Originally Posted by MarbleNest
Honestly for me, Halsin in Act 1 feels like he's barely there. I didn't pursue any flirtations or romance triggers with him at all, since my first playthrough is for Astarion - but it's like after I talk with him at the grove and then the party, and the morning after, he never has anything to say at all until I guess Thaniel in Act 2. Which feels as disappointing as everything else, tbh, considering how much interaction you can have with everyone else just in Act 1 alone.

Originally Posted by AmayaTenjo
Him being "poly" was the excuse, not the reason. And it shows.

It does feel like there was some kind of disconnect from what people wanted/expected. I don't want to assume malicious monkey's paw curling, but as horrid as this all is, I wouldn't put it off the table either. Ultimately, Halsin just feels disappointing in most respects, and maybe that's simply a result of him being added as a companion/"romance" from fan demand rather than actual planning. I don't know.

I'm the same, I played through EA a bunch and never actually understood why Halsin got so much love. He was always just there, and there was a contingent of people who adored him for no reason I could see. No one during that time ever really talked about his character either from what I saw. Even when I explicitly asked, the explanation was kind of lackluster to me for explaining why he had so much love. He had like, 5 minutes of dialogue in EA and it was never enough to make me interested in him. Maybe Larian thought the way I did and just assumed people liked him because he was sexy, so they leaned into that.