If you want to argue that Halsin isnt that bad and Helia sounds like an uninteresting character to you. Go ahead, disagreements are fine. I think everyone have been very clear that their thoughts around Helia are opinions and nothing else.
But you are using a genetic logical fallacy when you argue that something is or isn't right on the basis that it comes from the creator. If creators are always right, then there's no point arguing anything.
I want to argue that instead of Adding Helia (or new race, or new sub-class), we should push Larian to iron their game.
Helia isn't uninteresting character. I simply don't know what else there is to here apart from the initial premise and the following headcanon, wishlist and imaginative construct that follows the initial information of this thread.
I'm not arguing what is wrong or right with that argument.
I am arguing temperance. Video game is also a form of Art beside entertainment. Larian has publicly stated that "cut content" wasn't cut without reason. I simply trust them with that. However that doesn't mean I automatically think helia is bad and their fanbase must be nuked out of existence. I just think we should focus on more reasonable path to push larian to "fix" their game, because performance issue still happens and many still complain that existing storylines seemingly disjointed.