I can see why maybe giving the option could be ideal for people but I can also see why some people are against it.
Because it's OOC for AA and goes against the script. AA is not a rapist. I've written that hundreds of times and I'll write it a hundred more times. If you are truly an AA fan, you should realize that.
1. Prior to patch 6, AA did not grab Tav by the neck without mutual consent. Only when Tav asked for it. It's spelled out in the script. 2. AA took Tav's opinion into account. 3. AA also had no problem with being gentle. I.e. I don't see any reason why AA can't have the standard kiss from patch 5 for those who chose tenderness in the transformation scene. 4. Tav didn't sit on his knees because of fear. Where did it suddenly come from in patch 6? Between patch 5 and 6 did AA start torturing Tav?
Patch 6 contradicts all of this. It really bothers me how willing people are to ignore these reasons and downplay their importance. AA's intimate scenes are described as completely mutual, not violent. In the script. That is Larian's original intent. And rewriting AA's character on the fly is not something I or other AA fans should have to put up with.
Honestly, without exaggeration, if the option to select appears in the game, Larian will die for me. All these half years after patch 6 I felt incredibly resentful towards Larian, I felt betrayed. Because Larian gave in to the majority and everyone but AA fans had a holiday on February 14. Because when they designed those kisses, they weren't thinking about us, they were thinking about the spawn fans. I still have an unpleasant aftertaste after patch 6. Including because it started a new wave of bullying AA fans. The first one was after Welch's comments were made public. I know they wrote their comments in private. But you have to realize that if you write something in the public space about a game's story, as a developer, your opinion is going to be spread all over the place. I'm glad for the changes in patch 7 and I hope Larian won't let all this happen again.
There are posts on tumblr where people don't hesitate to write that they hate AA fans because of patch 7. It seems like this will never end. What's happening on the forum right now suggests that AA fans won't be able to feel relaxed. At least not until patch 8. Well, we've been through a lot in the year since the game's release.
