Also when I imagine a werewolf, and think romance, I'd like to think the werewolf is larger than me, you know... I mean, I'm not alone in that, right?
Not everyone and everything has to be romanceable and even if, I made a halfling bard in my first playthrough and she romanced Shadowheart and the scenes were cute and tasteful.
And I like the idea of Helia trying to find a legendary song. Or if she is a werewolf, that she has to come to terms with her lycanthropy, maybe a certain character in act 3 can help, given, he is a werewolf and not something else.
IDK about you but I would've loved to romance a werewolf, its bad enough that we can't romance a goblin or a dragon yet...
As for companions I don't really count half-elves as elves, Halsin personally should've been a Half-Orc or a Half-Elf because I refuse to accept any pure blooded elf having that body type.
I just want a great companion, imo the problem is, that there is too much focus on romances. I'll be ok with just Helia being a great character. If a romance, then a tasteful one, not some over the top kink like with Halsin.
"We are all stories in the end. Just make it a good one."