We don't know the details about that Cazador's friend scene. Maybe Vellioth did it on purpose, because he wanted a reason to kill Cazador's friend right in front of him. Different cases. We have the devnote explicitly stating that the Player can't get away from AA in the end. So it's canon, it's confirmed.
I'm not arguing that it could have been written and implemented better, but this proves nothing except it could have been executed better.
I kind of hate the devnote argument because so many people (not saying you) want to pick and choose which devnotes are canon. Like so many people despite Astarion's devnotes saying he's fine with the Halsin threesome will say no he's not so frankly my reaction on devnotes is if it's not obviously in the text I don't take it seriously.
Yeah but that's a *maybe* much like *maybe* Astarion told the player not to ask for help. There's no *definite* there's a just a *maybe*. The game doesn't confirm it.
? Wait what? Those are two different things. Player being unable to leave Astarion's side and being under a compulsion not to ask for help are not the same.
I mean it proves they half assed it which is the more condemning thing for me personally. An abusive plot is not something to half ass.
