Halsin time! not as many because i've seen this scene a thousand times by now and also... i forgot. kind of. idk Halsin makes me too happy (i didn't say they'd be good screenshots okay bear (heh) with me)
bonus: more Reah + Halsin forehead kiss <3
so. i've indulged again. Halsin's act 3 romance scene with Raphael's cambion form (nsfw for obvious reasons)
bonus: squirrel with Raphael on his knees. also, Reah rocked up with a whole new fit
i like that the game lets you ask Halsin about his size (especially since Reah is a wood elf, too, and has never seen another of her “kin” as large as that man) but every time the “we don't know the reason” part comes about i want to scream.
Halsin, your first friend was nature. you are unusually close with your favorite wildshape (bear) to the point that it's giving werewolf vibes. you are a bear of a man, Halsin. Thaniel saw you protecting nature and gave you the bear-y build you're so bonded with.
Thinking about Halsin coping with the stress of the city through sex with Tav, trying to soothe his ravaged nerves by burying his nose into their neck until their scent drives out the unwelcome reminders of death in the streets, of unwashed bodies and pollution toxins in the air. Thinking about him seeking comfort in their warmth, of wanting them clasped around his arousal until he and they are mindlessly driving each through another orgasm, his hands splintering and cracking the edges of the wooden table holding Tav's weight because nothing of this artificial world can withstand his strength. How the patches of greenery and trees make his longing worse because it reminds him of the world he wants to share with Tav, to hold them close so they can hear the birdsong that's not here in this crowded hell and feel the moonlight he would have summoned to bathe them both in at night. Halsin holding Tav a bit more tightly, a bit longer than they usually would have, deciding that one more dive, one more taste of his dazed lover's body will give him the peace he needs to endure another day until their mission is done. And all the while, Tav is unaware of the comfort he's taking into their presence, seeing them as an unspoken dream he has no right to ask for, his selfish need for them manifesting as desperate passion each night.
halsin loves tav, very much. he loves their grey hair, their liver spots, their wrinkles, and their cataracs. he loves them as they slow down, as their body starts to give in to mortality, as they start to forget more than they should. and when it's time for them to leave him for a while, there's the most beautifully kept grave tucked away at the back of the cemetery, with flowers bursting from the soil for centuries to come. when the flowers stop growing, another name is added to the grave, and two lovers reach over planes to touch palms again.
i've been thinking a lot about how the dragonborn being the dragonborn might change their appearances... i had the thought of scales, claws, and fangs, also different eyes, all in all making the dragonborn look more dragon-y. my friend thought more spiritually (with horns, too!), like the armor you can shout into existence i suppose?
the true question however is, if they met the dragonborn before the first full shout (High Hrotghar) and the dragonborn ended up wearing gloves and a deep hood after, when they finally see the dragonborn, changed as they are, how will they react?
i have a few theories, for Kaidan's part i don't think he'd be too freaked out, more comforting, really. Lucien would likely ask to study the differences in dragons vs the dragonborn. Taliesin, though. somehow i imagine Tally would say something to the point of “not much worse than before”
anyway, feel free to indulge me, i'd like to hear other people's thoughts!