Again, I've said this a number of times already. I *do*. I avoid that nonsense where I can. And yet, I murder a bunch of Goblins, and everyone in camp is telling me we should have sex. You can avoid a certain shed once you realize it's there, but otherwise, just by exploring you stumble upon a half-ogre in the making. I would avoid the whole Emperor character entirely if I just could for once, but he's always forced on you, and so is the the 'let's bang' option, that too is unavoidable - regardless of what choices you make up to that point. I never went for gay bear sex, but that's what was fed to me prior to the release. Withers even complains if you don't bang at least *one* of your companions. Just having Halsin in the party in Act 3 is like having a fifteen-year-old along for the ride, as all the party banter turns into these lame sex jokes and innuendo. The game constantly reminds you of the fact that there's sex to be had somewhere. I will stick by my original answer here, that I find this immature and unnecesary.
I didn’t take Halsin in my party, so I can’t comment on that, but on the others: yes, Lae’zel called for sex, and that happened. And Astarion did. And that was it. The emperor asks for more trust and a simple "we should focus on our task" (which is the most plausible answer there, I mean: it’s a mind flayer) gets a "this felt kind of short" comment in the scene while he tells you that you’re right, and that’s that. And you’d have to be crazy to lie with the Incubus instead of just slaying it (well, I switched to the former after re-loading after the latter, because the former seemed like a lot more fun). And who would accept the demoness’ offer where it’s clear that the goal is to compromise your partnership with your companion (and yes, if you try, it ends badly)?
Main characters who did not ask to have sex in my playthrough: Shadowheart, Wyll, Gale, Karlach, Jaheira, Minsc. (though there may be implied sex in some of the initial romance scenes with Shadowheart)
Halsin did, but Halsin feels a lot like fanservice (it’s fun to see fanservice being a male character — usually that’s the women ?).
I don’t know about Minthara, because I killed her on sight.
And all that said: I love it how BG3 explores sexuality. It brought me the best gaming experience I had in over a decade and it has me totally hooked.
I actually keep a log of the best experience each day, and the romances in BG3 hit that several times. You may find it childish. For me it was core to the enjoyment of the game.
And no, I’m not twelve. At 16 I would have considered that focus on romance as annoying. But that was more than two decades ago and nowadays I enjoy that exploration of different aspects of romance.
And I think it fits the game very well, because this game starts with Characters whose thoughts and memories and even feelings get connected to some degree, so they share an intimate bond. All of them are cut off from their original groups and have no existing bonds, and they are basically forced to travel together for weeks in the wilderness and trust each other. It is pretty likely that they would develop deeper feelings and explore intimate relationships.
The only part that’s less plausible is that they all focus on Tav, but that’s easily explained by being a game where *you* are the main character.
