Originally Posted by portionbeans
Originally Posted by Seho
SH is ok, they share the same author, I think it fits well. SH was also free when it came to sex, even before Tav.
That's the issue, jesus christ. You are so fucking dense it's unreal. The fact that she won't share with ANYONE else except the person who she shares an author with is 90% of the issue with it and is why Halsin comes off as some creepy self-insert and not an actual character. And no, I don't buy into this fact that Shadowheart is free when it comes to sex especially in her Selune route. You have to spend 2 acts of a slow burn romance until she invites you to the beach and when you do it feels like a special moment for your relationship and then suddenly she's okay with you sleeping with Mizora and the whole drow twins scene if Halsin invites himself against your will is a debacle it's so inconsistent with her romance up to that point.

And I know this is a Halsin thread but I'm voicing my distaste for this here because Halsin is huge part of why her romance feels inconsistent and borders on ruining it entirely.
Precisely this. She claims casual relationships were common among Sharrans, however that's all she remembers. She's been brainwashed every time she questioned it, meaning it's not what she actually wanted. Throughout the game you - and she - come to realize that's not what she wants as she falls in love with you, but without the brainwashing this time. Then she breaks free of Shar, leaving that abusive side of her past life behind, and needs your full support. Yet suddenly, she's open to inviting it back in? That's bad writing.

The Mizora situation is brilliant in a revolting way. Kissing nice guy Wyll? Hell no! Fucking his abusive slavemaster? All good.