Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Patch 7 Ascended Astarion's kisses goes against his story as written

I am locking this thread now, as it seems to be tempting people on all sides of the debate into rule breaking behaviour.

As a reminder:

- Be respectful towards all forum members.
- Do not use excessive or extreme language.
- Remain constructive and respectful of others' opinions and gameplay styles.
- Remain respectful of game narratives and character preferences.
- Do not use Larian Studios Message Boards' features in a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., excessive shouting [use of all caps] or flooding (continuous posting of repetitive text or topics).

If you find yourself wanting to swear or shout in caps, that's probably an indication you need to disengage.


Some points, in the event that anyone is tempted to start a new thread:
- We are all entitled to our own interpretations of the game, and it's probably better *not* to start off a thread as this one effectively did by saying that other interpretations are less valid.
- On the other hand, we are allowed to think and say that our interpretations are better supported by the evidence in game, as long as that's done constructively and we're not being dismissive or rude about other perspectives and as long as we are happy to have others explain why they think we're wrong. We all need to make sure we're not treating people who argue against our position as attacking us personally, and be willing to have *friendly* disagreements. If you can't disagree in a friendly fashion, then you probably need to take a step back and not get involved.
- But while we are all free to think that our own position is better supported, we need to respect others' rights to their views, and particularly to their preferences, and while friendly disagreement is fine please don't allow that to slide into trying to shout down or drown out opposing views.
- We are never all going to agree, and that is absolutely fine. What isn't fine is going round and round in circles, getting increasingly wound up and annoyed with one another. Not everyone can have the last word, so once you have made your point and find you are repeating yourself, please consider taking the high road and agreeing to disagree.


I will also say to those who prefer the patch 7 kisses that, at least partly due to the behaviour of those who agree with you, every thread criticising the patch 7 animations has ended up locked. That means that I expect you to be welcoming and tolerant of opposing views in other AA threads that are still open, or indeed any new ones that are created.