Originally Posted by Cowoline
Yes. Another thing that irks me about that is the "several times". It plays right into him being so sexually traumatized that he has evolved it into a full-blown toxic fetish.

Halsin does not come off like a person, who has dealt or is dealing with his trauma, bit has poured his entire sexuality into his bears instincts in order to cope and suppress the trauma.
I can't say much about his romance, since I'm not planning to do that ( though his pick up line is cringy as hell).
But about the bear thingy:
I hoped that Halsins bear changing issues came from him being a werebear and that he'd had a story in act 3, where we would help him coming to terms with it. Act 3 even has were creatures, so that would have made sense - if they scratch Helia for him, at least give him a bit of her story.

"We are all stories in the end. Just make it a good one."

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