Sooner or later we'll know and just because I'm fully convince the throuple will end no matter what doesn't mean I'm right I could have it wrong only time will tellBy balanced, I probably should have said "realistic", in that there's no inherent reason for a CNM relationship to be more likely to fail than a monogamous one (other than outside societal pressures and laws).
In any case, I suppose we'll eventually find out. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Wouldn't surprise me if there was. We discussed this a bit ago, and most agreed that a fight could serve as part of a narrative "crisis" to resolve and are normal parts of any long relationship. I suspect all the branches will have something like this before the end (if not multiple).
If it comes out the loan was all a bluff from Patrick that could set off a fight between them I really think that would cause Josy to lose her shit
Agreed that all branches except for maybe Others will have a form of conflict with their chosen girl due to cheating points and other factors that mayhaps haven't been fully introduced yet.
We thought the breakup with J/M was sad, but we're not ready for the scene where one the girls loses both MC and her girlfriend
Yeah, poly relationships can be perfectly health without being "balanced" as long as everyone feels their needs are being met, but figuring that out can take some time and communication skills that aren't necessarily developed before starting the relationship.
So far you can completely neglect one of the girls without consequences, I think there's only a slight change of dialogue in episode 9 when they both say how many times they had sex with MC and you lose a few RP with one of them
The problem is Maya is still more comfortable with MC and things still haven't improve from ep8 for Josy and Maya. Being balance only helps MC with the girls points wise but it doesn't help Josy's and Maya relationship and that is the main problem here no one can say they getting stronger because they clearly aren't this is way it going to fail.
That's the only "mechanical" consequence I can remember now as well. However, there is one other dialogue option I can think of where when hanging out with Maya you can choose to focus conversation on your relationship with her or discuss her relationship with Josy instead. There's a variable for this that's logged, and picking the second option definitely feels more supportive of the throuple and I believe affects some later dialogue.
On the theme, do you guys believe that at some point we will have a chance to change branches? For exemple, I'm on Jill's, do you guys think I'll be able to change for Sage at some point? (I don't believe, I think only out of Others)
Not sure. I think it's unlikely you'll be able to change back to a branch of someone you broke up with, but if you just never got with them to begin with maybe. Writing that in a way that doesn't feel rushed would probably be a huge pain though since DPC would have to add even more branching. So, seems unlikely to me.
This has always struck me as an odd argument. Maya feeling more comfortable with MC doesn't necessarily mean she's uncomfortable with Josy, just that she's more with MC. For example, many people are more comfortable with one parent compared to the other, but still love both and don't have it cause problems.
Maya words where "I never been this comfortable with Josy" then she realize how bad it sounded and try to blame it on Patrick. How is this a odd argument this is massive confessing from Maya. MC and Josy aren't Maya parent they her partner if your more comfortable one with one over the other your going to have a deeper relationship and just stronger love for that person. This is a big red flag
I've always suspected that there might be something to that when it comes to the Others path, as in switching from that then to an actual Main Girl's path later on down the line. That's the only one that would even make sense, given that the whole point of the 'Others' path is that the MC feels that he's not ready for an actual relationship yet. I seriously doubt that we'll be able to switch from one MG's path onto another though, like you said.
The presumption here is that for a poly relationship to be healthy, you have to feel equally strongly for everyone in it, which isn't the case if everyone is still getting what they want out of it.
Personally, no. I wouldn't at all be surprised to find that the chosen branch of the four "named" paths is the one that you take to the end of the game, potentially unless you fuck it up and the girl(s) dump you. Zoey might be an exception to this though (as in you can leave the path for Zoey and only Zoey). I also think that if you are on the "Others" path, that is the same case - you only have "Other" girls available, so none of the five MGs will be available at any point, even if Maya and Josy split (which I don't see as a foregone conclusion).
Agreed. I can see moving onto Zoey's path since it's new, but not the main LIs this late in the game.
I think there will be a point (soon) that MC will have to choose if wants to be with Zoey and for that leave current branch, but other than that, I don't think so. Also with Others, I believe there will be an option either at the end of season 3 or just for the game ending.
