Originally Posted by Netav
Originally Posted by autistichalsin
I'm not the person you were replying to, but going in order:
1. "are you okay with Halsin's behavior in the game?" Yes
2. "Do you endorse it?" Yes
3. "Do you think the polyamorous proposal he makes to the player is well written" Yes
4. "or that you can only talk about his past with the drow if you engage in an orgy with him?" Could be better
5. "What improvements would you suggest for Halsin currently?" Let us talk more about his past, let us see him be more interactive in act 3 (I.E. the Dragonborn Druid). Hell, give us tadpoled Halsin, why not? Ketheric Thorm specifically sent the Shadow Druids to the Emerald Grove as a psyop so they couldn't fight back against him; why not have him decide instead that tadpoling their leader and bending him to the Absolute is more effective? (I like it as it is too- I like that Halsin isn't traveling with the team only to save his own skin, like you can say for most of the others- but a variation with tadpoled Origin Halsin would be pretty interesting in the definitive edition, honestly.) Give us Halsin shifting to Daddy Halsin- give us scenes of him comforting the city's orphans (especially Yenna) in between battles, running himself a bit ragged trying to help everyone, and realizing he just can't, to his distress. Or if it needs to be connected to the main plot and can't involve a tadpole, well, remember that dropped thread from act 1 that the Shadow Druids were heading to the city? We could either get that oft-discussed "Halsin the ecoterrorist" plot, or maybe the Shadow Druids attempting revenge against him for denying them the Emerald Grove. There's a million directions you could go here honestly.
And keep him as the wonderful, poly, sex-positive person he is, because this thread demonstrates exactly why we need to normalize open discussion of sexuality. If absolutely necessary to appease people, sure, tweak some of the triggers so that the Shadowheart party banter only triggers if they're in a poly relationship and so that Halsin doesn't invite himself into the orgy (only Astarion, because it's adorable when he does it, but terrible when Halsin does, see.)

I don't think poly proposal is well written simply because: 1. He accuses the player that they treated him as a lover, not a host. 2. There are not enough dialogue options imo.
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Originally Posted by autistichalsin
1. "are you okay with Halsin's behavior in the game?" Yes
His behaviour that ppl are not ok with is simply what you described later in your post. Self-invitation to drow orgy + SH banter. Also, honestly, his line about smelling your partner on your skin is a bit off.

I would like personally if Halsin got some content in act3, like that druid with a tree or Jaheira's house, something with shadow-druids(as you mentioned) would be cool. But thats dlc worthy stuff.


To me, it just sounds like he was confused and said "oh, I thought this happened, guess I was wrong." I think people are reading way too much into it.

Lae'zel has a line in act 1 that is FAR worse, saying that your scent arouses her- yet everyone is okay with that. Literally everything Halsin does (besides being poly, I guess) that people object to has been said/done by another character with no objections.