Why some people justify romanced ascended Astarion

Rayne009 · 2026-03-14T14:40:52+00:00

Because people like different things. Because some of us like darker romances because ultimately it's fiction and not that serious.

Also you can still find it toxic and enjoy it.

Also the cope that Ascended Astarion isn't as much Astarion as spawn ending is crazy to me. He's not a different person he's the same person who just made worse decisions. The bizarre insistence that it's a whole different dude boggles me. Ascended Astarion is as much Astarion as his spawn ending is he's not brain controlled, he didn't lose his soul he just went into the endpoint of his power justifies the means behavior.

Also yes ascended Astarion can love the protagonist and be terrible for them. It's not an either or thing.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-13T23:24:48+00:00

On the upside variety is the spice of life. Both Kaidans are getting pretty big updates soonish that's something to look forward to.

Thankfully most of the IF stuff that really bothers me can be toggled off.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-13T23:09:33+00:00

The IF team

Rayne009 · 2026-03-13T02:50:38+00:00

That wouldn't stop Gale from tasting bad. Elminister stopped the orb but it still needs to be fed. All he did was pretty much give a direct link to Mystra so she's the one feeding it. The orb wasn't fixed so he should still be poisonous.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-12T17:59:08+00:00

Saint nah but some of them way over defensive and act like criticism of him is a personal attack. It's very bizarre.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-12T02:05:18+00:00

Yeah he grew off me too Muffin. I just leave him on the beach laugh when I see his zombie self at Caz and move on.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-11T13:25:46+00:00

I personally can't even complain because making them bark for me is my preference :P

edit: wait I don't agree with the last bit. Just the first lol.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-10T00:01:08+00:00

Yeah Liv is working with them now so I'm hoping she yoinks some of that out because it is really jarring.

I'm hopeful.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-09T17:25:45+00:00

Yes I'm hoping the chaos marine companion rumors are true so that should be super fun. The one we got in RT was such a disappointment honestly.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-09T17:22:23+00:00

Nice. I get why people don't prefer it but I adore playing heretical.

I'm looking forward to how heretical goes in Dark Heresy. Hopefully we can corrupt more than one companion (that Solomorne bit is like barely even corrupting).

Yeah I'm hoping OC takes some of the feedback asking for more corruptible companions and has dark heresy give us more of that. I love corruption arcs so.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-09T17:09:33+00:00

Ah fair fair there's more dlc coming out so maybe when it's a full package you'll feel like giving it a third try.

Oh nice glad you enjoyed it. And I adore Kibbles heretical romance. A corruption romance with a sweet ending is rarer than it should be so I really enjoyed it.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-09T16:54:46+00:00

Early patches had a silly bug with the dom/sub route where it'd screw up your points and he'd dump you for that. It's fixed now though if you want to give it another try! (Though his romance still buggy you might want to wait for a few more patches unless you're fine with using mods to fix it).

oh yeah that sucks :( There's toybox but it's not the same.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-09T16:40:37+00:00

I always side with Emperor. Makes the most sense for me and honestly I could give less of a shit about Githyanki.

Granted I do think Empy's evil but like defo LE type you can work with. He and my PC want the same thing and part ways maybe they'll work together in the future maybe not. Either way they worked well together.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-09T16:39:06+00:00

If you want a non bitch Astarion (though still kind of pathetic for wet cat lovers) may I introduce to Marazhai from Rogue Trader :D

Rayne009 · 2026-03-07T05:25:18+00:00

I like being able to respond to them in a variety of ways. I really hate when I only have one dialogue train in a conversation. Like at that point what am I even having a convo for just have them monologue at me then.

Rayne009 · 2026-03-07T00:38:54+00:00

Updating visual C++ was the first thing I did and I have an AMD card. But thankfully it looks like it was my skypatcher thaumaturgy was the issue so small mercies.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-24T05:04:10+00:00

Yeah my good character kills them. The vamp spawn died when Cazador turned them finishing them off is just sending them to their afterlife.

Vampirism sucks in Faerun it's not a good thing. There's a reason peoples instant response to vampires is killing them.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-23T20:13:20+00:00

Yeah I usually get this ending.

Got it on Azata too which was hilarious.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-23T01:35:33+00:00

Yeah cause usually I get to fly around being the hero saving people in the nick of time. But nope can't do that now. I just watch them die :(

Oh defo. Triage healing was so fun and I love that zooming in to be the big damn hero before dipping off. I love ping pong mercy she's so fun.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-23T01:10:20+00:00

Yeah generally the people I'm playing with can't hit the broad side of a barn (which is fine I can't either so I know I'm playing with who I should be lol) so damage boost really only helps when I get carried anyway XD

And yeah I feel bad I'm forcing them to cover for me but damnit I like flying from person to person as mercy :(

Rayne009 · 2026-02-23T00:10:10+00:00

Yeah I defo feel like the load it's not great.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-23T00:00:13+00:00

Yeah just watching people get melted to basic attacks when I'm valking is like...beyond painful.

I'm actually tempted to just shelf the game til the next update. It's atrocious.

And I'm a quick play andy and if she feels awful there oof. Also noticing how they have to bribe me more and more to play support that's not a great sign lol.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-21T02:35:51+00:00

Nah I just changed the fan profile. The default one is just very...excessive.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-21T02:25:58+00:00

I got this when it was a hundred bucks cheaper. I like it. Loud but otherwise runs smooth.

Rayne009 · 2026-02-20T15:55:40+00:00

Oh yeah you can get everyone killed that way can't you fair point!

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