It's things like this that are making me feel more and more despondent with this game; character contradictions and forced drama to seemingly start pidgeon-holing people into particular routes way earlier than are perhaps necessary. As has been pointed out, Jill stood up to Tybalt on Rooster in defense of the MC, so why not here? Also, Jill said that she didn't mind the MC dating others and that it was only when people are in proper relationship that they shouldn't, so why does he suddenly decide not to do anything with Nicole and Sandy after their date? For those on the M&J path, he also laments afterwards about his relationship with them as another reason why he didn't fool around with Nicole and Sandy, but he was given a "free pass".
Everthing's just happened so quickly in this game and it seems to be getting sped up at a fair rate of knots. I know we have a lot of speculation about episode numbers, but there a post here a while ago about something said on Discord by DPC that sounded like 10 episodes could be what we're getting. If that's the case, then this would explain why things are starting to seem very sudden and rushed, but even so, it's still feels like too much too soon.
Gotta say... I was thinking we were nearing the end. Makes me retroactively pissed off about Ep5 being a waste of time.
Im worried the issues we have now are going to be the defining character arcs which sucks because these characters were setup to be so much more than the melodrama they have been given now.
Sage deserves more than her arc being “boyfriend dumped me, I got over it and now I’m with MC”
M&J (for all their flaws) deserve more than “my daddy was mean to me, I dragged my girlfriend along for the ride but I got over it and now I’m with the MC/Happy)
Bella sure as fucking shit better get more than “I was unhappily married, the circumstances of why came out, but I came to terms with it and now I’m with the MC”
Jill needs more than “I was blackmailed into not being with someone for spurious reasons but I got over it and now I’m with the MC”
I know I’m being factious but if this episode is the turning point, start of the end, it’s rapidly looking like this game is gonna be like every fucking other one and the character arc is just “what contrived drama do I have to overcome to be with MC?”
fuck that, characters deserve more.