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Home»Game News»Japanese BG3 Player Throws Shade at Astarion, Pointing Out His Granny Vibes

Japanese BG3 Player Throws Shade at Astarion, Pointing Out His Granny Vibes

Being eternally youthful has it’s drawbacks.

Nat CollazoBy Nat CollazoFebruary 5, 20242 Mins Read
Japanese BG3 Player Doesn't Like Astarion Because He Looks Like a Grandma
Image Source: NBC and Larian Studios via The Nerd Stash

We just think that this is one of the funniest reactions to Astarion’s character that we have seen yet. For context, Reddit userย Outside-Ring140ย posted on theย Baldur’s Gate 3ย subreddit that his wife was currently playing the game. When asked why she wasn’t going after Astarion, the fan-favorite vampire, her response absolutely shocked him. She explained that Astarion looked too much like a grandma. We personally never noticed that resemblance, but now it’s almost impossible to not think that whenever we see him.

Maybe Astarion is a Secret Cougar

Japanese BG3 Player Doesn't Like Astarion Because He Looks Like a Grandma
Image Source: Larian Studios via Sensitive-Use-5594 on Reddit

To the original poster’s wife’s credit, she is a bigger fan of anime-style works over Western styles. This makes it seem like Astarion look like a grandma to her.

Both my wife and I are Japanese. Wife tends to prefer Japanese anime-style works over Western ones, so to her, Astarion’s (sexy) wrinkles seem like those of a grandma.”

Outside-Ring140

Now that we take a closer look at Astarion’s face, we just see an old woman. The comments mostly agree, with some even reminding other players that even Astarion realizes this a bit. Once your character realizes that Astarion can’t see his reflection, you have the choice to tell him about his looks. One specific commenter explains that when you point out his laugh lines, he takes a bit of offense to it.

Indeed. If you pick โ€œcreases when you laughโ€ he says something like โ€œIโ€™m an eternally young vampire, not your doting grandmother, you can do betterโ€.

OblongShrimp

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He’s had a lot of time to build his self-esteem, but it looks like he still has a ways to go. To be fair, being referred to as an old woman when you’re an eternally young vampire would offend us a bit as well.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is available for PC, PS, and Xbox Series X|S.

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