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Again, it's hard to say with any certainty, but we all know how much DPC likes to trick us. (*cough* Sage's family *cough*). Jill and Bella having an awkward moment in bed and alluding to some prior incident sounds so obviously sexual that I'm instantly suspicious it really is.
As far as Bella having hallucinations, that feels like an Aunt-Jill level stretch to me. She's never been anything less than lucid when the MC's been around her, so if Bella ever did have serious mental disorders they seem to have been solved long before the MC met her. So what would they add to the story unless the MC winds up causing a relapse by pursuing her... which would be a pretty shitty story.
No, I'm going to need a hell of a lot more evidence than a single flashback instance of Bella's coworker talking to Bella instead of a man she'd never met in order to believe that Bella is full on delusional.
As with goldenrule91, Quinn still slaps Riona in my old saves (it's a bit before the Pink Rose trip in Episode 3). I tried a few paths just in case there were some variables added, but no differences AFAICT.
None to date (not counting various character backstories, obviously). But if DPC's estimates are to be believed, we're not as far into BaDIK as were into AL when DPC went arsonist on us. We're probably in for a safer ride this time, but there's no way to be certain until it's over.
Well, her preferred make-up and hairstyle do her no favors, IMHO. But I agree that physically Quinn is quite attractive. It's what's inside that really mars her for me.
If the "crossroad" choice is to have any meaning whatsoever, then there will not be plenty of girls to bone in season 3 for those on the 4 LI paths. There could be some (Elena and John Boy clearly involve others on occasion), but those would be rare exceptions. The whole point was that the MC committed to stop dating others and get serious with the chosen girl(s). By definition, that means he's not going to sleep around anymore.
Now there will likely be lots of content spread out over the different paths, but I don't think that's what you're talking about here.
Yes, it is frustrating that MCs with no love for Quinn are still covering for her at this late date. I do think Quinn is a good character overall, but the story would have been better if she weren't quite so awful at her 'secret' job.
Yeah, I rarely pursue Jade and almost never tell the DIKs if I do, but it's a good point. Even if the DIKs are supposed to forget about it, you'd think mentioning that the hot teacher we fucked is also Sage's mom would be a top priority here...MC may be naive (it has never happened to me to have to deduce the degree of relationship of the people I know, they were revealed to me naturally, I never checked the documents of the girls I dated but I always knew their last name), but the fact remains that he is surrounded by idiots
if a friend of mine is dating the daughter of a teacher he is taking a course with, I would warn him at the first opportunity...
if a friend of mine hangs out with both the daughter and the mother I would feel it my duty to warn him.
the more we go on in the game the more I re-evaluate Arieth, who at least has the excuse of being distracted from her main activity
The MC's aversion to last names is frustrating, but it may be justified in Sage's case. We know she's uncomfortable with her heritage, and she joined the HOTs in part to get away from it. It would make sense that she'd actively hide her last name (or use another one entirely) to hide her connection to the highly visible Burkes. The MC doesn't share any classes with her, so he wouldn't see her full name on official documents or the like; it wouldn't take much effort for Sage to use a pseudonym with him.
Still doesn't excuse Jacob not giving the MC a heads up, or Sage herself if she's bringing the MC to meet a family she knows he has bad blood with.
That's it for now. Episode 8 has 2 Major Choices in it, just like all the episodes except 4 (which only had 1). It's a little weird that DPC only added the neutral option now rather than in Episode 7 when permanent affinity first became a thing, but the Affinity system always breaks down if you think about it too hard.
As I said, Sage may have been actively concealing her last name.i dont know about that... one thing about that makes it not plausible to me. The MC got the inheritance from his mom send by his grandfather, do you really think there is not a single hint about her lastname in such a mail? i mean if i got a mail from anybody, there is always a lastname from the sender
If its turned out that Lynette is indeed a Brugmeister, i would say... really really poor writing by DPC in that case. Cause its just very very unrealistic that Neil doesnt know who the Burgmeisters are, working for them in their own hotel and going out with Lynette.
I just dont think so... and i hope its not the way, cause as i said, this would be very poor writing with no excuse.
But in any case, of course Lynette has a very important connection to the Royces...
It bugs me that there are no mentions about lastnames in the game... come on, the MC gets the inheritance per mail from his grandfather and dont mention his name or even know it and Neil too working for him the entire time and stealing away his daughter without knowing her lastname? That is really bullshit and unbelievable.
And its bullshit too that the MC is starting a relationship with sage without even knowing her lastname... yeah that is really something i cant understand. I literaly never met a person in my life knowing for more than 2 days where i didnt know the lastname... grmpf. And come on, in college every student is called by the lastname in class and the staff most of the times, i just cant believe youre going to college for more than a couple of month, even fucking that girl for months, and dont know her lastname.... nuh-nuh thats really nothing i can buy. Makes me a little angry too, cause DPC is not that bad as a author overall, but this lastname thing is just awful in any case. Lastnames are not confidential at all in life. Except if youre a criminal maybe or undercover cop
For the MC, I will assume he knows his mother's maiden name until we definitively learn otherwise. The simple fact of the matter is that Lynette's surname would only matter to us if it were a name we'd recognize. As of Episode 8, the only names that mean anything are Burgmeister, Royce, Burke or Bailey. So as long as it isn't one of those four (or maybe Ampersand!
), it doesn't really matter if we know the name or not.If only the game had moved forward, rather force us to watch the shattered MC stew in the out-of-nowhere misery it inflicted on him.
Bah, I need to find my happy place, not rehash AL's sins. Anyone have some good light-hearted speculation for Season 3?
