I love both versions of his story and it kinda rubs me the wrong way how Spawn Astarion purists will harass and judge people who enjoy Ascended Astarion while also picking and choosing traits they like from Ascended Astarion (and Wyll but that’s another discussion) to give to Spawn Astarion.
Batstarion? That’s a power only A!Astarion has. Spawn don’t have powers like that.
Dadstarion? A!Astarion actually mentions wanting children. S!Astarion doesn’t want to settle down.
Married Domestic Astarion? A!Astarion is actually happy to settle down in Baldur’s Gate. S!Astarion wants to travel and adventure, he even says settling down sounds boring.
You don’t want either Astarion, you want this guy:
#it’s like how they steal traits from Wyll#like actually I don’t think you like astarion either way#cause you shit on ascended astarion fans while completely declawing spawn astarion and forcing him into the woobified box#i started to really love ascended Astarion because it’s the only fan content that actually still lets him be astarion#spawn astarion content is so mischaracterized and woobified#please just romance Wyll or Gale#hell even shadowheart#and you sure as hell have no right to feel self righteous over people who actually enjoy the character as he is#bg3#baldurs gate 3#baldurs gate#astarion#bg3 astarion#baldurs gate astarion#ascended astarion