Regarding the nonexistent (missing as of Patches 5, 6, and 7) epilogue hug/kiss for Ascended Astarion:

Originally Posted by Ametris
This was the most requested feature in here before patch 6. How is being able to have a romantic interaction with him, just like every other LI does, rewriting him?

I would have even been ok if there was an option to ask for a kiss or hug and Astarion replied that he'd rather wait for the afterparty and flirtatiously hint at other things they could do. There being nothing at all just seems sloppy and neglectful.
100%. That would have been great if he gave a flirtatious response at least, even if we couldn't kiss/hug him there.

I agree, it still feels very neglectful and unfinished for AA to be the *only* romanced companion that you can't officially kiss or hug in the epilogue.
A romantic interaction option (hug/kiss) SHOULD still be added for Ascended Astarion in the epilogue.

Btw, I strongly disagree with some people saying that AA has gotten a lot of changes. If he got any big changes, other than bug fixes or facial animations that other characters also got, I haven't seen them. His kisses haven't changed, so no extra animation work was done on them. If we want to talk about changes that were made and new things that were added, Shadowheart (whose content is definitely not lacking compared to the others) received some new, voiced camp scenes with Scratch. She also has the reaction when sitting on her stool at her tent. I'm not complaining about SH having this cool extra content – it's great and I wish everyone could have the same – but I hate to see misinformation being spread about AA's content.

Originally Posted by Kurophina
Based on one of the quotes by AA in the game
Astarion: I wish we could retreat into our palace already, and spend a decade in each other's arms.
as well as this interaction


I don't think it's out of character for AA to be comfortable hugging a romanced player. Maybe a different animation as to what Spawn has but being able to hug him doesn't feel out of character to me. I definitely think an option to hug AA would be nice, as well as options to kiss both UA and AA in their romanced epilogues.
Thank you for these! There's quite a bit of dialogue for AA about him and his consort "in each other's arms." That doesn't sound to me like he doesn't want to be touched, at least not when it comes to his beloved.

"...we live lives eternal, in each other's arms..."
"...spend a decade in each other's arms..."
"...you shall watch the stars collapse in the heavens, in each other's arms..."

I also love the hand-holding scene at the end!

Originally Posted by Marielle
Originally Posted by Mordred92
Of course, a hug would be the icing on the cake to crown the moment... Even better would be a kiss! Otherwise I thought: what would you say about a hand kiss? The TAV that takes Astarion's hand and kisses it as a sign of affection and devotion? A sort of reference at the night which Astarion transforms the TAV.

Yes, the hand kiss is beautiful! I'd love to support it! <3
I also fully support this. <3 Let Tav/Durge kiss AA on the hand, that would be very sweet and allows the MC to demonstrate their devotion to him as his eternal love.