Originally Posted by Bigli
Jesus that's some real monkey paw shit for the Shadowheart fans that are asking for changes for a more monogamous relationship with her. If they added something like that it would absolutely ruin this game for me.
Yep. Right now, it's just bad writing because in neither of their cases does it makes sense to want anything more than mono based on their writing prior to the 'turning point' (and, in Shadowheart's case, after the 'turning point' as well, because it has no consequences). But at least it's optional for Shadowheart right now - just leave Halsin rotting in camp and ignore the knowledge that you shouldn't have. Her initiating this dialogue would turn it into unavoidable. Halsin wouldn't survive a single game anymore where the player romances Shadowheart.

Originally Posted by Madguise
It's one of the fetishes of the author, along with bestalility and incest. Seriously, they did'nt have to make the drows twins but they did. Even in game the characters in the brothel say that the twin thing is for the degenerates of Baldurs Gate. I'm warning anyone that in the DE of the game there's a 90% chance that John will have added in dialogue with SH in regards to Halsin. These two characters are his. I'll just stay away from any character he writes to be a romance option in the future, had I known he wrote red prince (I was under the impression he wrote Ifan, rip to me) I would've steered clear since this infidelity thing is a main point in Red prince's romance. Now seeing how he writes Halsin, and in relation SH, I now see this is another one of his fetishes.
That's the thing. In the case of the Red Prince, if it was a main plot point, it was at least consistent with how he wrote the character. It's not right now for Halsin and Shadowheart. But there is indeed the possibility that he will write the inconsistency away in the completely wrong direction (after all, look what he did with the Halsin EA feedback). Though I don't think that'll be good for their (Larian's) reputation.

Last edited by Michieltjuhh; 12/10/23 01:56 PM.