The reasoning against expanding Halsin's storyline, that some people gave, was "the game isn't therapy." So if that is the reason, and it isn't just another way of saying "I just don't want Halsin to have a sympathetic story" (which is the actual reason for many saying this) then they would hate Astarion's story even more, because it is therapy throughout his entire story instead of just one scene. That's what I was referring to. If people don't like it because they think it's offensive, that's a different argument, and I still don't think removing it is right. If someone writes a gay character who is a stereotype, the answer to any hurt feelings is to fix the character's portrayal, not to make them straight instead. If nothing else, the latter would be rugsweeping; instead of acknowledging the hurt feelings, they would pretend it never happened, and that isn't how you repair hurt feelings.
Last edited by autistichalsin; 27/11/23 01:13 PM.
