Originally Posted by autistichalsin
That's my thought as well. I don't like when people say that Halsin talking about his sexual assault should be removed entirely. That removes him as representation. And Halsin represents a very important, overlooked kind of sexual assault survivor- namely, the messy kind. The kind who downplays their trauma because they can't face it, who self-victim blames, who still enjoys sex- a LOT- the kind who is big and was abused by someone smaller, males who were abused by women... You get the idea. The kind of survivors who are heard less in real life because people have one idea in their mind of what a victim is "supposed" to be. Halsin is very important to me, for just this reason, and so I don't want to see his conversation removed. Like you said, I want things added. I want to be able to talk to him about it; to ask why he won't call it abuse, why he will show sympathy to others who have been abused (like Astarion) but not himself. I want to be able to validate his feelings and help him put a name to what happened to him, to remind him that just because he's big doesn't mean his feelings don't matter (something he says multiple times is a sore spot for him) and that his survivor guilt (both towards the Shadow Curse and towards the other murdered elf victims he noted he saw in the Underdark during his captivity) doesn't mean he has to be grateful to his captors. I want to help him through it all. frown
These are valid points and I do think too that adding some content about his SA would probably feel better than outright remove it(But I think ppl wanted either to expand on this theme so it feels more right or, if there are no resources/time, better to just remove it).

I do think though that Halsin should be pruned a bit in his attempts to join MC or couple in some in game scenarios. I'm obviously talking about famous drow scene and Shadowheart/Halsin banter. I am not talking to remove these interactions entirely, but to put it behind active double romance option(Halsin+SH at this point). That would make much more sense.