Craysser

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I disagree, imo there is a very clear change in Orion's behavior after the "change".

Just compare the annie scenes before to this one of him taking her virginity. At least if you go the right way (continuing the foreplay), hes waaay less pushy than he was before.

And trying to paint him demanding/pushy in the alex scene is kinda ridicoulus.
Yeah, i am known to exaggerate when trying to get my points across because why not lmao so its understandable if you think alex thing is ridiculous. But even though i do exaggerate the things i still stand behind how i feel because there is a difference between objectivity and subjectivity. Yes objectively i know i am going too far when bringing alex scene, but personally i dont care. When they get transfered into colliseum and Alex loses her leverage she is in shock and asks Orion to stop but he ignores her words because "new pose feels too good". thats just facts. I am not saying that just because that happened its bad or that because its part of her scene that orion did not learn anything or did not change at all. I am saying that i personally did not like it because of the way it made ME feel when reading the scene. That is not a comment on the writing, its comment on the things i focus on. So its ok to say that its ridiculous for me to exaggerate to the extent that i did, but dont say its ridiculous that i think there are parts that made me feel uncomfortable in said scene
 

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On serious note, Calypso is not part of the harem but she is crucial component for the best ending. I mean it was spelled out to us from the very beginning she is a weapon. If Cari wanted her to be part of harem and was planning to postpone her joining harem for this long he could have easily put another girl with ? over sillouette to tease readers. The fact that 0.8 comes with brand new design of girl bios and calypso is still on the same level as maat and eva as "others" is another proof that she is not main girl.
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hmm, on one hand you prove my point that she is half the character othe girls are but on the other hand you disprove my direct quote that she is not main girl. I still feel like i was proven wrong somehow :D
I feel like calypso is only not a part of it to "hide" her importance.

Until this update we simply werent sure if she is a real or a digital being. Only the cliffhanger proved that she is very likely a real existing being. Otherwise it would have been like calling a bot your girlfriend :ROFLMAO:

She and her people could even be the origin of life on earth but at least seem to be the origin of the immortals, we dont know a lot so far.
 

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hmm, on one hand you prove my point that she is half the character othe girls are but on the other hand you disprove my direct quote that she is not main girl. I still feel like i was proven wrong somehow :D
Likely because unlike the other girls she has little to no dedicated side events and all of her events are basically in service to the main plot (whether it be infodumping the backstory of her lineage to being a main component in Orion's quest for the gems). Even our time in Hyril'ar in 0.9 will no doubt be main plot focused that'll be rife with infodumps and not a sidetrip like, say, Dalia's competition or Penny's photoshoot.
 

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Likely because unlike the other girls she has little to no dedicated side events and all of her events are basically in service to the main plot (whether it be infodumping the backstory of her lineage to being a main component in Orion's quest for the gems). Even our time in Hyril'ar in 0.9 will likely be main plot focused that'll be rife with infodumps and not a sidetrip like, say, Dalia's competition or Penny's photoshoot.
exactly. thats why she is just a side girl not a main one. she is a plot device, a tool, a "weapon of atlas" :)
 

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Likely because unlike the other girls she has little to no dedicated side events and all of her events are basically in service to the main plot (whether it be infodumping the backstory of her lineage to being a main component in Orion's quest for the gems). Even our time in Hyril'ar in 0.9 will no doubt be main plot focused that'll be rife with infodumps and not a sidetrip like, say, Dalia's competition or Penny's photoshoot.
Calypso is an event herself and don’t need side plot devices to move to development along. As you said your self she is tied to the main plot and it don’t get more main girl energy than that.

Check and mate ;)
 
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On serious note, Calypso is not part of the harem but she is crucial component for the best ending. I mean it was spelled out to us from the very beginning she is a weapon. If Cari wanted her to be part of harem and was planning to postpone her joining harem for this long he could have easily put another girl with ? over sillouette to tease readers. The fact that 0.8 comes with brand new design of girl bios and calypso is still on the same level as maat and eva as "others" is another proof that she is not main girl.
On the contrary, I have an exact opposite idea that she's the default girl Orion can always have an ending with, even if he fails every girl's path, the fail-safe LI. Plus, with the amount of scenes she's in (and that 0.8 ending), it's hard not to consider her as a main girl.
 

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To you, maybe. Cari seems to have a differing idea as to what a "side girl" is based on the quote I screenie'd. :whistle:
screenshot proves that my definition of side girl is different from cari's definition. But nowhere in that screenshot do you have a confirmation that calypso is main girl. If anything, i can use that screenshot to prove that calypso is not even side girl but just a plot device thus further downgrade her posibilities of being main girl :p

Calypso is an event herself and don’t need side plot devices to move to development along. As you said your self she is tied to the main plot and it don’t get more main girl energy than that.
This train of thought i like. Calypso being tied to main plot giving off main girl energy is the strongest angle i've read so far and i like it :D
i dont have a good retort to this at the moment but ill remember it and fight back if possible after 0.9 :p
 
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Craysser

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On the contrary, I have an exact opposite idea that she's the default girl Orion can always have an ending with, even if he fails every girl's path, the fail-safe LI. Plus, with the amount of scenes she's in (and that 0.8 ending), it's hard not to consider her as a main girl.
by that logic, if someone is scripted to be on orion path no matter what doesnt that make her consolation prize? "even if you fuck up your chances with every other girl calypso is still there to pick their sloppy seconds aka orion". it does not give main girl energy, its gives participation trophy vibe :p

P.S. btw guys, i love calypso i dunno how i got into this position but i never back down from being devils advocate lmao :D
 
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by that logic, if someone is scripted to be on orion path no matter what doesnt that make her consolation prize? "even if you fuck up your chances with every other girl calypso is still there to pick their sloppy seconds aka orion". it does not give main girl energy, its gives participation trophy vibe :p
It doesn't have to be a sloppy second though. Like, in OIAT, there is Etereum ending if you fail every LI on purpose. Perhaps, there will be a unique ending with Calypso by failing every LI, as well.
 
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It doesn't have to be a sloppy second though. Like, in OIAT, there is Etereum ending if you fail every LI on purpose. Perhaps, there will be a unique ending with Calypso by failing every LI, as well.
apples and oranges. we were not comparing oiat and eternum, we were discussing if scripting someone to end up with orion no matter what (cant lose her path) makes her most important or least important girl
 

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If she doesn't get her own relationship tab by next update I have a hunch she will die close to the end of the story.

And whatever happens I doubt she would be part of the happily after harem like the other seven girls.
thats what i've been saying. she is not going to be part of the happy harem ending, she is the weapon orion needs to use in order to get that happy ending. In fact all 3 weapons of atlas will be used in aid of orions pursuit of his canon happy harem ending. He will sooner or later need to defeat thanatos one way or another to get gems of doom and in the same time gain the sword that can cut through everything, by being on nova's path he has power of dione by his side and calypso is third weapon. These "weapons of atlas" will all be used and potentially destroyed by the end of the game, meaning calypso sacrifice herself to save all the npcs, save idriel, break the chains etc. etc. etc.
 
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