I'm not sure who "individuals who want noncon" is referring to. That's not what I'm calling for and I didn't see anyone else saying they wanted that. My personal opinion is that this route ALREADY contains noncon, ever since Larian added these rough kisses in patch 6 without proper warning for players. I didn't like that in the first place, but I wasn't on these forums back then to say anything. Now the harsh kisses are already here, and Larian has already spent development time adding them and then changing facial expressions. So it's too late to speak against these harsh kisses existing. And I'm not even calling for that. Because some players like the new kisses. And I want those players to be happy too. I don't want to take away what they like. As for me personally, the old expressions didn't trigger me even though I didn't like the kisses. For whatever reason, the new expressions DO trigger me. And that is valid. I've had an extremely difficult past few days after seeing them and only just BEGINNING to get back to normal. I hope that Larian will care about this unintended effect and compromise, because it's clear they weren't trying to make anyone unhappy. I should be able to kiss my romance choice too.
Discussion of mental health and triggers in relation to this topic.
Edit: Actually, after reading what Rote90 said. I understand now. The old kiss expressions didn't trigger because I don't want rough treatment from my partner. So at least when my character looks upset about it, that matches how I feel about it. When my character is forced to look like they LIKE this treatment, it disturbs and upsets me. It feels like I have no choice. Hence, non-con is being forced upon me as the player. Ugh. That's definitely it because I was doing well today but this realization instantly brought tears to my eyes again. This is the literal opposite of asking for there to be noncon in the game. I am upset because I feel like I am being forced into something nonconsensual, when all I want to do is kiss my partner. And being made to look like I like it when I don't, is far worse for me than looking unhappy about it. It is a double loss of my agency.
