Im going to blame the writer. I think people are trying to work with what we got in regards to Halsin, but I think it boils down to this: it was bad writing. Even within the limitations of Halsin being a bit last minute, I dont see why it had to have gone this badly imho. I dont know much about Larion studios or their other games and things like that, but this John guy seems to have taken Halsin to be one big joke, not sure he actually takes the character seriously. Which I do not understand because as I said before, you can talk to him a little before the whole Thaniel thing. There is some bits and pieces there, and theyre good and interesting, I do not understand why they diddnt just expand on it, they just made up new shit. Im wondering if it was even the same writer. And now all the ways people *could* justify and/or work around his new behaviour, just feel like a huge cope and it just doesnt work. You cant make gold from shit. From the grove, to the shadowlands, to the MC. Everything in his actions and dialogue in the first two acts completely contradicts the "poly" thing, especially with the bullshit explanation he has as to why he is "poly", the drow thing adds uneecesary excuses for his behaviour and we honestly dont need another sexually traumatized character. And for someone he has dedicated so much of his attention to, he just up and leaves? Ok bye? No, that kind of 180 character turnaround in behaviour is inherintly flawed. Hes been ruined, and the only way to fix him is one of 2 ways. Either remove him as a companion and love interest entirely, keep him a camp companion. Or a re write. Him being "poly" was the excuse, not the reason. And it shows.