Originally Posted by Sniffinc
Nym & Sorn Orlith: Yes, the twin drow prostitutes. I found them pretty funny(hire Sorn and try guessing his fetish or go for the orgy!), but the more dialogue options I explored, the more I liked them. The writing for them is really considerate and humanizing, respectful of consent, boundaries, and sex workers. There's even respect for sensual ace kink, which isn't my thing but I'm honestly glad it's there. I don't think any piece of media I've consumed has been so respectful of sex workers, and that made me like them more.

It's a realistic portrayal, but if you probe a little bit you can actually reveal some of the dark and ugly flip side which the game kind of just brushes away. Because humanizing themselves to you is part of the sell. They are sex workers who are actively working when they are talking to you. It is not a casual informal conversation. It is the same as when a car salesman tells you an emotional and romantic story that they had with their wife with this car. Not a single word of that story might be true. And you can actually expose that they are not from Menzoberranzan at all, so what else are they lying about just to excite you or put you at ease? But I do give credit that it's very realistically written, so realistic that most people fall for their act and don't question it. If the game really wanted to humanize the sex workers it would give you the chance to later learn how Mamzell Amira takes 80% of their profits and keeps them as forced labour under the threat of being thrown out of the city at the mercy of the army of the Absolute.

I also think it's a missed opportunity that unlike the interactions you have with them one on one, the orgy has no discussion about boundaries. You can't stop at any point, even to check in on the partner that the game literally tells you is going through disassociation right before you.

Last edited by papercut_ninja; 28/01/25 09:59 PM.