Well that was an interesting read lol.

I think there are two issues here.

1.
As much as I understand the dislike towards Shadowhearts behavior towards Halsin and trust me I hate it too (I mean I wrote the damn post), don't let it affect your real life. Criticize it, hate on it, let the developers know that you don't want that shit in your games but do remember that its still a game. (Your emotional well being should come first, becoming depressed because of someone's bad fan-fic should never happen.)

2.
Now for the fun part. Some people seem to be missing the point it seems. All of these ideas of killing Halsin, keeping him in the camp etc. don't mean shit laugh I'm sorry to say this but the writer made sure that her interest in him is a sure thing no matter what after you complete her romance. Yeah you might say 'I didn't see it, so it didn't happen' but you could also not recruit Wyll or not talk to him and then say 'He's a bard from Neverwinter that has no devil patron'.

Not seeing something doesn't change what was tacked on after her romance. (And it was tacked on. Now the question is whether it was malicious or just a victim of a rushed release/rewrites) She still flirts with him after establishing a relationship with the MC (explicit or not, doesn't matter how you want to call it she does it while in a relationship) and the now infamous brothel scene.

Indeed you need to initiate it but what people like to ignore isn't the fact that the player is the one that pushes it all into motion but Shadowhearts reaction to it.
Every single companion is either against it or apprehensive while Shadoheart is the only one bursting with enthusiasm at the opportunity to sleep with Halsin. Rejecting that opportunity leads to her showing dislike towards it and if you do decide to take the plunge the whole scene revolves around the two having sex while the MC takes a step back.

So no, its not entirely up to the player whether Shadowheart is thinking of Halsin and fantasizing, what's up to the player is the choice whether you want to know about it or not. So again I ask a question, why would I or anyone else want to go through a romance that establishes one thing only for that thing to be thrown out of the window so that some writers fan-fic could be slapped on at the end.

A lot of people playing games and in real life tend to take issues with their partner obsessing over someone else/flirting with someone else, it has nothing to do with insecurity but everything with self respect.


-To the Red Queen I'm not using this to insult anyone, just pointing out the mentality of the writers and how that might have influenced the writing-

https://twitter.com/fiddlecub/status/941676162534772736?ref_url=

There are other examples but this one is a funny one.


ps. Take some time to enjoy yourself, don't get too upset and hope that they do rewrite it where a character you are romancing doesn't end up being more interested in someone else compared to the MC.

Last edited by Rotsen; 13/09/23 11:01 AM.