What I find so disturbing about the way Halsin is written is that he feels very reminiscent of the classic text book groomer. He's a wise older man who offers you his counsel, his compassion and empathy, he's deeply passionate about protecting others and nature, banishing all darkness and evil from the world, and he's this tall beefy handsome man. A lot of people get swept off their feet with that, and feel safe to be vulnerable to share about themselves with such a person. You develop a rapport with them, and out of nowhere, you're suddenly blindsided by this whole other side to them you never saw. Just like suddenly discovering at the start of act 3, that Halsin underneath all that, is in fact a massive objectifying creep, with severe commitment issues, who cares far more about his sexual wants / needs than the well-being of others.

I totally get how the "gentle dom" vibe is attractive, and I very much respect polyamory, and it could have worked out beautifully had it been done mindfully. But instead, the writing for Halsin has his dialogue and presence bordering on predator behavior, and the subtlety of it makes it feel a little too tangible. The writer was either profoundly tone-deaf and thoughtless, or just completely disregarded how triggering Halsin can be for a fair amount of people in real life. In my opinion, it is really messed up how the player is suddenly blindsided by Halsin's severe commitment issues, and the entire situation with the drow twins, to Halsin not taking no for an answer, to his own experience and perspective of SA. You don't unearth this whole side of Halsin until act 3, until after who've invested a lot of energy on either romancing him or SH. It's very understandably quite the shock and potential trigger.

Some think that they will not change his dialogue, but I don't think it's out of the question considering how many are complaining about all this. *Spoilers* In patch 5, they added additional dialogue for Halsin talking about his experience of SA at Sharess' Caress which improved some of what it was originally. So, why not fix the disapproval you get from him and SH, and flag some things so that he respects Tav not wanting to sleep with him. I really hope they continue to listen to us and fix this as they already have started to.

Lastly, the whole attitude some have about this just being a video game and to not take it seriously isn't helpful. When you're engaged in a story, no matter what form of media you're getting it from, and you're suddenly blindsided by something that is potentially triggering your real life trauma, it is real and valid. The writer did not handle Halsin's dialogue mindfully and sensitively — I'm not speaking only of the scene at Sharess' Caress — it is Halsin's entire presence when you look at the whole picture from start to end.

When you decide to brush upon SA in a story, you have to be mindful about how you do so. And when you create a polyamorous / gentle dom character, and get it so profoundly wrong that you inadvertently turn them into a predator, it's an insult to those who are genuinely good people who are polyamorous and / or Doms IRL.