Originally Posted by Rote90
I saw an excellent solution for our problem on reddit. I can't take credit for it, so I will just show this screenshot of what this user on Reddit came up with:
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A lot of people supported this as a perfect solution.

IMO, this would be indeed a perfect solution, ….

Originally Posted by Rote90
Yeah, as far as I've seen, this was the most popular solution for this problem, so I really hope it won't get buried under offtopic posts and Larian will take note on this wonderful way of solving this problem and making everyone happy.


Originally Posted by BlueScaliesxx98
Originally Posted by SpookyBookey
I don’t want to have to select a ‘narrative dialogue’ option each time I want a kiss.

These are just examples that the person thought of on the fly, don’t take it so seriously. and it wouldn’t be each time. The suggestion was that it would be a „dialogue“ after the first kiss after turning-night, as if Tav is thinking to themselves how they feel about the kiss, so just two options, on to trigger the smiling expression going forward, the other to trigger shocked expressions in future kisses. Since the first kiss the next day is already different from the kisses he gives Tav during turning-night, it makes sense for them to think about the dynamic. This is kind of like the Durge dialogue options after withers brings them back, some of the options are saying something out loud, and some are just thinking to themselves.
This is also absolutely not about consent (canonically, how somebody headcanons it is their thing) but canonically, whether Tav is into it or not, they stay in the relationship so consent is given as far as the game is concerned anyway.

You can dismiss my comments and thoughts by telling me to not take it seriously, but please remember that this suggestion was introduced by @Rote90 as “a perfect solution” and is being represented as a “popular idea” because it was upvoted on Reddit. I am free to express my dissatisfaction on a feedback forum when ideas that I do not think would work are expressed by other forum members just as you are able to do the same.

Personally, I don’t agree that Astarion’s kisses should be handled differently than other companions. You can wave that idea away since I understand you feel I am “strawmanning” or something. But, every single kiss in the game is now ‘positive’ facial expressions (personally I again find the AA kisses the most neutral). I do not feel that any of them should be negative / punitive personally. So, unless you want Tav/Durge to have the option to ‘not be into kisses’ for all companions (which I would not personally want - just as I don’t for this route), I don’t agree with you.

Last edited by SpookyBookey; 18/09/24 01:46 AM. Reason: spelling