Halfway through Act 2 and I’m pretty much done with Astarion. At first I ignored all his little assholish moments because A. I acknowledge he’s playing into very specific character archetype. and B. All the other companions have displayed some pretty questionable behavior as well (except Karlach my unproblematic queen) and this is game about actively becoming a better person.
But this latest convo made me really lose my patience. The goddamn hypocrisy! Now don’t get me wrong other companions are hypocritical at times (looking at you Wyll and Shadowheart) but this shit is egregious!
Astarion: ‘I was a slave it was terrible my master tortured me for centuries…’
Also Astarion: ‘Hey wouldn’t it be funny if we enslaved thousands of people using the Absolutes power so we can profit’
What was even more irritating is that there was no option for my good guy Paladin to tell him to fuck off! (It generally sucks how the game sometimes makes you treat companions with kid gloves I’ve wanted to have a confrontation with Shadowheart ever since Act 2 started and I had some things to say to Lae’zel about the shit the Githyanki were pulling in the monastery section as well) Like you can say some horrid and undeserved shit to Gale and especially poor Wyll but you can’t tell of Astarion for being an evil prick. Or even point out what a hypocrite he’s being.
It absolutely baffles me that this is this fandoms fave, to the point of infesting every fic on Ao3. I trust Larian’s writing enough that I can believe there will be a moment where Astarion will come together as a character for me the way the others have but the dude better have one hell of an arc!


















