The conundrum with Bella is that, as
Tserriednich'sNen has said, aside from her own issues, while her heart may desire the MC, her head still wants the MC for Jill rather for herself. This puts a double-lock on how fast MC's relationship with her can progress. Further, if we break Jill's heart in order to be with Bella (by, say, just dating Jill to spite Tybalt) - it'll likely backfire and instead cause Bella to hate us too. It'll be interesting to see how this dynamic is resolved.
Having said that, I think we will have a big breakthrough in the Bella and Jill story arc due to this preview render.
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Unlike many others, I do
not think this flashback will come at the beginning of Ep.5 ala the M&J one that began Ep.4 (that will be the DIK founding flashback methinks.) My theory is that this will be a Zoey-style flashback with the role reversed. This time it will be Bella narrating some of her history to the MC in a sit-down. The significance of the difference is that it will not be an info dump just to the player but not known/seen by the MC, this will be (a) info that the MC will be privy to and can act upon, and (b) the relationship must have progressed sufficiently for MC to be trusted with it.
Also, despite it being narrated by Bella, I think that there's a 50:50 chance it will be as much about her telling us about Jill as it is about herself. This, methinks, will be about how Bella came to be friends with Jill's sister and, specifically, how she died being (a) linked directly to the closing down/disbandment of the Sorority seen in the pic (b) how it badly affected Jill, and (c) how Bella and Jill's relationship was cemented by it.
My hypothesis anyway...not long now before we see what's what.