felicemastronzo

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I think that's the heart of the issue. DPC let the needs of the twist override proper establishment of Sage's relationship with her father. That was, IMHO, a mistake. He should have allowed Burke's behavior to match Sage's description and accepted that some players would see the twist coming. It's all well and good to preserve the surprise, but in the end a twist is a one-time payoff; the underlying story is what does the work on subsequent playthroughs.
However, this attempt was quite unsuccessful since Sage being the daughter/daughter of Jade and Burke was such a widespread theory that it was almost official...

in my opinion it's more like the women's panties in Chad's bag, a completely false clue, never explained, trying to hide something that otherwise would have been too obvious

This is true, but there's an additional benefit to making Sage so skeptical of Burke's 'fake' brownnosing: it makes it feel like Sage disapproves of Burke's reprehensible sex-for-tuition scheme despite Sage not actually knowing anything about the scheme. It's just like way the MC will panic over the fact Burke is Sage's dad (regardless of whether that really matters in a given run through) as a proxy for the audience's desired panic over the revelation that Maya won't find any help here.

In my view this isn't a 'proper' way to convey emotions to the player, but DPC seems to like it.
I don't understand what you mean, in the sense that it serves to reassure us players that Sage is not part of the restaurant organization?

i would say excessive care
 

vogelbeest

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However, this attempt was quite unsuccessful since Sage being the daughter/daughter of Jade and Burke was such a widespread theory that it was almost official...
Think it's still not really clear if Sage is the adoptive daughter of Burke and his ex-wife or Burke and Jade, there was some conversation between Burke and Jade they have experience with longer relationships before theirs. With the new information it could also possible Tybalt is adopted aswell or just the kid of Jade... Tybalt mentioned he "came from poor" somewhere...
 

felicemastronzo

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Think it's still not really clear if Sage is the adoptive daughter of Burke and his ex-wife or Burke and Jade, there was some conversation between Burke and Jade they have experience with longer relationships before theirs. With the new information it could also possible Tybalt is adopted aswell or just the kid of Jade... Tybalt mentioned he "came from poor" somewhere...
as players, for the story, it doesn't really make any difference whether Sage has a blood relation or not with Jade or Burke, or which of the two is actually the adopted daughter. the important point is that they were related

at the most it leaves open the possibility of a threesome with mother and daughter...:eek::eek::eek::eek:

or if you want to be negative it leaves open the doors to further twists on who are the real parents of the most unlucky redhead of BR:confused::confused::confused:
 
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felicemastronzo

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It's normal at times kids don't want to be seen with their parents at parties or anywhere else. My dad would want to hang with my friends. It was embarrassing. I don't see anything wrong with Sage did that night. I would have done the same.
you missed the point though....

the point is not that Sage avoids Burke, but that the motivation she tells doesn't match with what we see
the problem is not Sage, but the way DPC complicates a simple story in order to safeguard a twist we all knew about.
 

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Agreed.
And even if you slice off some time for Steam and Covid, this Interlude alone is taking 2-3 months to produce. there is no way an entire ep. 9 takes just 4 months. Even 5 months seems like a stretch. I keep thinking 6 months is bare minimum. I'd be willing to agree to a September release but that's as far back as I can realistically push it given DPC's tendencey to constantly go bigger :oops: and better than the previous.
You're looking at about a month per sex scene involving more than three or more animated views.
 

sixart

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Why is Sage avoiding her father?
Sage actually explains it to us. She wants to stand on her own two feet, and as we saw Stephen and Jade at the party, they don't think much of talking, instead buying their children's love with their money. Tybalt gladly accepts the offer, but Sage doesn't. You can't buy a child's love with money. Jill said something similar to the MC when he stayed over in EP3.

Sage actually has a hard time asking her parents to help Maya. From her point of view, it is even understandable because she is indirectly admitting to her parents that she cannot do some things without their help. For Sage, it's a defeat.

I agree with you on the latter. It could be that Sage knew Stephen was cheating on her mother Jade with Cathy. Sage talks to Quinn about it, and she makes a plan to get rid of Cathy. (In EP8, Quinn wants to take care of the Alphas.) This was before the MC came to B&R. Quinn involves Mel and Sarah in her plan. One of them takes the picture of Cathy in the gym and the other stands lookout. The girl watching happens to make another discovery. She sees, as the MC later, Chad and Troy kissing and talking. Chad then gets a pair of panties put in his gym bag. Why this. Josy explained it to us in EP8. It would be worse for Sage if Chad was gay and not bisexual. Sage finds the panties and naturally suspects Chad is cheating on her. But because Melanie and Sarah found out that Chad and Troy love each other, they want to help them. That's why Sarah tells Mel in EP8 that the truth would be much worse for Sage.:unsure:
Much better... but still... o_Oo_Oo_O
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I'm trying though... :p
 
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ChipLecsap

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Did you really dare to overwrite my comment ?:mad: Did you Really dare to go that far?:mad: From now on I'm watching You ..
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Can't wait for that Zoey/MC reunion.
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