Originally Posted by Ametris
Originally Posted by Elly
Originally Posted by Ametris
It really would have been great if we could choose the type of kisses we wanted (rough or gentle), as previously suggested.

I personally don't think that would be the right solution. Having Astarion constantly adhere to what Tav demands like that would feel very unfitting for this version of him and give the impression that they are ordering him around, in my opinion. (I know there is a choice in the scene where he turns Tav, but that's a different situation than asking for a kiss, before Tav is his spawn, and not a repeatable action.)

"I can refuse you nothing." "Anything for you, my darling." He's also chill with you controlling the big bad and making sure you have every bit of decadence that you desire. I don't see why it would be a problem for him.

"I'm done bowing to the whims of others." Those kiss lines, in my opinion, aren't very different from Spawn Astarion's "How could I say no", they don't mean he would give Tav literally anything they ask for. His Origin also has a special line with the drow twins implying that he hates being told what to do because it brings back bad memories.

This is more of a meta reason, but I also think it wouldn't be fair for the AA path to have access to all the kiss cinematics, when Spawn already has so much less content than him.