Originally Posted by ahania
Originally Posted by fylimar
Anska:
Halsin is a bit different: he seems to have a dedicated fan circle, but apart from that, he just doesn't seem to be well liked. A friend, who plays the game asked me, because he know, I'm playing BG3 since the beginning of EA, what the f.... Halsin is doing in act 3 and if they really couldn't come up with someone better than him - he gave Barcus as an example. And I said, that the only reason, he is there is a thirsty fancrowd and that is his story, nothing more to it. I mean, I literally couldn't give him a reason for Halsin being there, but horny players - and that is a bit sad.

Halsin is in a tough spot. Since he is the less cool druid companion it was always gonna be an uphill battle for the writers. They also decided to go with a poly relationship option, which is going to alienate a ton of people. It doesn't help that SH and Astarion being poly/not minding some side Halsin seems to be an executive choice rather than anything connected to their main story arcs.

It's a sidenote but by far the weirdest choice is Ascended Astarion being chill with Halsin. He's the most possessive romance option by far.
Ascended Astarion probably looks at it like lending out a toy to play with or something.