Originally Posted by JeyFrey
This is nothing but cherrypicking. He can't accept a female Drow noble because of what he had to experience in the Underdark, yet he still talks way to positive about his "youthful misadventures" and gladly takes the opportunity to get it going with the Drows. If he really would be shocked by everything he went through, he would most likely have a huge problem with Drows in general.
Larian should clearly draw some boundaries. He either should be fine with every Drow (not only for sex) or every Drow should have a hard time with him, that means its more difficult for a Drow Tav to earn his trust/approval, he should be clearly against Minthara but also clearly against the Drows in the brothel. You can't just ignore his past just to have another (poorly written) fade-to-black scene just so the crowd is happy. In all honesty, this game is really a good example of how not to include sex into a game. No one is talking about the good story, no one cares for all the nice things they included in the game. No, social media is just full of horny posts, thirsty, hormone-driven people like this is a truth or dare-party for some 14 year olds.
If this is what future RPGs are aiming for, then I guess I have to step away from it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against sex, it's quite the opposite, but if a company says something like "sex shouldn't feel like a reward" and "we take relationships serious" then they shoud live up to the expectations - and clearly they failed. Like someone said in another thread, it feels like some 16yo "romances".
For everyone older than that (or at least with a more grown-up mindset), this feels just like a party consisting of multiple Costas from the movie Project X.
I will just add +1 to this, because you basically voiced my opinion too.

Originally Posted by autistichalsin
3. The revised post-Drow scene: THIS was what I wanted, more than the ending to be fixed; as a survivor, I was desperate to have my voice heard on the hurtful way he was written before. I still have some concerns (the way the player can talk to him about repressing his trauma sounds really harsh and judgmental instead of genuinely concerned about Halsin's Stockholm Syndrome, and his reaction if the player character essentially suggests selling him back into slavery is way too mild. For any other character, this would result in them instantly dumping the player. I need this to be treated as an irredeemably evil thing, if it is kept as an option. And definitely not being followed up by him "thanking them for their counsel" the same as for the other options.) Other than those concerns, I am thrilled, and grateful to Larian for fixing the original, deeply hurtful scene.
I would say this: on one hand yes, the issue with drows should be expanded and processed, but BEFORE we go to brothel, not after. On the other hand, this scene appears basically out of nowhere. I don't know, maybe the writer wanted to add some "spiciness", but the tool he used is wrong. So there is another option, the easiest one imo - cut this dialogue and Halsin's line in brother about "reminds me of my youth".