Yes, and based on your definition I would say that it is indeed appropriate and justified. It is a mature game that is heavily centered around its characters and their relationship, and sex is a normal part of adult life in this context. As I previously described it enhances the narrative in multiple ways. Now I get that maybe from you subjective point of view a RPG shouldn't be centered around this kind of relationship, then maybe BG3 isn't the game for you. There are plenty of games out there with very minimal to no intimate scenes and I am glad there is one out there that isn't prudishly closing its eyes on this subject.
Ding ding ding, talk about hitting the nail on the coffin. It really just points towards our usual acceptance of violence in media while exploration of sex is considered taboo.
Now don't get me wrong, Mortal Kombat 1 got called out by numerous organizations and countries for being considered too violent, to the point to where it was banned in a few countries. Now we have God of War where Kratos pushes the eyeballs out of a God and everyone talks about how cool that was.
Even in BG3, You noticed how we're having this long conversation about sexuality, and yet no one brings up the horribly grotesque scene of the gnoll ripping out of the body of a hyena, which just goes back to my original point about how graphic display of violence and gore are acceptable, but exploration of sexuality has been held back in mainstream gaming for a long time.
BG3 is that renaissance, it's that necessary push to display sexuality fully and unbashfully. And like Mortal Kombat, there's bound to be resistance to exploring those areas. But 10 years from now, we'll be looking at BG3 as one of the games that help normalize sexuality in games, and Larian deserves a round of applause for that.
