I'm aware I'm not making any great discovery here, but still posting this to contextualize the astarion vs bear scene
I think you're onto something, man.
When I was 11 years old playing Fallout and Baldur's Gate on my home computer, being mesmerized by the art and creativity that was quite clearly poured into those games, and having my imagination being totally enamored by them, I never really realized the actual truth about those games.
I want to thank Larian for finally allowing me to realize my true self and realize those games were really missing something vital to their essence. If only my 11 year old self knew, that all I ever really wanted was to have those games be filled with pornography.