(Content warning for discussions of triggers) Agreeing expressions and smiling faces can only be a positive trigger, which stimulates an agreed-upon romantic narrative in the player's perception. I have no horse in this race as the new animations only made me very uncomfortable, I wasn't triggered, but I think this statement is categorically false. Just about anything can trigger anyone. You don't get to tell people what triggers them because you consider the content to be positive for you. And while I might not have been triggered by the new animations, I /do/ have very strange triggers that other people would consider non-sensical for whatever reason, so I don't appreciate this statement. Not to mention I feel it's not that strange that someone would be triggered between the dissonance of Astarion's more cruel actions and Tav's unconditional smile to them. It doesn't necessarily communicate consent, but an uncomfortable dissonance. In media or games you can't always avoid everything that triggers people. After all, it can be very versatile. In any case, the instructions with how people should express their feedback to get non-con dead dove doesn't look well for me. But to each their own.
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