Yeah, it just seems like all the people in the public sphere writing articles, making videos and commenting have only played and experienced Halsin through the straightforward consensual romance path.

They aren't aware of the problematic writing around consent and communication because their angle was to explore what happens when you romance him, not what happens when you reject him. And it also takes a while before the true ugliness comes out when you reject him, it all seems relatively fine with him simply responding that of course he will respect your decision and not pursue it further (though with some problematic implications of victim-blaming, but it's easy to look past if you assume that that's the end of it). You need to keep playing and continue the story for a while before the whole toxic shitshow comes full circle.

I hope some of them lurk around these forums and find out about this, it's pretty hard to miss as it currently dominates a lot of the most active discussions.