Aunt - niece isn’t incest, it’s even legal, but that’s a strong counter-argument to the theory and that’s good.
It is, anything involving blood relatives is incest.
Not trying to be funny here:
What if Episode 8 ends with all the LI's making demands of the MC and he can't handle the pressure. Josy/Maya show up at the library, worried that MC hasn't been to class all week. They find his room empty and Tommy non-chalantly explains that MC had a breakdown and ran away.
We then cut to a dingy apartment in San Diego: Zoe opens the door to find MC standing in front of her with a suitcase.
MC: "Hi, can I stay with you?"
Episode 9 features all five LIs road tripping together to San Diego to get MC and bring him back to campus, while MC and Zoe have philosophical discussions as MC "finds himself."
Your theories are pretty batshit. You know that, right?
What I meant was that the label "LI" is an arbitrary distinction that people are making on here, and I'm not sure it's really as significant as people are making out. Quinn is arguably a much more interesting character than some of the other girls who appear in the chapter reports, the dynamic with the MC is complex and is likely to be developed still further, her scenes in the last chapter were epic, in my view, and her background is being fleshed out. If anything she's in a category by herself, but my point is if it looks like a rose and smells like a rose, it still smells as sweet, regardless of whether she is a "main LI". I'm not sure why people are so invested in that term.
LI is not an "arbitrary distinction", it is the
actual distinction.
Maya, Josy, Jill, Bella, and Sage are all "main girls", as is evident from the end-of-episode review screen where you see all 5 of them, the official walkthrough which labels them as such, and the fact that you gain RP with them. Quinn and the rest are "side girls", always have been, always will be. The main girls are the ones who
are the defined LIs of this game and are all guaranteed to have endings because they are the primary realtionship goals.
Quinn, or any side girl, having an ending is not guaranteed and this is why saying "she's not a main LI" is important to keep reiterating because people have to be aware that there's a very good chance that there is no ending for her, or anyone other than the main LIs, with the MC.
I don't really understand why this is supposed to be an iron law here. Has DPC said there will be no endings with "side girls" has DPC defined Quinn as a "side girl"? Is there a rule that she can't attain this mythical coveted LI status? I just think it's worth looking at the story as it's unfolding rather than getting hung up on terminology.
Two things; number 1, it's common practice in these games that there are main LIs and side girls. The main girls are always the primary focus of the MC with side girls either being brief flings, or joining the MC and a main LI as part of a throuple or harem. Quinn has had a lot more to do than most side girls typically do, but this is likely due to the fact that she's a key player in the story and not necessarily because she is a potential relationship.
Number 2, Quinn has no RP of her own and only main girls have RP. Whilst the RP hasn't really factored in much to most options, choices, etc, as it's been mostly about stat checks and triggering certain scenes, it is still there and there are still points being gathered for the main girls, so what you have with them will presumably come into play eventually. Quinn does not have this, which mean that if RP is going to come into effect when determining endgame LI, then this obviously puts her at an incredible disadvantage because she has none.
The only chance you are likely to have Quinn is by not getting any of the main LIs, much like how in AL, the MC could go back to his ex if he doesn't get any of the main LIs. This was also considered to be a "bad" ending as it wasn't the primary goal of the game, so it's possible Quinn may get that distinction too. So if people, essentially, want to mess up with the 5 main girls so they can get an ending with Quinn (if she gets one), then I guess they can, but it's technically not what you should be aiming for.
