Okay, I think there is too much fighting and insulting going on in this thread. It's not good.
First I would like to clear a few things up about my own opinion about this game as there is WILD speculation coming from people about what people do or don't think.
I feel as though the MC lacks depth, he lacks personality, he lacks an inner monologue. We really don't know him that well, we don't know his thoughts, we don't know his desires we really don't know anything about him other than he is thought of as in high regard to other nobles and knights in the kingdom and is no slouch as a warrior. We also know that he goes along with basically whatever his wife says or suggests. We aren't ever given a reason as to why. Now is this important? Yes! to several of us this means he's nothing more than a blank canvas with no will of his own. I said it before and I will say it again. He doesn't need to be a hardcore Alpha or hyper aggressive. Adding that now would only make things worst not better. There is nothing wrong with his laid back personality. People are okay with that, what the issue is other than laid back and deeply in love with his wife he's basically nothing by thought or action. We were told things about him, he hasn't shown us things about him. I would love to see his thoughts sometimes that go into more detail about why he goes along with his wife every time without opposition. (Example Text next break) So basically it's genuinely difficult to get a read on the Main Character, verses that same problem does not exist with any of the characters, simply because they put more of their personalities on their sleeves.
When she asked me to lay Lydia down I felt excited and ashamed, what must she think of me so willingly giving into my temptations, yet she does so with a smile on her face as to reassure me that I am not a monster. But a caring husband who is lucky enough to hold so much devotion that I may be shared with others without jeopardizing our love for each other. This is after all as much for her as it is for me. How do I feel about it? Am I worried she will love me less? At first I think I was but she has given me no reason to assume so, if anything our love has only grown from these encounters.
The next issue I would like to address is the fact that people are calling the MC a "Beta" and Cathey the "Alpha" I can't agree with these assumptions of these characters, arguably you could say that Cathey is the more dominate partner between the two of them but really we are talking about his interactions with her and close friends/lovers and her with him and close friends/lovers. Cathey might be more dominate with him but I doubt she will be with Alice. Cathey isn't an Alpha and frankly we don't know that MC is a beta, based on the Lore, MC is a beast of a swordsman, a highly skilled warrior and physically well fit with confidence as well. Being passive when confrontation isn't happening doesn't make one a Beta. You don't have to always be assertive or Dominate to be an Alpha, there are most defiantly Alphas that aren't always hyper aggressive. To be an Alpha one simply needs to be Confident and Dominate when it matters. If you want a better understanding then I recommend this article.
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Thirdly, I want to address some of the jabs being taken at each other. Just because someone has a different desire or outlook on things doesn’t make them wrong, immoral or define their political leanings or ideology. It simply means they are coming at everything from a perspective that is different from yours and the best way to understand where that is and what they are truly trying to say is through communication. Example, some people are trying to express how outdated specific views are and how they shouldn’t or don’t reflect the ideas of the story teller or the characters in the story. Somehow this got translated into insults. While others were trying their best to describe what they see happening simply using language that is common in hopes it bests explains their thoughts or frustrations. It isn’t their fault that this language is used in the context that it is or that they lack the understanding of how to word things better in a way that you understand it. This platform has cross cultures and generations there is bound to be some language and understanding as well as beliefs that are different from one another. When people say Cathey is the Alpha and the story is more about her, what they are trying to say is so far Cathey is the more dominate character who has had a larger importance of role in the story so far whom makes the majority of the choices. This doesn’t mean they believe Cathey shouldn’t voice her opinion, make suggestions or have a role in the story. Nor does it mean people believe that she should be in the fucking kitchen making me a gawd damn sandwich! <--- That’s a Joke. What it means is they feel we haven’t really seen much of the MC’s position about anything she suggests other than going along with it, positive or negative. People just want more detail about the MC it isn’t a hard concept to understand. So please stop insulting each other, stop dragging politics into it and start just talking about these things directly using vocabulary the is both common and reasonable to understand, ask questions if you feel someone isn’t understanding what you are saying or if you don’t quite get the meanings of someone else and do you best to stay positive.
Now about this last update, I felt that it was a good update overall. I would still like it if Dev changed the strap on to thick glass or some kind of mineral over the whole wooden dildo. Every time I see a scene with it, I cringe. I noticed that Cathey admitted that she was trying to get Lydia used to being penetrated before going directly to the MC because of his size and girth. I mentioned in the past that was the direction I thought Dev was going with it and it turns out my assumption was correct. So, these scenes are as much about MC as they are about her. It was likely always her plan to be honest, Cathey seems to do whatever she can to make MC happy. I however am not a huge fan of this reasoning still; I still would have preferred the actual deflowering happened naturally.
Looks like there is some drama in the story on the horizon so we can finally get into some action possibly. I was kind of crushed that the MC, Lydia moment was pushed back again. It’s almost like Dev knows it is anticipated and is stretching it out prolonging the time before the encounter happens in order to have it have a larger impact. I do hope something special happens between them, like their own secret or a moment that is even more special than just he finally gave her, her first real cock. It would be a waste if that was all that happened.
I’m also looking forward to Alice and Cathey, I think Alice is going to dominate her, Cathey will likely end up very surprised and satisfied with that outcome. At least now it looks a lot less like Cathey is trying to build a Harem for herself that her husband has to be included in just because of their marriage and more like she is building a Harem for him and her but given recent conversations it is starting to look less like self-fulfillment and more like a desire to enrich her husband’s experiences and make him happier, all the while she is also getting to enjoy something she has obviously always enjoyed and is able to get closer to others she feels she loves without having to feel guilty about it.
I guess I never thought that Cathey herself could do things that would make the dynamic seem like he is a part of everything because I got so used to her never really talking about it and more so only going after things that she clearly wanted. Now she is starting to express more of a reasoning behind it as hinting she is doing this all for him. This changes my opinion of her significantly. So overall I felt this was a great update.
As far as it goes for title “A Knights Tale” I have thought a lot about that and I think that the game still fits the title. Yeah, like others I feel as though MC takes a back seat to bedroom decisions in their home, but that has nothing to do with being a Knight. However, the tasks that he does such as the mundane paperwork, training his squire in political houses as well as combat, tending to the needs of his locals, all of that was absolutely part of the job as a Knight. The only bit I haven’t really seen that I would like too is see him training, or training with his Banner men. Knights and Nobles did have battalions of soldiers. Some even had enough troops to be considered a separate army. This isn’t to suggest that he doesn’t have one but more so that there hasn’t been reason enough for him to approach them. I think that he should however at least be over watching training and showing up once in a while. So I guess what I am trying to say is all of this is mostly addressed in the story and Knights weren’t always in some kind of conflict or adventure so his rather dull mundane tasks are what his daily activity probably would have looked like.
As someone who was born pleasantly blessed in that aria, I want to dispel some myths that are common to porn and all things adult entertainment wise. Firstly, women don’t actually prefer bigger, if anything they mostly enjoy average. I know everyone likes to think bigger is better but let me tell you that’s some bullshit. Secondly a Virgin is going to be able to handle even a larger sized cock, having an average size Cock go first isn’t going to stop her from being in pain. Girls are always sore from a big dick don’t matter if they are a virgin or not, they can get used to it over time but it takes a while. Vaginas can spit out a baby so they can stretch and handle it but believe me they hurt from stretching, they only get used to stretching with practice with time. So yeah, the wooden dildo scene to me makes zero sense. I also find it laughable that guys tend to believe that a big dick is all it takes to convert a woman over to them for life. What a bunch of bullshit! If anything, being bigger pushes them away. You wouldn’t understand this unless you lived it but trust me, you do hear, “It hurts to much”. So that’s some Myths that needed addressing.
Lastly I just want to state that getting offended by others voicing their opinions on a forums about events in a game, book, tv show or story is kind of silly, people genuinely go to forums to have an exchange and express themselves over things that they have seen, would have liked to have seen or just simply comment about the story in generally. Getting bent out of shape over it or telling people “if you don’t like it leave” is a bit presumptuous. If they are here to express themselves it is because they obviously do enjoy it and are just venting their thoughts out. You can disagree, engage and possibly learn from these moments of exchange simply by trying to understand the perspective of others around you. I sure have learned allot about what some think this time around and the last time I commented others learned from me. This is a good thing; the exchange is healthy and it shouldn’t devolve into insults and mudslinging. We are all here because we enjoy the game and sometimes somethings are going to bother some and they will do their best to express it, all you can do about it is try your best to understand where that perspective is coming from and learn from it. That don’t mean you have to agree with it and if you don’t there isn’t a problem with you expressing your own thoughts on the subject and seeking to get others to understand where you are coming from. But please don’t Gate Keep, don’t start finding reasons to insult each other. Nothing is gained from that and we all get enough of that bullshit everywhere else on the internet.
Have a great day everyone, thank you to everyone who made it through this long ass comment and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Thank you again!