Originally Posted by Cawyden
And things are different with Astarion? I find more fanart, screenshots and fanfiction for him compared to Halsin. But he still got a decent development and a nice romance compared to Halsin. And not everyone is active on tumblr.

There was another meme: "Astarion - I can fix him. Halsin - he can fix me". It wasn't only about sex with Halsin. It was also about his character (as far as we knew about him) being mature, experienced, kind and supportive.

Yes, people saw an attractive elf and of course there was thirst too. Not different with Astarion or Shadowheart or Minthara or Gale or other companions. We even got a sex scene with Minthara before every other companion. Larian included it before anyone was asking for it. And why not? This is a game for adults, people are ok with the gore and brutality and everything but with sex they draw a line? I don't mind the sex scenes, I don't mind that we can have Halsin as a fling, but there were and are also people who were interested in a real romance with him too - and Larian seems to know that because they do have dialog with him that implies this. The issue is that it isn't consistent. He isn't just a fling. He isn't a fully developed romance option. He is a mix and in the current form it doesn't make sense.

To now look on Tumblr and imply because some people are now posting screenshots of him with naked upper body and one single(!) fanfiction that I found among a lot of other stuff posted that is not NSFW is the reason why his romance is lacking is simply wrong. Not every post on tumblr is about naked Halsin, and those who are I don't mind - why can't people just enjoy him being good looking? And there is other content too. And you have the very same with other companions (especially with Astarion) too. So this is really not a valid point, sorry.

Besides - if you feel Tumblr is lacking of whatevery you think is quality content for Halsin, then please share and post your thoughts/fanart/fanfiction or other creations. Easy to ask others to do things and doing nothing yourself.
The difference is that Astarion was always planned as a companion/origin.
Halsin was only made into one after a lot of demand. So his story was never set up for deeper interaction past act 2 and instead of rewriting him and larger parts of the story Larian just focused on the aspect demanded most. The thirsting.