@kitsuoba: I didn’t think I had to do that but... DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know it’s a character and a fictional moment. Well done, you let yourself be fooled by a title of my analysis to push you to read everything because the rest of my analysis I say that it is not a bad thing to want a hug but that demanding a hug in THIS precise (FICTIVE) scene when you play a (FICTIF) character of alignment GOOD, AT THIS PRECISE (FICTIF) MOMENT is selfish because IT IS. I didn’t think I had to make a disclaimer about the fact that I don’t judge the person in its own right but the action that is selfish and not empathetic. It’s sad. Really. #ASTARION || Some really need to learn to get to know a character. Thank you @Larian Studios for not putting this option! Huge thanks to Rachel Joy who talks about it in more detail than me and who explains perfectly (I really like your content very much if you go through this) _____________________ #bg3 #baldursgate3 #bg3astarion #baldursgate3edit
i would rather you have the option to chase after him at the end of the game if he's still spawn
2026-05-26 18:08:05
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amanda 💜 :
i wish i could at least drape a blanket over him or gently nudge his clothes or something
2026-06-05 00:51:16
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Nol :
The only option I would like to see is to just sit next to him in silence. Just so he knows he’s not alone and so HE can make the decision to reach out if he wants to
2026-05-26 23:42:10
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Your Potato Mother :
Thank you for saying this!! Some Astarion ‘fans’ have no idea who he is and just think hes hot 🤦♀️I always picture my tav slowly walking closer and sitting there not right next to him but a distance close enough for him to know shes there if he needs it
2026-05-26 09:19:53
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Kyrie🖤🎸 :
I’d want the option to sit next to him and wait. Looking at him, my eyes saying “I’m here if you need me”. I always firmly believed that Astarion needs a true friend and not a lover.
2026-05-26 09:37:07
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GRIMM :
I always wanted the hug option as something to do after, even back at camp. but I specifically wanted it to be the player holds their arms open in offer and let's Astarion take it :)
2026-05-26 10:40:22
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Halen Marie :
Idk I agree and disagree. Astarion learns certain touch is safe for him, otherwise he wouldn’t want to be with anyone. I very much think Astarion has spent 200 years only having affection when he has done something someone else wanted. Comforting him with a hug as a romance option I don’t think is wrong. If you’re not romancing him, yeah maybe just the option to sit with him. But I don’t think a hug is selfish. Touch like that is emotionally regulating, something Astarion has never had. He hasn’t had anyone be there for him. He hasn’t had safety like that in 200 years. Knowing someone is there with him, feeling his pain, sharing his surge of emotion…I think he wouldn’t feel so alone.
2026-05-26 22:55:57
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𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑫𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻 :
As someone who was SA as a child repeatedly, I don't like touch. Especially in my most vulnerable moments. I never think about hugging him but letting him have it and I cry with him. I wanted to do the same to my abuser.
2026-05-26 19:32:02
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𒉭 Huntress eve :
Exactly!! I’ve been arguing this for so long! Especially from someone who’s been preyed on & assaulted the last thing I would want after meeting/encountering the person/people who destroyed my life is to be touched.
2026-05-26 06:59:22
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chronicallywasted :
I wish we could at least be closer. Feels really weird to be stood there while he grieves
2026-05-26 15:26:36
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Capt_Joel ᛑᛗᛛ :
I would feel so trapped if someone would just hug me in that moment 😭
2026-05-26 08:53:48
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GoldenGreen :
Gameplay-wise, it would be interesting to offer him a hug and have him disapprove of that action. Like a test of how well you've read his character. Companions have these sorts of options all the time.
2026-05-28 19:00:36
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DocDevilWoman :
Tav: I'm here, Astarion. However you need me.
Some people just knowing their support is there even if they don't reach out is support enough and in this moment I feel like that's what Astarion needs
2026-05-26 19:39:12
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viktorianperry :
I mean… I would like the option to open my arms as an invitation for a hug. Most people won’t take the invitation if they won’t want comfort. But if they want it? They’ll walk over and throw themselves into the hug.
2026-05-26 23:11:10
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Artemis60 :
I like the option just to sit next him, letting him know that I’m there when he needs it. I also love the idea of to chase spawn Astarion at the end so he won’t be alone.
2026-05-27 02:46:55
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❀Kat❀𖤣𖥧.𖤣𖥧𓆏𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣❀ :
I at least want to be able to stand closer but not too close or kneel nearby not touching just letting him know I'm there if he chooses to need comfort
2026-05-26 14:55:09
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Kreweta :
Finally spmeone who thinks like this
2026-05-26 07:37:28
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𝔼𝕫𝕖𝕜𝕚𝕖𝕝 ✨️ :
Beautifully said, i 100% agree 💕
2026-05-26 06:27:16
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⋆·🪷˚ вєα !! ༘🪼* :
WHY IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR
2026-05-26 12:39:04
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ORCBOY2002 :
I feel like having the option to hug him would be nice, AFTER the dialogue that follows the scene, but have it as an OFFER
2026-05-28 02:57:56
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Barbarella :
Feels correct after, with the hug mode in the camp after you talk with him about how he feels. Thats the right moment. Here its the catharsis, the precise moment he breaks his chains for good, the end of a nightmare. An important moment for himself. Yes i agree with you
2026-05-26 22:11:29
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NerdyHobbit00 :
Yeah no, as someone obsessed with Astarion I don't want to hug him during that. I want to give him room to breathe and begin to process. Hugging in that moment would feel forced and suffocating.
2026-05-28 18:00:22
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quitefranklyhannah :
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT
2026-05-26 13:47:52
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