Anonymous Gambler · 6mo
thinking abt... aven who came out of his trauma hypersexual and flirty because it's Easy, because it's what he knows and it's easy to make people do what he wants if they want HIM. but then sometimes if someone touches him when he's not expecting it, he flinches, and sometimes he ends up dissociating after sex for a bit until he shakes his head and comes back with that smile like "sorry, what?" like he wasn't just reliving years of trauma in his head. (who really enjoys sex, but also feels guilty about it)
ANON YOUR BRAIN 🥹😭 this is exactly how i see him too… he’s acclimated to it for Survival and to Get what he Wants. if he knows he’s going to be sexualized anyway, might as well do it on his own terms. but at the same time his inner child never quite healed from what happened to him😭😭😭 ok not to bg3 all the time but there is a scene in the game where if you romance astarion and have a (consensual!) foursome with him and the two drows, he dissociates during the sex, because even though he was excited about it and wanted it, he ended up unwittingly reliving the trauma he had been through 😭 and that scene really bothered me because as the player you never get a chance to talk to astarion about it. but i can see the same thing happening for aventurine whether it’s like. experimenting with a new kink or trying poly or something like that where he kind of… goes out of it for a bit. BUT his partner would notice and would comfort him and help him heal….!!
