Bro got on and wrote a whole thesis on why harry is a bitch keep cooking fr
I even shorten it. Thanks, I do try. I think something is off about Harry too.
It's been so long since Laura build up it is hard to comment on it. But if you question Harry love for Laura you should also do so for Aya. Does he love her or memory of his childhood friend? is the desire to prevent Luca from breaking his childhood friend now represented as affection towards Aya? Aya is willingly playing into it by pretending to be with Luca, is that really how relationship should start?
I think it is somewhat unfair towards Harry to blame him for the pain he caused Aya. Harry is who he is, he does not hurt her on purpose. Ultimately it is Aya hitting on guy in relationship, exploiting the weakness is their relationship and exploiting his weaknesses (fact that he can't refuse) lead herself to the false hope that she may have a chance.
Laura not wearing bra, sucking him in aquarium, fucking in club may not be usual Laura but also Laura had a reason for the change. Being endangered by another woman it is very plausible for her to be aggressive and maximize on her advantages.
As for overall signs of her cheating - Harry is subconsciously denying the possibility of being cheated, he will always try to come with another reasoning. Harry is really not the person you want him to be in the last sentence here.
Our and Harry pov are fundamentally different because we are not under emotional distress, we don't suffer from trauma, flashbacks, all kinds of fears that Harry does. Harry is so good that he seeks the good in others too. Harry knows that Laura is asserting her dominance by having him dump Aya after date but he grasps on the possibility that Laura is just giving them one last date to close things off.
Harry doesn't warn Aya much like he didn't warn Laura, he hates going back to that childhood memory. Also it is something that Aya chose right? Back before that double date Aya told him that he either makes her his or she goes bed with Luca. Aya chose to manipulate Harry in worst possible way by making use of his bully. If she has sex with Luca it means nothing more than her going through with it, Harry knows that so what is he to warn her about?
Harry doesn't do really anything that he shouldn't have done long time ago. Honestly it is him being spineless the sole reason Aya was able to get so close to him. He is pushover because he listen to Laura's demand to go on date with Aya rather than just dumping her (Aya), or maybe he just wanted that last date for himself ? Anyway most certainly he doesn't hate Aya , you are going on some wild hyperbole here. His character is consistent most of the time, he is not someone to betray, he is someone that will try to fix relationship first rather than ending it. Honestly the most out of character for him here was to run after Aya there and start going on dates. What I believe he would do is try to find out why Laura voted for Luca proposal, he wouldn't just stop on asking Laura. He would try to fix things with Laura before he would chase after Aya.
I didn't think i will ever be a Harry apologist but here it is. Sorry but it feels like you really want Aya to be happy and because she ends up suffering you seek faults in the writing.
Yeah, any other update I'd be right there with you about Harry's innocence, grand and intoxicating as it is, but not this one. I agree that he is suppose to be a 'good' guy. However, he willingly dated Aya, while still in a relationship with Laura, failed to follow through with his convections after being betrayed by Laura, then knowingly led Aya to the worse possible outcome crushing her heart, at the request of Laura. That's just the short version, from Harry's perspective. Given what we know, it's much worse than that. There is no 'good' in those actions and I'm going bring them up often.
Aya had a major hand in this outcome too, she knew she couldn't win without manipulation, but choose this route herself, chose to play the nutjobs' game, instead of going straight to Harry. She could've exploited his weaknesses, but she did not, at least not full force. Heaven forbid she manipulates him into getting what she wants, a happy family life of him rubbing her greater-than-average boobs and telling her they are the biggest because they are(I can't stop), holy shit! the tragedy. Why not tell Harry about Laura and Luca? She could've pogo stick on him in the hotel wearing nothing but a smile, soaking him in sticky warm sweet, then tell him about the Laura's cheating, ending the whole affair in her favor, well before the double date. Morally speaking that's fair, maybe not the cleanest victory, but still fair. That's far too vanilla for the story, but I've already made my point recently about how vanilla scenes drive this genre's content an how this game does it in previous posts, without them it the ties to ntr are lessened.
Does Harry know about Laura reasons for acting whorish? She's changed, even before this Aya route, right down to the taste of her vag. He's not subconsciously denying anything, in the beginning of the story that'd hold weight, now he's actively ignoring reality. Going so far as to have the capacity cause pain to keep his false world alive, then cry after hurting Aya for it. He's so sick, he needs help. I think you're taking my non cannon depiction of what Harry should've known, could've done to remain a sane, not mentally challenged, good guy out of context, inferring what I want and making a conclusion based on that. Please don't take my non canon, fairly moral example, of what Aya could've done if she where playing to win, out of context.
Yes I do question Harry's love for Laura. I wonder if that's cannon, he seems to admire his false idea of Laura, far more than he loves her. I question whether he even likes Aya as a person, based on his actions. It is so hyperbolic to list Harry's actions in detail and reflect on what they mean? So we are handwaving that Harry knows what Luca does to girls, but Harry didn't warn or tell any of the ladies closest to him because trauma? If Aya having sex with Luca means nothing more than her doing it, why does it bother him, but he says nothing? Is he sane? 'Because' of his trauma he should've warn them both thoroughly. The ladies knew in various degrees about Luca, but we are talking about Harry.
Is he spineless? a pushover? Mostly, but I'll reiterate, he do not warn Aya, or Laura, about what Luca is, what he does, from his perspective. He did not tell Aya about the video he took of her and sent to him. He willingly crush her heart, because Laura said to, at the most painful of moments. More than he knows. I keep pointing that out, because the focus is on Harry's perspective. Emotions be damned, he is wrong for what he did. If Harry can't refuse evil will, but conducts it, he is it. Understandably life is more grey than that, but that's beyond the scope of this. Again I'll say it, Harry has become an Antagonist.
Think about it, if you where upset for whatever reason, and smashed your keyboard, because you where emotionally distressed does it make that right? No you have to own up to your decision, to reality, and pay up to get another, far more forgiving than peoples' trust. Would you be forgiven for treating someone's heart this way, just because you're being emotionally manipulated? I'd press x to doubt if you said you would, at least not on the spot. These are hypotheticals I'm NOT claiming you, or anyone reading this, preform those actions in any form or way. Fiction is not irl, etc. and etc.
In this route for him to be a upstanding good man he would've needed to break up with Laura after the meeting where he chased after Aya. Not for the 'good' ending mind you, this isn't that type of game, something unfortunate would've happened. If he would've followed through and broken up with Laura after the farris wheel at the very latest, I'd still call him a good guy, not the best, but good enough.
Which is why I find Harry's writing off, OOC even. 'Blind' works at the beginning of the story, not now. I know I'm repeating myself here, but to drive my point home; From Harry's pov he dated Aya while dating Laura, kissed Aya, rubbed her clearly big boobs(won't stop), rubbed her pussy, leaves her hanging without getting her off, dates her again for the purpose of dumping her(colder than the eye of a snake about to strike), claimed he loves her right before he says he loves Laura more, then dumps her(colder than the methane rivers on Titan). Harry is a good guy(shit! how?), so why is he acting like a sick bastard now? He's inconsistent, to say the least. He's meant to be good guy, harmless mostly, but tries to be good, a top tier vehicle for driving the genre's main themes. Which means either against all other depictions, and characters' descriptions of Harry he is narratively not a 'good' guy, there is fault in the writing, or something else we don't know. Something is off about Harry.
Sure I'd like to see Aya happy, I do like the character. She's nuts, but NOone ever said don't stick your dick in crazy, ever. I'll say it again, this isn't that type of story, drama is going to happen, people want that, I do too. I'm looking at the plot points objectively. What will Aya do? Will she forgive Harry? Say she banged Harry to spur Luca into trashing Laura pussy again, destroying what's left of Harry's relationship? Just simply take Luca's deal? If he had sex with her during or after the farris wheel ride, it could've mostly spared Harry his antagonistic role, while still driving the theme, as Laura falls deeper into the Luca dying vat. I don't know how we get pass antag Harry, but maybe it can be salvaged. Aya may be able to 'fix' it. Maybe it gets crazier, the killing kind of crazy? We still have another update left to the route.
I hope my grammar is okay. I tried to further my points as best I could with thoughtful, meaningful debate. This is so long, I feel like such a nerd. Anyhow, enjoy. I enjoyed reading your posts.