Originally Posted by papercut_ninja
Ugh, if he could at least be casually cool with it. Everything really paints him more and more as a sad and pathetic figure, I don't even want to know more.

It's like they took every single one of my icks and inserted them all into one character.
Some people are trying to find logic in Halsin's actions and, unfortunately, it leads to such unpleadant conclusions.
I prefer not to do so since I (and many other people) see no logic at all, just poor writing. He is a very nice character, loved by many, who got stuck in a nightmare because of some questionable decisions.