Originally Posted by AmayaTenjo
They only made him poly because they wanted to do the scenes with the bear and Astarion. Thats it. I dont like the concept at all. I would prefer they just drop the whole thing but that isnt gonna happen.

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Originally Posted by AmayaTenjo
My whole argument is that Halsin isnt poly, never was poly. Poly is just the excuse, not the reason. Wether you want to call it poly/RA/insertanyothertermhere

Halsin is just treated like a side piece regardless. Hes not in a relationship with Tav/Astarion or Tav/SH. He just joins them for sex.

They only try to push this non monogamy for him because his whole "romance" was centered around him being a side piece and they have to try and justify it. It doesnt feel like a natural part of his character.
Here's the interesting part. The scene between Halsin and Astarion is played out as origin playthrough Astarion. It isn't related to him being an open/poly relationship character, because Astarion is the PC here, not the other romance companion. He actually doesn't ever have a threesome with the PC and their other romance companion. He has sex with the PC, once, and nothing more. The only exception is the scenario where he will insert himself into the drow twins conversation if the PC romances someone else, but here's the kicker - he does that even if you show no interest in him anyway, so again it isn't related to him being open/poly but just related to him.. existing and wanting sex. And it's the only time the game implies, at all, that he will have sex with more than just the PC.

So as it stands, he's just another romance companion that you just happen to be able to romance while romancing some others, but those together don't even do anything. And he, for some inexplicable reason, doesn't believe in relationships, even though he does in act 1/act 2. And despite the fact that he was meant to be poly, which is a form of relationship. So you are entirely correct.

It's mind baffling how much contradiction is going on with his entire romance. It's like there's nothing actually correct about it. That is quite the accomplishment, really.

Last edited by Michieltjuhh; 17/10/23 12:18 AM.