I think NTR is better if you give the chance to avoid it, since a tragedy is more impactful upon the realization that you had a choice to avoid it but nonetheless picked the wrong one. Even a choice that results in a black screen with the message "I decided to leave and never look back. To hell with everything." is way better than a story without player agency.You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
My guess:
Honestly, this one throws me for a loop. I had forgotten the requirements for Aya's route, so all this time I was under the impression that her story would cause the events of the game to change drastically. However, it appears that the vote for Luca's proposal still happens in this route. This just fills my mind with questions.
Presumably, Aya's route will start when Harry returns her kiss while they are all on the business trip together. This means that Laura will be in the closet watching her boyfriend, the man she is sacrificing herself for, betray her for another woman. However, if events remain unchanged until they Luca's proposal, does that mean Laura will continue to be blackmailed for the entire story while Harry slowly falls in love with Aya behind her back?
Or maybe Luca notices Harry's interest in Aya, loses interest in Laura as a result, and sets his sights on Aya instead.
But this all really hinges on how HC is going to make Harry switch from Laura to Aya. NTR hits hardest when the MC doesn't really deserve to be cucked. Having Harry cheat on Laura, while she's protecting him no less, would immediately make him unsympathetic from the reader's perspective. Although I find Aya's character to be the most interesting (she's the hacker, I'm telling you.), I'm not really looking forward to this route because I feel like it's going to ruin Harry's character and make the NTR weak as a result.
Same. But a lot of NTR fans are as bad as vanillacucks. In the same way that vanillacucks lose their shit at the mere hint of NTR, some people here get all bent out of shape at the mere suggestion of one happy ending for the sake of catharsis.
Regarding your guess on Aya's Route.
Perhaps all the choices made to side with Aya would be mentioned in each encounter between Luca and Laura.
On each conversation, Laura would insist Harry wouldn't betray her but she snaps in the scene where Harry goes after her during the vote.
From that scene onward Luca would go after Aya, releasing Laura to do whatever she wants as long as she doesn't say a word.
Laura would accompany and distract Harry in those situations, convincing herself that she only wants to take back Harry from Aya.
Eventually Laura would realize she was helping Luca out of interest to teach Aya a lesson, making her suffer the same hell as she did, rather than a genuine interest to return with Harry. Her interest in revenge would shift from Aya to Harry, becoming Luca's accomplice in Harry's suffering in a similar way as the normal ending but with Aya's involvement.
