#icluding astarion and like its just hard to fully immerse myself in astarion when you know that wyll is shafted because of him

[raven]

astarion really exemplifies every issue with modern fandom. in the game, he is an interesting character with a complicated relationship with sex that is deeply tied to his backstory and not often seen in video game romance options, imo. and then on a metatextual level, because of the way he's a white twink, he is given a million times more content than everyone else in the game, which is frustrating at best. and of course because he's a white twink the fandom is absolutely insane and oversexualizing, when a major point of his romance arc is not wanting to have sex with you even though he's attracted to you because of how he's been treated in the past-- and fans are doing the exact same thing, treating him like an object-- so thats literally how people who don't know the game see him-- UGH.

#like hes kind of an object hes a video game character not to take things too seriously whatever but likeeeeeee #i take video games too seriously and i say stop it and fuck off and die maybe #on one hand i like him a lot as a character but its also hard when it clearly comes at the cost of characters like wyll who obviously have #the shorter stick. and like look wyll is very sweet. i dont love romancing him. i love toxic yaoi. buut none of the romances are that toxic #icluding astarion and like its just hard to fully immerse myself in astarion when you know that wyll is shafted because of him #and whatnot. ughhhhh #and also if platonic interactions were given like. the same weight as romantic ones in rpgs like this... which if IM sayong that ... #(number one person to say they should fuck nasty and never be friends) u know its serious.... like its all just racism when it comes down #to it. at the end of the day.