Originally Posted by Natasy
Originally Posted by Ryzaki
Originally Posted by BlueScaliesxx98
rather than AA not wanting to be touched, its more that AA doesnt want his partner to touch him. he pushes tav away when they reach out for another kiss, pushes them down when theyre already on their knees instead of helping them up, etc. like Anska and Purple already pointed out.

Okay I don't see how him wanting to be in control of the kiss would stop him from getting a kiss in the epilogue though.

I have to agree. Tease and denial is a thing. He smirks. It looks cheeky when he stops the kiss when Tav touches him. I think he's just being playful. I don't think that's any signal he wouldn't kiss his partner in the epilogue, or that he legitimately doesn't want them to touch him? That's a bit of a drastic read imo. Let's not forget he had tender kisses in patch 5 as well as the one on patch 7. I'm pretty neutral on it, but I don't think it's unreasonable.

Spawn Astarion also pushes Tav in the graveyard. All of Astarion had a kiss with a peach in patch 4 and everything was ok.
The face-grabbing kiss was in Karlach Original in Act 2.
I think Astarion has been given some control and cheekiness in his kissing.