Originally Posted by Elly
Originally Posted by Marielle
Here's the main reason why Tav's facial expressions introduced in patch 6 should not remain in the official version of the game. Even with the choices available, these scenes still pose a danger. An unprepared person could simply test the game by selecting different choices out of curiosity and end up seeing content that could negatively affect their psyche. Larian would then have to write a warning for the sake of it, that the game contains such scenes.

There is a lot of content in the game that could negatively affect someone. For example, in Act 2, Tav can
coerce Astarion into sleeping with them
after his confession. As long as potentially triggering content can be avoided by being locked behind options the player doesn't have to choose, like the OP of this thread requested for the kisses, I don't think the game or its characters need to be censored.

The example you gave is a moment that could negatively influence a player, but it is something that happens only once during the game and, what's more, it's a largely avoidable option (and which, in my opinion, does not even have all these negative consequences, unfortunately).
The kisses, on the other hand, is a request, an action that can be repeated over and over again, until the end of the game. A player therefore, unless they stop clicking on the option, is forced to always put up with those scared/suffering faces (faces that are still there, because patch 7 has not yet been officially released). As much as a player may like the current expressions of patch 6 for the reason you said before, I suppose that they discourage you from continue kissing Lord Astarion and continue the relationship with him.
So I understand if Larian ultimately opted to soften the expressions, also because they spent a lot of time and work to create those animations and I doubt that their goal was not to make people appreciate them.