do people actually like Astarion?

[Deadpaanda]

do people actually like the character or do they just want to be with a vampire?

[Agent Chieftain]

Originally posted by Deadpaanda:

Originally posted by Rusted Metal:

He is very popular among women, i introduced my friend to BG3 and the moment she met Astarion she latched on hard.

how? he tries to kill you, admits to having multiple people on the side, and to top it off tries to suck you blood in your sleep with a possibility to kill you again. not to mention he is just a sarcastic d*** most of the time

It's a pretty common female fantasy. A while back, some google engineers began to look into the search data, specifically as it related to sexual fantasy and pornographic content. When analyzing what types of fantasies women were most interested in... Well, I'll Jordan explain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujz42AU2bm0

[mayrc]

I like him.... he reminds be always about Monty pytons Movies. He is a aristocratic, daywalking, gay vampire spawn that wants to bite, kiss and fu ck you in a game without day and night cycle. This so much over the top that it becomes cool and funny again.

[Neonblaze]

He's a pretty funny dude with a strong personality that stands out among the others i say. He's fun to mess around with and people like morally gray charachters

[Sigvuld]

Yeah I love 'em because I'm not one of those #Gamers who starts frothing at the mouth and tries to kill a character when they sass me or act negatively towards me in any way lmao

[MeldinX2]

Originally posted by Deadpaanda:

do people actually like the character or do they just want to be with a vampire?

He is a great character in my opinion. It's fine not to like him because he is an A-hole many times. But if you really dislike a character that is proof of good writing aswell. For example take joffrey in GoT everyone hate that little bastard. And that make him a great character.

[DDkiki]

Yes i like his smug attitude.

[Deadpaanda]

all i've really learned about women in this so far is that they find it hot to have a guy try to constantly kill as long as they can try to "fix" him. so wonder they watch true crime shows all the time

[FunkmasterTF]

I let him have a taste

[DDkiki]

Originally posted by Deadpaanda:

all i've really learned about women in this so far is that they find it hot to have a guy try to constantly kill as long as they can try to "fix" him. so wonder they watch true crime shows all the time

Im bi-guy irl but it kinda works for me too haha. Romanced Daeran as my female angel character in Pathfinder cuz "I can fix him!" :^) also how can anyone resist his voice...

[K. Constantine]

People? No.
Tumblr users? Yes.

[Ironside]

I do not… I bench this dude or simple tell to go away. Ast-hat and Shadowbrains are the worst origin characters.

[Deadpaanda]

Originally posted by Ironside:

I do not… I bench this dude or simple tell to go away. Ast-hat and Shadowbrains are the worst origin characters.

i didn't mind shadowheart mostly because shes not on a war path to kill us and isn't a d***. asterion is makes Jofree from GoT seem like a nice guy.

[skullymex]

I love him, I would heal him from vampirism if I could, so that's not it. He's just a pathetic little idiot and I love that in men :)

[Shahadem]

I like him.

He's very practical and doesn't really care what I do or don't do.

[Shahadem]

Originally posted by MeldinX2:

Originally posted by Deadpaanda:

do people actually like the character or do they just want to be with a vampire?

He is a great character in my opinion. It's fine not to like him because he is an A-hole many times. But if you really dislike a character that is proof of good writing aswell. For example take joffrey in GoT everyone hate that little bastard. And that make him a great character.

This depends on WHY they hate the character.

For example many of us HATED Kai Leng and Reaver because both of those are instances of the GMPC insulting us and abusing their power and then not allowing us to defend ourselves.

Reaver is the classic GMPC. The author-insertion character who is smarter, wittier, and better than everyone else. Here is someone you may hate, but the designer won’t let you kill their precious avatar. Instead, you have to follow him around and do what he tells you. While you wade in and fight the bad guys he gets to stand back, look cool, and get all the snappy one-liners.

As a bonus, Reaver talks down to you constantly, demeaning you and insulting you even as you fight to protect him. And since you can’t speak, you can’t respond in kind.

Once again: Lucian wants this Reaver guy alive. Theresa has never explained why we need him. He’s given you three reasons to kill him now and is obviously a massive liability. There is no justification for not immolating him and walking away. This was by far the most frustrating part of the game for me, as I “fell” for his stupid schemes by designer fiat.

And if the player is supposed to be including the character in their party then it is bad writing to write the character in such a way that the player cannot stand them and has no in character reason to keep them around.