Originally Posted by AmayaTenjo
What it seems to come down to is

They made him a sex object.

People who wanted him from EA diddnt seem to want a sex object.

None of us in this thread wanted a sex object.

I dont think Larians target audience really wanted a sex object either.

Im pretty thirsty for this man though too not gonna lie, but I wanted more than a sex object. I wanted a husband basically.

Im assuming this game brought in a lot of new players, people who have never played this kind of game before, myself included.

While I am a new player, I have always had an interest in DnD and Ive played RPG games before. So its not like I came in tottaly blind, but I think many other players are.

A lot of these people, especially the streamers, are playing it as a porn/dating sim/doll dress up game, not a role playing dnd game. These are the people that are okay with Halsin being a sex object. Some of them might even revel in it. The internet is weird like that.

I only hppe that as more pepple reach act 3 who dont like whats there become vocal about it.

My guesses: I think Larian wanted to make a horny character/characters for some time, but some people declined this idea. The pack of companions was full, all of them had their stories if not polished but ready to go with no changes (or very slight changes). And then people fell in love with Halsin, so poor guy became a scapegoat and a bucket for all thirsty ideas which were declined at the beginning. Having horny devils, succubi/incubi is obvious and trivial (we have Mizora, for example). Having a bear sex scene - now that is something new.
Again, just my guesses. In any case, I am agree with you, I'm sure people who demanded Halsin to become a companion didn't want to get what we got.