Originally Posted by 🌸Yume🌸
I don't know why what certain spawn Astarion fans are doing keep getting brought up when that has nothing to do with me or the topic. I didn't make or engage with that content. We should all be able to enjoy the routes we want to play. It is a sad thing, if someone wanted to play a route and now feel they have to avoid it. It's not something to be celebrated. We all love the same character. Shouldn't we want to spread that joy?

Originally Posted by Rote90
BlueScaliesxx98, thank you very much for your well-thought post and your effort. Great points!
I can only add a suggestion, maybe, if people think that it would be too obscure to hide such flags about the kisses in the dialogue about the brain, then maybe we can just have two options, while asking him for kisses:

1. "Kiss me and don't be gentle" - in this case Tav asks for rough kisses themselves, so that means they give their consent to get rough kisses - hence "Happy faces".
2. Just "Could I kiss you" or "kiss me" option - Tav doesn't agree explicitly to AA being rough with them, hence - "Scared faces".

I agree, I like this idea! Then unsuspecting players wouldn't be surprised by what happens. It looks clear and fair to me. I also like this option because consent for rough treatment can be given and withdrawn at any time.

Originally Posted by BlueScaliesxx98
the animations are great, they show a different side of him which is totally different from UA, this is why we play with AA instead of UA. the difference is what makes this better.

Exactly! I agree. While the new faces make me uncomfortable now, I like that the AA route shows a different side of Astarion. It's still Astarion, but you can see how he would act differently if he took a different path. The writing in this path is incredible. And sometimes you just want a dark romance.

I disagree with this.

I choose "be gentle" in the moment because in that setting, I think it's sweet, and an intimate connection. That doesn't mean I think my PC would cower to Astarion in every kiss going forward by any means.

I *do not* want to RP ab*se or DV. Nor do many of the people who chose "be gentle". And I would have to meta game to know which one would I would be getting. And always on my toes about it. That's not fun, nor in the spirit of Rooney's "evil but enjoyable enough to bring to the table."

Last edited by Natasy; 12/09/24 04:36 PM.