Just because you don't understand someone else's triggers doesn't mean they are not real or valid. These new "consensual" expressions can in fact be very triggering, as they are for me, in that they signal to the player that something they see as abusive is actually playful and fun. "Do you even know what PTSD is" is a truly awful thing to say to someone.
Honestly, returning to the patch 5 kisses might be the way to go tbh.
for wanting to make their feedback heard in a respectful way.
Why is it necessary to engage people to say stuff like, they got triggered by the new consensual facial expressions (and guessing, they are not even beta tester, because the kiss scenes are leaked), which are not even released? They clearly like non-con dead dove (they are saying this explicit, but just not in the suggestion channels to Larian!), so, why don't you just say straight: "Larian, we like non-con dead dove, dub-con, etc. etc., and would like to see it?" It's not fair to engage people to trivialize real victims of PTSDs or to do it by themselves. Do you even know what PTSD is.. So if you are into dead dove and non-con, don't be afraid and tell Larian straight, there is nothing wrong about it. It is Larian's decision to add and keep non-con or not.
It doesn’t need to be said, we already see the route’s narrative as dubious consent, so seeing our character smiling gives us the ick factor.
Finally ass in the pants, thank you. There is nothing wrong if people are into non-con. You are free to suggest it. But, to be fair, I don't think it's wise to bring the old facial expressions back, as it harmed too many people. I haven't seen the new ones, but it sounds that there are just some mild improvements and they will work for a lot of players:
I am involved in testing. I want to say that the corrected animations of Tav when kissing Astarion are now good, and I can imagine them both in a happy couple and in a couple where Tav is unhappy. I don't think you should worry about it. Tav is smiling, but you can also see a little fear on Tav's face, discontent. This will satisfy all the players. you can perfectly imagine the right path for this story. I really hope everything stays the same as it is now in patch 7 beta. Everything is fixed correctly, thanks Larian.
I just like to say a thing: There might be people who would like to see (I mean change it into) con-non-con,dub-con or non-con (that's not mine) in the intimate romance scene, but it's absolutely not there. As much as I'd like to ask Larian for a consensual non-con/dub-con, I cannot ask this for the sake of the other players. Sometimes, we need to use our own headcanon for the story.
