Originally Posted by Tarlonniel
Originally Posted by Cowoline
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.

Oh. You think he's going back to... relive the bad old days? eek I'm definitely using some other reason in my headcanon, I feel bad enough about romancing him with a drow as it is...

I can't really see any other reason for that comment. The way he says it really seems to allude to something in the lines of "a dirty little secret"/fetish. I don't know, personally I just think that comment feels off in so many ways. But then again, I'm not that familiar with the lore and what kind of intimate encounters one would have in the Underdark.

Originally Posted by Cowoline
Well, that is part of the reason why he is to eager to engage with the drow in the brothel. So, yes, I will say that is most likely the reason.
And I am so sorry, because that could make romancing him with a drow... problematic.

I don't actually remember him eager in the brothel. But maybe I missed something. In my original playthrough it was more like:
Tav: "You up for it, Halsin?"
Halsin: "If this is what you want, sure."

But it's more than possible that I simply rewrote the way it happened in my own head because I hate the whole brothel scene over all. I just did a quick test to know what happened because I'd heard about the conversation afterwards, in my actual game I reloaded an earlier scene and avoided the brothel wink . Also, the first time I encountered the drow at the brothel and had a conversation where I could ask Halsin if he was interested, Tav and Halsin hadn't had *that* scene yet. So what happened was I could ask him if he was interested, he says yes, but there was no way to actually proceed from there. He had to be fully romanced before participating.