Originally Posted by Sobocles
Yes, Shadowheart's reaction is simply bad writing. We could spend all day trying to find some sense or double interpretation in it, but the problem is that it doesn't have any. This has a name in scriptwriting, it's called 'Out of Character' (OOC), and I'm surprised that Larian fell into something like that.

P.S.: In the epilogue, Shadowheart is also insecure, so much so that she's embarrassed that the life she has with Tav isn�t interesting enough to share with the other companions (despite being happy with it).
She is not that insecure.
I agree that it feels OOC, but the point of this thread is to actually improve that and to make it make sense somewhat.