Originally Posted by ahania
Originally Posted by Netav
1.) Halsin general behaviour/writing, idk what writer wanted to show with this, but he is very much problematic and not only regarding SH obviously, killing him so far is the most right thing in my mind so far.

There are obvious issues with Halsin, but the bigger problem is that it's not just Halsin, who is poly (and horny) but also Shadowheart and Astarion. And at no point does the game flag this information to the player. So, the player spends 80-100 hours being involved in a romance, just to learn some major information about their love interests' relationship preferences around the end of the game. And when we finally learn this information, it's through a few lines of dialogue, which really isn't the pinnacle of BG3 writing.
Nah but, unlike "true poly" Halsin or w/e, who stright up says it to your character upon relationship start, they are not "true poly". They never say it, because they are only ok with an open relationship and treat Halsin as side fun(even in their dialogues they state it clearly) for Tav. No way they share emotionally, it's pretty clear in act2. I think the issue is with Halsin's writing and how they try to shove him in your face(I blame writer of Halsin for this). You don't have to go far to understand this, take Shadowheart for example, at no point in the game she asks Tav herself to open up relationship, at no point in the game she suggests side fine herself, she just goes along if you want it. Look at epilogue, game still forces you to choose in the end with whom to stick(game itself treats Halsin as side-fun, as Ast/Lach/SH romance always takes higher priority). So basically they were right and Halsin indeed was just a "side fun"(I guess this wooden elf/high elf lore also worked there).

Originally Posted by Ecc2ca
And it feels really weird and out of character, honestly, for Shadowheart, who has asked you to be with her now and always, to start talking about being with other folks.
Where does she even say that? If you are talking in general with her being ok with drows, it's fine I guess, she just follows Tav there, no? Mizora thing pretty sure she is not that fine with whole situation.
Halsin shit is obviously not fine, because it is too forced, but I blame Halsin writing for that more.

Last edited by Netav; 01/01/24 08:56 PM.