Originally Posted by Sereda2
I don't feel changing the expressions to make them more positive would be a loss of player agency because the kisses are something the player has to request not an action that Astarion initiates and I think that is a very important distinction.

Tav asks for the kisses, yes. They don't ask for anything else that happens in the kiss cinematics.

Originally Posted by Sereda2
In contrast, players who want a traditional dark romance, have no plausible explanation for their character being totally happy in the relationship and making positve responses in the dialogue but looking limp and terror-struck every time they request a kiss.

That's why I think letting us choose would be the best solution, because that way, nobody would have to headcanon around something that doesn't make sense for their character.