Aside from the very premature conclusions about my sexual desires, the rest of your reply was well worded.
I have a social circle where sexual references and jokes that are very on the nose is perfectly accepted and enjoyed, without any of us ever having taken those words into actual action or practice. So I don't read much into how the characters in BG3 interact in that regard, it seems that is how they have been written. Maybe the writers have spent a lot of time watching Critical Role and assumed that is how everyone enjoys their DnD banter.
Then I apologize if I have painted you in a bad/unflattering light. Some statements did seem to me, how should I put this, cuck adjacent. I might've jumped to a conclusion in my initial response.
I still disagree with your take on it tho. As for your reference to your private life and jokes being made, it is normal to joke in friend groups even finding someone attractive is normal. We are human beings, having likes and dislikes is normal.
But there is a difference between saying that person is attractive and going out of your way to flirt with them while in a relationship. It comes of as betrayal of trust to many, especial when you learn that the person you are with is actively longing for someone else.
Even tho its connected to Shadowheart and how she is portrayed (contradictions and all) I don't want to steer this thread into a real life relationship discussion. So lets stay on the 'lets agree to disagree'
I can't comment on Critical Roll since I don't know much about it. I was never a fan of the whole table top DnD, to be honest. I like the lore and the setting but the table top aspect was never attractive to me.
Originally Posted by Avallonkao
I personally still think that her personality from before Act 3 to after finishing her quest just turned 180 in terms of her preferences, since before it, it was never once (again, unless I missed something) mentioned or hinted that she was into this sort of things or especially into halsin of all ppl.
No it was never hinted or shown that she was interested in cheating on the MC, on the contrary there are few examples where she is against it and the whole idea of sharing.
Same with Halsin, the Mizora scene feels like it was added after her story was established. (seeing how she goes from I don't like sharing and cheating to a sudden I'm totally fine with you sleeping with Mizora but I'm still mad you didn't tell me)
Some people might say that her past is indicative of her being down with it but I would disagree. The only thing her past shows us is that she had previous sexual experiences (casual sex/hook ups - like the rest of the companions, you wont find your pure virgin if that's what you are looking for - I know some people are looking for that :/) and seeing how she is rather possessive of you during her romance 'I don't want to be your spare lover'/'I would always want more of you' the idea that she would suddenly flirt and try to cheat on you with Halsin does come of as strange.
Originally Posted by papercut_ninja
Looking at the other thread regarding Halsin, the main issue seems to lie there. Once Halsin becomes a companion, they seem to have decided to lean very heavily into the daddy-bear joke and assume that those who bring Halsin along are the ones who are interested in exploring that whole poly-dad-bear story arc (since there's no role for him to fill otherwise with Jaheira as the more obvious canon character). Unless I am missing something there are no quests in act 3 where he plays any major part, so the writing assumes that you only brought him along for bear jokes and poly-romance and they make Shadowheart adapt to that. If Shadowheart didn't play along, would we have threads with people complaining that they wanted to have a Shadowheart threesome, but she is too much of a prude to go along with it and it ruins their fun?
As you have observed Halsin does come of as a joke daddy/bear character and in my opinion he comes as one of the worst written characters in the game because of his overreliance on kink and lack of actual development.
But I think the main issue that people have with Shadoheart is that they expected something akin to Morrigan. And you do get that up until the very end where the 'OC do not steal' Halsin comes in and contradicts everything you experienced throughout her story. (People tend to look for wish fulfillments/power fantasies when playin RPGs in most cases, so like with BioWare they want that happy ever after for their characters and romances without any twists. Just look at the Karlach thread)
I do wonder if Shadowheart had a different writer would her interaction with Halsin been any different. I would expect Shadowhearts reaction to Halsins flirting to be a strong no but because the writer had other plans for his fan-fic you end up with the mess at hand.
The threesome question and people writing different threads about it, I don't think so. Especially if you look at other character being strongly opposed to it, Shadowheart would fit right in. (and she does reject sharing and threesomes with others up until Halsin shows up) Peoples issue is that Halsin just overrides everything and assumes the position of a main character at the expense of the player.
(I don't know if you read or heard about the Harry Potter - My Immortal fan-fic but Halsin reminds me of that.)
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Well, there’s no shortage of “romance” options on the forum today.
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I'd rather stay with Shadowheart than with the Dubai princess. The former might give me headaches when flirting with Halsin, but the latter for sure will give me a computer virus and is already more annoying than the jokes if Dribbles the clown
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^yeah, seeking refuge in this thread if you guys don't mind. does dubai spam posting usually happens?
Damn it people! The hot Dubai girls in my area are gone!
