In patch 7, thankfully, Tav's facial expressions in their romantic kisses with the Ascended Astarion are now finally more or less in line with Astarion's story, and also represent an example of beautiful, passionate and consensual D/s scenes. I sincerely congratulate all members of the BDSM community who play this game on the fact that D/s romance is now represented in such a wonderful game as Baldur's Gate 3! <3
As someone who is interested in BDSM, this sounds insulting to me.
(Warning: discussion of abuse)
I'm sorry, but Ascended Astarion and Tav have NOTHING to do with any kind of true BDSM relationship. IronBull/Inquisitor - well, that was a representation of BDSM in a game (DAI). They have a safe word, they discuss their bondaries, they can break up any time they want. Sorry, but this is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE to what Tav and AA canonically have. AA isn't a dom. AA is Tav's master. Tav is his slave. Maybe a happy one, whatever you choose to headcanon. But stop twisting canon into something it's not. You are normalizing and romanticizing abuse by that. It's gross.
