Well, this thread just killed all motivation I had to finish BG3 - and especially any desire I had to do Shart's romance. Or even take her with me at all, anymore. Between the Halsin issues, the issues Shart has because of Halsin's issues, and how their writer also handled Red Prince's romance back in DOS2... now, we add character assassination of what, in my opinion, is one of the most well-written and complex characters in RPGs?

Baldur's Gate 3 really does get worse the more time passes. I don't even know if a Definitive Edition could fix these problems, anymore.

Thank you OP for the thread, regardless, though it leaves perhaps the most bitter taste of all in my mouth thus far regarding BG3's copious issues. I think after I do an Emperor run, I'll just... leave it alone, at least until DE - and only if DE manages to fix even half of these problems, which I feel is a big ask at this point.