"No Brothels to be in DA4" as per Mark Darrah Tweet.

You're not just implying, you're downright saying it. What they did was 'cowardly', they were 'scared', they did so because someone labeled it 'rape' and any other reason is irrelevant. The language itself is clear. And if you're not trying to imply it consciously, you're doing a very good job of not realizing that you're doing so... something feedback is good for, you know.

And I keep stating precisely what I mean and been doing so for a while now, but sadly I just keep being ignored or strawmaned to oblivion.

Okay, we're getting to a point when you're trying to argue that it's not even an issue of labeling, but that he adjusted his content based on a reaction to it in the first place. I really think you need to step back and take a long, hard look what you're doing right now, because we're reaching some seriously wacky territory here... 

But it's not the sole reason why they've changed it. It simply didn't work. It took away from original intent - not just in a sense that the author didn't intend it. And the final product differs greatly from scenario that was described, meaning that the whole quest was extensively rewritten multiple times - which is entirely normal for games, especially this large and encompasses way more reasons for it than "look out! I've labeled it a rape!".

I certainly didn't invent you going on an pointless tangent about labels, nor I am the one who is so extremely set in trying to prove that Bioware writers are supposed cowards that - by implication - you're making some really unwarranted claims not just about Biowareans themselves, but creators in general.

All the time we're talking about labels in context of actual feedback, not just some random act of labeling you're now trying to separate and label (sic!) as 'not-feedback'.

And right now it seems that you want to dismiss remarks of fellow Bioware writers as some sort of nefarious/damaging labelling, instead of what it actually was: a professional peer review session that dealt specifically with what was there and encompassed way more than a few female writers voicing their concern. It's almost like you're trying to say that their initial criticism is invalid because... what? They're women? They hold certain views? What exactly is making their professional review held in professional setting among professionals NOT professional and just meant to 'attach a label'? And how exactly a feedback is supposed to look when they spot an issue, but they can't say it looks like rape or has consent issues without - according to you - it being 'not labeling'?

This is some serious attempt at hair splitting made with a blunt axe.

Sorry, but... what do you think feedback/critique is other than how other people perceive your work? It literally is a matter of hearing the different perspective and guess what - a different perspective won't happen without someone perceiving your work in their way. Everybody will always be subjective and everybody, to some degree, will use some some labels or generalizations, even if as a staring point, rather than end of discussion.

At this point I choose to believe that you're just either confused or there's some serious miscommunication going on here - because somehow I can't believe we're getting to a point that you're starting to sound like you're ready to deem ANY change based on ANY external reaction to presented content as a mark of cowardice - or whatever number of obviously negative things you want to call it and it just blows my mind.

You don't even have to be involved with any creative field to know that even well-established creators, or even whole teams of them, screw royally from time to time - you just need to open Google. I know and experienced enough to be aware that screw ups happen for zillion reasons that have little to do with incompetence or malice. We're just people and art is how we express ourselves and sometimes it's not easy to express ourselves without some mishaps.

I mean... its' a good thing that it's art, ey? That we can have drafts and experiments and things we sometimes push the limits of to see if it maybe work and we can later review and gain some feedback and adjust and iterate and refine in case we feel we need it, before we send it into the world and potentially end with an egg on our face or a stupid thing that wrecks something we worked really hard for or is just an unnecessary problem we have an opportunity to address?

So... because someone didn't know or didn't notice that some situations could be viewed as problematic they are NOT supposed to change anything, because 'changing content based on how it's labeled' is a sign of cowardice or creative weakness? I'm really losing plot here.

You're free to keep all the details of your private or creative life to yourself, but if I am to judge based on what you've argued so far I reserve the right to remain skeptical.