My goodness I've missed a lot. I'll just reply to two general things because.. there's too much otherwise. Sorry if these have already been covered en masse (I did read most of it, don't worry!).

1.
The act 1 wine dialogue. I've read the argument that it is supposedly her being playful, but if you look at what happens, it's actually exactly what she says it is. She doesn't want to share because she wants a 'first date' with you, alone. And all you do is kiss by the end of it, assuming you even succeed the insight check (not a tough one, mind). And after that, she'll talk about how she was genuinely happy about that first kiss. So no, it's not her being playful. It's just her wanting to share a bottle, but she doesn't want to share it with others there. So even if you ignore her character development, her comment about "not tonight" actually does not indicate anything more than her unwillingness to share a bottle of wine with anyone but you because she does not consider it part of the party going on (where a lot of wine is being shared, you can drink Astarion's!) - she considers it a first date with you. Which it is.

You asking if she doesn't want to share a bottle with others is, after all, a reply to her saying she wants to wait with sharing it until the others are asleep. Another implication that she wants to share the bottle (not anything else) with you and not with the others while the party is still going on.

2.
This is mainly for Netav. I'm afraid that while you prefer to read Halsin as a fling, the game doesn't seem to agree. I completely forgot about this previously when talking about it but don't forget that Halsin will actually be considered a romance partner after your sex scene together and you can continue kissing him all the way until the end. You can also break up with him. He becomes no different than any other romance, so there is no fling, it's actual romance. If that wasn't enough, the writers themselves called him poly, so the assumption of him being a fling because nothing else except "this is an inconsistency" would explain why she would accept him and not the others is unfortunately false until they change their stance, change the dialogue, and make it an actual fling (remove the romance trigger after your sex scene together, so you don't get romance specific dialogue with him).

Not something I want them to do, of course. For the sake of those that like Halsin I really want them to make him into a proper romance partner that gives them what they asked for, and turning him into an actual fling is the complete opposite of what they hoped for.

So it would seem we're back to square 1. The only line that could've possibly implied that she is open to sharing is not actually related to anything romantic (and would've been developed out of in act 2 anyway), and the idea that she would be up for open relationships because Halsin is considered a fling is unfortunately debunked by the game itself considering Halsin more than a fling. She's mono for ~2 hours of her romance content (almost the entire romance part), but for 3 scenes that amount to about 5 minutes that do not have consequences to her romance or add character development, she's randomly open for more without any explanation why. After which she's back to mono again.

TL:DR: It's an inconsistency, unfortunately, and we'll have to live with knowing it is until they change/remove it or change her story drastically to have it be consistent with it. Either way, I'd be content, even if I have my preferences on how they deal with it. I just want the inconsistency gone.

Last edited by Michieltjuhh; 16/10/23 11:56 PM.