It doesn't stop mattering, but like I said in the post above, it shows that they've changed throughout the story.
Lae'zel will have sex with you casually in act 1 and says it's nothing more than that. She doesn't care if you bang Astarion on the side. Lae'zel in act 2 falls in love with you and wants you for herself. That implies character development. It shows she has changed. To then have her be okay with you having a relationship with Halsin in act 3 all of a sudden and say "well, in act 1 she was okay with it?" is ignoring that character development she went through. That's what I meant.
Similarly, Shadowheart flirts with you in act 1 and while she declines attempts at making it open at the party, she evidently didn't flat out say "no". However, she does flat out say "no" in act 2. Therefore, the act 1 interaction is replaced by her character development, so it can't be used as an argument for her saying yes in act 3.
I understand this a lot better, thanks. I still don't necessarily agree cuz people change their minds all the time. It's definitely a problem for Lae'Zel, because as you say what isn't there isn't there and she IS quite fierce about her boundaries. But likewise what is there IS there for Shadowheart, and it's just Halsin's causing most of the problems other than the usual fan quibbling we're all doing wanting the rest of the writing to be more ideal in some way.
Originally Posted by KillerRabbit
I think people in this thread are assuming that SH prefers monogamous relationships. Yet no conversation about monogamy takes place on screen and three poly relationship dialogues do happen on screen. So . . .
Huh, kinda wild I didn't think to just say it like this myself. But yeah, generally this.
