criminals. Well, we won't know why anyway.
I know enough about the genre of dark romance and tragedy, but I can see the idea perfectly, by the majority lines for the game, the atmosphere, it was about consistent and fun to share decadence together.
Last edited by LiryFire; 09/08/24 09:38 PM.
