Halsin being poly really makes no sense for his character though. Like it really doesnt.

The dude is a walking talking commitment machine.

He commits to spending 100ish years researching a curse he is determined to lift, he commits to being archdruid, he commits to help us, complete STRANGERS, with our tadpoles which will take god knows how long, stays with us after the end of act 2 in spite of how much bigger our problems are now, he commits to playing daddy with a bunch of orphans in the end.

But he cant commit to Tav? Really?

The whole thing about him in acts 1 and 2 and even when he confesses to you is that he wants Tav and is dedicated to Tav. We help him with the shadow curse, he is grateful and helps us in return, we get to knoelw eachother and fall feeply in love along the way. Thats the direction the narrative was going up until act 3. It is a huge narrative whiplash for one reason. This poly thing was shoehoned in to excuse his writers bad writing and stupid fetishes and we all know it and it doesnt fit. Period.