I am encouraging you to take the defense of your chosen life style to another thread that is more suited for you to express your own personal lifestyle choices, and how they impact you as a player.

I will encourage you to offer insight on Halsin's character as a whole, where you look at the many different aspects of his writing, and things that are in direct contradiction.

You should also comment on your reasoning as to why Halsin was a wise choice to choose for such a niche romance, when he was requested by a lot of people, who wanted an actual relationship with him. He got the Daddy Halsin nickname because he gave and air of stability, family and belonging that was then removed from the game later on.

You should also comment on as to why he has gone from being a beloved character to one that makes the majority of players wildly uncomfortable to the point, where they are asking for the option to remove him from the party and there are being developed mods to do so.

I would also be interested to hear your opinion on the treatment of downplaying the response to male rape victims. For many many years they have been a shameful stigma where they were told to surpress it. Halsin confirms that he did this and that it worked.

He has even developed a kink for drow because it reminds him of being raped, imprisoned and likely forced to be cannibalistic.

I am also interested to hear your thoughts on the following:

- His trauma over loss of his family
- His trauma over loss of Thaniel
- His trauma of having to disconnect his sexuality from his self because of the drow
- His trauma from being seen by most as a sexual object
- His loneliness
- Him surpressing his emotions and reactions because people treat him as not having feelings

Add to this that he has connected his sexuality so much to his bearform that he looses control of it, making his sexuality primal where the rest of him is a balanced individual.

All these things together can give the impression that his sexuality and commitment issues are actually a really unhealthy coping mechanism, where he does not allow anyone close emotionally because of trauma and because of hurt.

I would love to hear why this is not a valid interpretation of the destructive behaviour we see from him.