Agreed completely ; especially Reina. She's the one who called of hiring MC because of huge bit-er Cassandra. The others still need to apologize to MC given they used him to kick the other bitch out and since MC was thanked by not been hired.... MC was just used and then thrown away.
I see your point, but I just have zero anger towards the other girls at this point. By the way, it's hard to reach someone to apologize when the mc throws his phone away in a fit, and nobody has any idea where he currently lives. As of now, all my hatred is laser-focused on Cassandra.
Two reasons:
Exactly, the MC was a warm body. Technically, that should be all he is to them (and vice versa) except for June, who is a friend. The HoI ladies are not people the MC has any emotional investment in nor do they have any with him. Besides being fuck partners there's no real compelling reason for them in the game, so far. It is still really early. The first episode was well written and had good reasons for a lot of what happened, if the MC immediately goes back to the HoI girls without any logical reason it will be disappointing because it will mean that porn trumps story in this game too. I'm one of those weirdos who likes to choose who the MC fucks and a good story over sex scenes.
It is not their fault but they get fucked by association. It is a somewhat common occurrence in real life, from interpersonal relations to business relations. Think of it as a sort of preventive mechanism. Some users (including me) will steer clear of them because it is what we would do in real life (it is just a game but that is part of the immersion). Imagine that it is real life and think of the following.
Without getting too deep into this, the mc's behavior towards June was abysmal, or unprofessional at best. Years ago, when I was starting my career, a friend referred me to a position that it looked like I was a lock to get. When I was unexpectedly rejected, I didn't throw my phone away in a fit and pout, and I certainly didn't blame my friend. Instead, I picked up that same phone and called him to thank him for the referral and for thinking of me. I agree the mc has no real attachment to the other girls, but I'll be somewhat disappointed if he doesn't apologize to June for his rude, immature behavior towards her.It is not their fault but they get fucked by association. It is a somewhat common occurrence in real life, from interpersonal relations to business relations. Think of it as a sort of preventive mechanism. Some users (including me) will steer clear of them because it is what we would do in real life (it is just a game but that is part of the immersion). Imagine that it is real life and think of the following.
Consider the House of Ink as part of an urban tribe, where the leader is Reina, she owns the building where they live and also has extended control over their livelihood (she is the investor for their enterprises). You are an outsider that was trampled over by their leader so the logical reaction is to steer clear of them because you have no standing with any of them, not even the bartender (June?). You can see she is reserved during the interview scene, not because she is a bad friend but because it appears her loyalty is with Reina. It is not like any of us like to go around forcing ourselves into random groups that differ from our core values (scratch that, I just described the internet).
Lets pretend that in real life you spent half your life inhaling cat piss (search for toxoplasma gondii behavioral differences) and you are dead set on headbutting your way into the panties of the House of Ink. In real life scenarios to take over a social group, a business or society you have to first eliminate the leader then the competent members and the rabble that is left is the one that you can use. Returning to the fantasy world of the VN (lets not kill them that would be wasteful) you would dominate Reina (make her your bitch) and any of the girls that work directly with Reina and you salvage a relation with any of the girls that are semi independent from Reina (the bartender comes to mind).
So that is pretty much why we would steer clear of them and what would it take to make them a viable option, according to my twisted inner voice.
That I won't dispute, but well that is another topic for another post. I am off to cook something.
I can understand why you'd blame only Cassandra ; but even if I try to be as objective as possible, I can't not blame Reina :
Yep, I do hope we'll have the choice to either not forgive or take all the time we want to forgive (even at the cost of some sex scenes)
I understand where you're coming from, but "guilty by association" is not necessarily enough to stop my horny ass from fucking these girls. By the way, I didn't say I'm not blaming Reina. I said I'm reserving judgement on her until I see more of the content and context of her conversation with Cassandra. We don't yet know the details of what specifically led her to reject the mc. I may end up hating Reina, or I may end up fucking the shit out of her. We'll see.
Understandable, and I do hope you'll have a great time "farming the dungeon"
Yeah, that's the issue with this game (and a few others). Too many LI right off the bat. We have so many to pick from and when you look at them I don't see Reina or the HoI as favorably as I see Kindra, the Doc, or Artemis (no idea when that will be a viable option). I'm hopeful this will be either a harem optional OR a pick and choose harem situation. I don't want to be forced to have the MC fuck everyone.
Yes, and I think it's fine if the MC eventually reconnects with them. I just don't want the MC to quickly move on and forgive everyone and be best friends with them all. I hope there's a route where the MC can be a friend and nothing more.
Up until the blowjob competition introduction to the House of Ink this was my favorite debut in a long time - porn game or not. The MC wasn't a pushover but he also wasn't a raging asshole who used people. Two of the most common main character prototypes in these games. He was a mostly well rounded character who was down on his luck.
I agree, Reina did the smart thing and didn't hire someone that would cause a problem with a large client. Cassandra is a partner in a powerful company, even if she told them not to hire him because he was the devil in disguise, it doesn't matter you don't hire someone who will cause problems for you. And I am sure that Cassandra would tell as many companies as she can not to do business with Reina.
Couldn't agree more about the job, also the reasoning for him not getting the job being completely based solely off of Cassandra. We also must not forget that she also didn't give him a chance to explain, nor give him the reason why she decided against hiring him during the phone conversation. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
You're more then likely not going to work there anyways given what we saw at the end of ch1. The MC and Kindra said something along the lines "Move over TWR, It's our time now" meaning that Artemis will probably have a shared meaning, the new company name and the Artemis AI name. The company they form may eventually partner with TWR but i doubt the MC will ever work for them now.
