Originally Posted by AmayaTenjo
100% this. I don't care what the dev notes say. This feels so grossly like coersion and that Tav is just looking for dick. If Halsin is just a "harmless affair" then its not a romantic relationship. They tried to do both at the same time and it doesnt work.

I wouldn't treat devnotes as gospel either. It was all put there as an initial intent or during development stages, and things might have changed since the inclusion of these lines. What is important is the end result and what we have in the game. Astarion is never fully on board with poly. He only agrees to it out of fear or to please his partner.

Originally Posted by Anska
There's also this thing that you are quite likely to first enter the brothel and then get Halsin's proposition. I am not sure what it is like for Wyll, but in case of both Astarion and Gale (though it was way worse for Gale before the recent patch) the brothel scene basically serves to establish Halsin as the sex-eager, virile, "fun" choice of partner compared to the other guys who have their reservations. In this order of events, it adds a special layer of discomfort to the discussions with your partner and gives Astarion's "because we haven't in a while" an extra sting.

This! Ugh, it's so cringy.