Originally Posted by Auric
Originally Posted by Sobocles
I've already seen some comments calling her shadowWh**e.
Most comments like this come from the same people pearl-clutching about how she can only ever be purely monogamous and any interaction that can lead to implications contrary to that (like the thread title) should be removed from the game. They call her that simply because the content exists, and ignore that it's only accessible through player choice; choices they themselves will never make and only develop the character in that direction in the context of those choices being made. So it rings a little hollow that they instantly start hurling misogynist insults toward what is otherwise their favorite waifu when in their own playthroughs those interactions will never happen don't you think? Projecting such insults about a fictional character because of content they'll never personally engage with beyond their intense anger at watching it on youtube has nothing to do with the writing or its quality and everything to do with the... social values (or lack thereof) and insecurity of the people making such ridiculous insults.
Originally Posted by Auric
Originally Posted by Sobocles
I've already seen some comments calling her shadowWh**e.
Most comments like this come from the same people pearl-clutching about how she can only ever be purely monogamous and any interaction that can lead to implications contrary to that (like the thread title) should be removed from the game. They call her that simply because the content exists, and ignore that it's only accessible through player choice; choices they themselves will never make and only develop the character in that direction in the context of those choices being made. So it rings a little hollow that they instantly start hurling misogynist insults toward what is otherwise their favorite waifu when in their own playthroughs those interactions will never happen don't you think? Projecting such insults about a fictional character because of content they'll never personally engage with beyond their intense anger at watching it on youtube has nothing to do with the writing or its quality and everything to do with the... social values (or lack thereof) and insecurity of the people making such ridiculous insults.



It’s a shame people called her shadowh*e that’s pathetic.

It’s NOT player choice that is why people are so angry.


I didn’t even talk to the guy and he would invite himself into the relationship via banter.

Shadowheart response enthusiastically to his advances so it feels like crap when you wanted a mono relationship.

What makes it worse is that In act3 you’re locked out of all the other relationships so you basically wasted 60+ hours of your life.

If the banter didn’t play out and you didn’t have to knock out Minthera in a good guy play thru to prevent Halsin auto join he wouldn’t feel so forced onto you and you wouldn’t have him muscle into the relationship.

This could easily be solved with an in game conversation with shadowheart locking her into a mono relationship or a poly relationship.

If you lock her into a mono relationship the banter doesn’t play out.

Shadowhearts writer didn’t write the romance.

The characters writers only wrote how they would react to a situation and the banter lines.