Like joking aside that guy is right though, I do approve of Halsin's behavior because I am a shameless, valueless slut who belongs to the streets. imo Halsin is a delightful slut who could stand to be way sluttier! :3

I think that Halsin proposing to a coupled-up avatar as a culturally nonmonogamous guy is never going to feel right to people disgusted by nonmonogamy no matter what revisions are made to his writing, so appeasing them should not factor in. It's always going to set some people on edge that he's propositioning as a third, and they're going to be grossed out no matter what changes are made to his writing because nonmonogamy grosses them out and they see it as disrespectful. Some people are participating in this conversation baiting people to harass them, others are genuinely horrified by what they call degeneracy, others are here only as Team Shadowheart wanting her disapproval for cockblocking her at the brothel and her late-game flirt to be removed, others want Halsin to be edited to fit more with the monogamous headcanons they made about him when they played early access.

Some players claim he still asks to join their closed dynamic three or four times. If this isn't a weird bug, the change that I've sent feedback asking for is to put a flag on a "decline" option chosen in his 1-1 chats to foreclose whatever these future propositions in 1-1 conversations are. Except at the brothel, where even given a previous decline, if you add him to your party to take him with you to buy sex, he should always offer to join if you want to have his company.

Should his reflections on having been made into a sexual commodity himself only come up when you bring him along on the sexual commodity sidequest? Yeah, that tracks for me actually. It comes up there because it's relevant to him to discuss it in that context and in none other that appears in the game so far. Wouldn't be surprised if they patch it to remove the context of paying for sex before he opens up, but I personally like the way it is now. It feels realistic to learn that after a certain type of intimacy is shared between you, he'll speak to his related experiences. I know players do not like when intimacy with the characters is locked behind any type of gameplay barrier that they find personally repulsive or don't want to RP their character participating in, like when Astarion romancers don't want his romance initiation to include sex but also don't want to play as Karlach.

"I want only you" - I've been thinking about this line and something occurred to me, sorry if it's been brought up before: is this because only one person in multiplayer can romance him? I've sent feedback about this line, that it's romantic and a big expression of love, and that it could raise confusing and conflicting feelings for players who subsequently learn that he does in fact continue to want others after saying this to you.

Because, Halsin also wants the drow twins, and Shadowheart, and "maybe one day the participation" of Tav's other lover (Shadowheart/Astarion). I'm wondering if this line is an attempt to close a mechanical plot hole in gameplay this nonmonogamous romance option introduces. In multiplayer, can two Tavs romance Halsin simultaneously? Or once one Tav locks in with him, does that foreclose the opportunity for the others players? Is this a clumsy way for the writing to say: "I'm locked to one player's romance now and the other three players in multi can't have me" even though it's inconsistent with other expressions of his desires regarding npcs as Act 3 unfolds?

Not that everything has to be perfectly consistent or conflict-free, characters can say things they don't mean, but I'm not sure if this is just dialogue handling a mechanical issue in a way that just isn't quite optimal/makes him sound like a liar/player in the context of a certain route of gameplay options. Which, if he is a player that's totally fine by me, it just seems that Larian has worked very hard in other aspects of his characterization to not make him out to be one.

I do hope "I want only you" gets tweaked to be consistent with him having the other wants that he shows in the game if you are a completionist about his route like me and see all his content. Making him romanceable by multiple Tavs if he isn't already (I haven't played multi where two or more of us try to be with him) would be AMAZING, or have him say instead something that is clearer about his amorous intentions like, "If you'll allow me to turn my heart to you, I will decline the advances of others in our company for now, choosing to pour into your cup until our fight is ended." Clunky I know, I'm not a game writer! I get it loses the spice and heat and yearning to replace the line; it's also a line that strikes me as strange in the context of him wanting others later on.

I've been overjoyed with everything Larian has done with this character since release! The epilogue is wonderful, sweet, and gives me every soft moment I could dream of with Halsin. I really hope his click-on voice lines are fixed at some point. I wish it had been a higher priority but at this point I'm just anxious to get them in the game at all.

(I see people posting here like the chimera line is still in the game? I saw people saying months ago it was either patched out or never present, and just datamined? Has it been in your games?)