True that ! In in cheating path... she is a total witch ! Maybe that will change is he starts to cheat .. But in the beginning he was a real ass that drove her there....
Debatable. Yeah he may have had a bit of an attitude towards her cause she was flirting with another guy but does that deserve to be cheated on for. Ok In some of the routes he does cheat on Nat with Jenna but she set him up for that fall so that she could cheat on Ethan. Yes Ethan is a fool for falling for that trick. Also Ethan hasn't been so devious as to set her up to cheat on him so that he could cheat on her. This is where I am in a bit of conflict with how the game is written, I would have liked to have seen a route where Ethan wasn't set up in the first place, Nat would cheat because she want's to cheat
I admire that you try to cover multiple routes. MP & FP can make choices to alter the gameplay, it makes for a more interesting game. In real terms, when you delve into multiple choices, a developer quickly faces, what could be akin to, "the tyranny of numbers" or the "butterfly effect" in the real scenario of coding and writing. Although they have desired to account for every nuance of the choices, developers are soon faced with that it can't be done. 1+1 = 2, 2 x 2 = 4, 4 x 4 = 16, 16 x 16 = 256, etc... with every "multiple choice" built into the game, it quickly spirals out of control.
Nat being friendly or flirting, Ethan being jealous or gracious, are this couple's duet.
so, the premise of your argument is entirely based upon who makes the first choice.
I've never argued otherwise, it's clear she loves him. My point is while this mutual cuckold relationship is evolving, it should be inevitable that Nat will evolve as well, and perhaps change her perspective on things with regards to Ethan and her overall feelings and thoughts about their relationship going forward. Her love might remain the same towards Ethan, but her attitude should change. How could it not. The fact that this was Ethans idea to begin with and not her own would amplify this, cause she obviously likes it a lot more than she anticipated.
I think if they are in tune with eachother all the time, and mostly follow Ethans desires, with no room for Nat to maybe reject Ethan's wishes and make a desire of her own come to life it would make for a very repetitive and drama free experience. I'm not suggesting Nat doing something out of spite. She does something she suspects Ethan might enjoy, BUT the idea is her own. Not Ethans. If he likes it, great. If not, now we have some drama and a curveball, how will Ethan confront Nat? How will she respond? One bad "tune", doesn't ruin the entire song. Spice things up a bit.
Sure if you want to disregard everything else i've said about how her character development should manifest itself in her own thoughts and ideas, which in turn will make her want to make choices outside of Ethans direction regardless of who started the "path".
I'm a little confused as to exactly what you want...
The characterization and motivations of both characters are not consistent from route to route. The character of the characters isn't set in stone until we make the decisions that shape them. It is almost as if the characters in different routes are different people in a different universe of a multiverse. For example, in order for Nat to be placed on the Peter route Ethan has to be far more of a brute than he is in any other branch even when Nat is treating him deplorably. Yet because of the decisions we have made Nat still loves Ethan more than she does in routes where he is treating her so much better. Yet in the happy mutual cuckolding route where the sequence of events that brought them there are virtually identical to the dual reluctant routes we were given the agency to decide how each partner felt about these concurrent events. So it is unfair to judge either Ethan or Nat by the attitudes of their multiversal variants because we are the ones who incepted those ideas into their heads. I know that seems a little too metatextual but when you see that each of them is a bit of a tabula rasa before we determine what kind of person they are the game tends to make more sense.
Both, this is a couples duet right? I want more singing from Nat
both in actions and thoughts. But like I said before the choices shouldnt be "path" altering choices, just minor choices within the mutual cuckold path to show that her character has changed, this lifestyle is affecting her. More than just in a sexual environment. Most of the choices she do make, and I know there are some, are in a sexual environment. Same for her thoughts, I wanna see more from her character choices and thoughts about Ethan and this lifestyle going forward outside of sex, when her mind is not occupied with lust.
Not metatextual, just a very polite way of saying something else perhaps by way of the author...
Well, I do like to be polite when I can. Manners can take you a long way. However, I admittedly wouldn't know how you mean that to be taken.Not metatextual, just a very polite way of saying something else perhaps by way of the author...
Examining Nat's character further would be great, is she a sexually repressed woman (some would say responsible), Or... is she going to be like Jenna?
I don't mind Jenna's character, at least she's honest with herself and more with others.
