It's funny to me how some people defend Shadowheart by blaming Halsin for everything, when it's she who shows excessive interest in sleeping with the druid while she's in a romance
with the player. I say this because, aside from the Drow twins scene, there's a party banter where Shadowheart blatantly flirts with Halsin right in front of her partner, just
after their romance scene in Act 3 where she and Tav make love for the first time. If that's not toxic and inconsiderate towards the person she claims to love so much, I don't know
what is.
Honestly, after finding out all this, I started to dislike the elf for being so cynical. So much so that I haven't even watched her new epilogue yet,
She went from being one of the potential most beautiful romances for me, like Tali'Zorah's
in Mass Effect or Morrigan's in Dragon Age, to being the most toxic. I just wish the writer had made it clear from the beginning of Act 1 that this was going to be the elf's behavior,
so I wouldn't have wasted time with her in my first playthrough.
I doubt Larian will do anything to fix this, honestly, although I would really like them to.
Halsin initates this banter though, thats the thing. Yes, interaction is stupid, for sure and should be tweaked for sure.
Also she doesn't show any interest in Halsin if she is unromanced, which is funny(Halsin doesn't show any interest in her too).
When a guy you know flirts with your girlfriend, it's clearly his fault, but when your partner doesn't reject it, or worse, flirts back, it's her fault. If Shadowheart had said something like, 'No, Halsin, don't worry, I've learned to swim because I had a good teacher,' then that would have been fine for me. But no, suddenly it seems the elf forgot how to swim and needs a muscular lifesaver to prevent her from drowning (oh, poor thing). It's obvious that all these interactions are because the writer for Halsin and Shadowheart is the same person, and clearly, the author had a fetish for wanting to sleep with both characters he created in the same game. That's why I've always refused to let the same person write more than one character because it causes them to lose objectivity and start including this crap. Shadowheart had already said she didn't like sharing because she didn't want to be a spare lover, but now it turns out she has no problem sharing with Halsin? (It turns out the elf is a bit bipolar too).
