Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Halsin Romance, Expectations and Obligatory Poly

I am going to suggest in that case that perhaps it's best to stick to making the case for what you personally want to see, rather than opening - yet again - a line of argument that is likely to lead to comments that have uncomfortable personal implications.

That said, I have no objections at all to folk who are poly themselves talking about what they'd like to see in the game, and if that's where you're coming from then my apologies.

But having people who are not poly themselves opining on what makes a "healthy" representation of a poly relationship seems almost guaranteed to lead to offensive comments, even if that's just out of ignorance. In fact, what looks like a repeated insistence on any poly content (or at least content that isn't straightforwardly monogamous) being "healthy" from people who would seem to prefer there not to be poly content at all feels possibly disingenuous, or at least unreasonable given that doesn't seem to be a standard applied to other relationships. And in my view, it's probably also undesirable given problematic relationships can make for interesting stories, at least if it's not done too clumsily.

Given I think we've recently had way too much of folk who aren't poly themselves making comments that have obvious real life implications for people who are, I suggest that anyone who is not poly themself really should step back now from the discussion of what good representation of polyamory in the game would look like.

Everyone else is still, of course, welcome to share their preferences and ideas for Halsin's romance as long as they express them in line with forum rules and show the level of sensitivity we'd expect when discussing topics that impinge on such personal issues. And as long as they don't derail this thread about Halsin when their primary concern is actually something else.