you are free to disagree with me / us on having both expressions in the game. but your opinion doesnt change the fact that a big group of people is alienated no matter what which ONE patch is kept. like i said, his actions can be interpreted in various different ways. why are people here getting dragged for interpreting them differently? when you dont let astarion ascend he is also grateful. i dont understand what that has to do with what the right choice is or not. thats your interpretation and you own game canon, since you cant have both. so in your game ascending astarion is correct, thats all. AA is no more game canon than UA and no more right or wrong. so making one reaction to AA kisses canon for everyone, especially since they are both no subtle in any way, is wrong. even more especially since both expressions trigger different people for different reasons. and no, mods do not fix this. you should not have to resort to mods to not be triggered. it is an 18+ game, so difficult topics can be in the game, and the player is responsible for engaging with the content in whatever way they see fit. if you dont want to do the harleep scene because it is triggering, dont. you have the option. so having the option with AA should also be there.
literally nobody is trying to take smiling kisses away from you. i dont understand whats so hard to understand about this. but you cannot argue that some faces are triggering when people literally tell you they are. nobody is arguing that patch 6 faces arent triggering, because people said they were. same with patch 7. one is not more valid than the other. we want both options since they are both already completed and were / are in the game. i dont understand how you cannot see the hypocrisy here. if you want to use one option over the other, use it. but give other players the same choice.
the fact that other companions dont have this option is a problem, but a different problem. (not for me personally, i dont see why wyll would need different reactions from tav) and using this card is strawmanning to a huge degree just to justify not making changes now that one group is happy when both could be. it does not compute in my brain how you can clearly see how upsetting it is for people and not want to help them enjoy the game. i can see how patch 6 triggers people, so i am all for patch 7 being *ADDED*. but its the same the other way around as well. what is so difficult to understand about this? do you want people to not romance AA as to not get triggered just so you can have what you want? this goes both ways hence the suggestion to have both in the game, making both canon to the respective game of the individual player.
edit to add: i really honestly thought by showing both sides in a neutral light in my long post before, there could be SOME understanding between the two. patch 7 supporters want patch 7, patch 6 supporters dont want to take that away. they just want patch 6 as well. i dont understand, this is literally so beyond me, how does having the option for BOTH take away anything from anyone?
