Rare Dialogue After You Meet Blood Drow - Baldur's Gate 3

Act II.
If you're already in serious relationship with Astarion when meeting drow Araj and protecting him from her, you will get completely new heartbreaking dialogue. All Unique Options.

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[amyr]

Damn, these lines are sad. It's also super interesting what he says about not being afraid to die. I never thought about him being afraid he won't reincarnate, but it makes a lot of sense. No wonder he clings to the one he has so fiercely.

[jedi_connor]

"It isn't worth the scars, anymore." Ladies and Gentlemen, Neil Newbon for Best Performance

[TheHistoricalHiker]

Interesting that he emphasises that it's "/degrading/ that people like her keep falling for it" (the sexy vampire schtick). Especially since there's that line from the DM in the ascended bite scene, where "he will always think of yourself as degrading yourself for being with him".
Maybe ascended Astarion sees spawn Tav as exactly the same as Araj: just fetishizing him

[DocInABox]

My husband and i are doing our first playthrough together and we just got this. We were so interested is asking him why he wouldn't bite her, thought he'd be down. Once he said no we were like "well of coarse he dont gotta, we're wrecking house anyway, dont need her help". Then this convo triggered and we were just blown away how much sadder it rly was. Never makin him, or anyone else, do anything. Had to rewatch it cuz the feels went by so fast

[ygnit]

Thank you so much! It's such a rare yet precious and important dialogue with him

[nemofish]

‘Getting on my back for bread crumbs again’ wow that lol fucking cuts

[dryd]

God, that line about not being able to escape his body... I've heard that from so many survivors. This fucking hurts

[jenni]

Damn, this hurts me so bad. I wish we had the opportunity to keep Cazador as a pet and torture him for a while before killing him, just like he did to Astarion. I would literally burn down the world of anyone who harmed him. :/

[dragonhale]

Ok, but now you have to play with Scratch. He wants the attention. Promise me you played with him after being Astarion's therapist.

[pikemand]

I thought he WAS being too precious, now I just feel bad about making him bite her.

[broadwaystarb]

I got this dialogue at “relationship is good” high 50s level, but wasn’t romancing him, just friends

Still wish I could have given him a friend hug, but I think hugging only comes up as an option if you are initiating romance

[PenguinFondue]

This scene is so powerful. I almost prefer it to the romanced versions, because this one is all about him and his journey, not about how great Tav is

[thecheck]

Astarion's story doesn't pull any punches and shows just how ugly the realities of being a survivor is. But 2:10 really strikes me in a way no other line of his has. It's so plain but implies so much horror. But more than anything, it shows how those experiences stick with you and become a part of you. And for as much of a show Astarion puts on, for a vast majority of the game, he doesn't see his body as a part of himself, just a tool others will use if he doesn't take advantage of it first

[LadyElvan]

I'm going to be That Gal: what's the doublet he's wearing? I don't know I've seen that and it's a good fit on him.

[KollbjornYT]

I always back Astarion up when it comes to the Blood Drow because my friend is a person, not an object. I also know you don't need high approval or must be in a relationship with him to get this. I got this by asking Astarion why he wouldn't bite her then respecting his wishes.

[sej]

The response, to asking if he ever enjoyed it… big oof

[kerobzcyn]

"Cazador's pleasure chambers" 😢 😢😢😢

[charlotte]

Am I the only one who thought the scene with the drow blood merchant was rlly cut and dry? I’ve seen [SPOILERS] ppl confused about Astarion breaking up with them after they make him drink it (or choose the “do it if u want option”). Personally I felt like it was a super clear scene in terms of him establishing his own autonomy and seeing u as undermining that if you asked him to do it in any way. When he says these lines after about seducing ppl for Cazador (and from what we know of how Cazador manipulated him, sometimes giving him a choice and then punishing him either way) it was a pretty clear choice to me of backing his EXTREMELY CLEAR “No” on biting her. Idk even without the follow up scene a lot of his previous dialogue made me aware he’s been deeply hurt and used and lacking autonomy, somehow I do feel like ppl get caught up in his sexy vampire schtick and ignore how tragic, lonely and scared he is! I didn’t romance him this run (my tav is only interested in women) but I found myself really wanting to help him heal and grow, despite all the dubious stuff he says, because I could see how much his past had hurt him.

[TheMegamangaArtist]

I never had this dialogue when in a relationship with him, in my latest playthrough, I just had high approval and got that dialogue for the first time. (was wondering, why everybody says, things about s**ual a**se and stuff, when he always seemed fine to use his assets XD but with that dialogue, I finally realised, where it came from)

[MoonsongReverb]

That dialogue is not so rare for me. That’s the dialogue you get with unromanced Astarion

I should know, mostly didn’t romance him ;)