Originally Posted by Cowoline
Then I see posts like this and I wonder if these people actually paid attention to Halsin's romance at all: https://discord.com/channels/98922182746329088/1152198697476689960

These people keep using the word "relationship" completely ignoring/oblivious to the fact that Halsin states on several occasions is not that. And then they act as if it is the polygamy or the polyamoury, which lies at the heart of the conflict. I seriously hope the Larian team are actually reading our posts and what is being said instead of this assumption that the issue is "people don't like polyamoury" instead of what it is: poor character arc, conflicting dialogue and values, contradicting behaviour, and complete negation of the agency of the player character. Added with some really disturbing "coping" mechanism towards trauma.


And can I just scream into the void whenever someone says that Halsin is good representation of polygamy by being the most mainstream misconception on what that actually entails?

Halsin is not polygamous - he is sex without strings attached, and there is a difference that needs to be recognized.

Yeah, I saw that and got unreasonable pissed about it. I mean, the problem isn't the poly, it's the way it's been handled. Even the above mentioned post talks about openness and honesty and consent as the most important things, completely ignoring the fact that almost all of the critique is about the LACK of those things. Therefore he's the worst representation for poly, because he lures you in with very monogamy-aligned romantic lines, only to hand you the "no strings" line AFTER you've told him you feel the same way about him. Then he denies any option to openly talk about feelings and trust and consent and then he continues to be romantic in a very monogamy-aligned way, only to encourage you to sleep with others, and then finally leave you without any option to express your feelings.