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Hey, I resemble that remark!Lovey dovey is my own thought about the amount of fans whos on a single path to avoid issues and dramas so they can be in love with their one an only LI. I might be off base here but doesn't it maybe seem like these people are the most hung up about the crossroad and its perceived importance for their chosen LI? (on a sidenote Also these fans appears to be the most upset at Zoey/Interlude. They don't want the drama nor the competition with their chosen LI and Zoey represent trouble in paradise for them. They want their lovey dovey shit)
Speaking as the hopeless romantic who just wants to live happily ever after with my two favorite girls, I think there are two slightly different phenomena at work here. First, if someone deliberately declines to chase multiple girls to avoid drama and maximize their commitment to a single LI (or the throuple), doesn't it stand to reason that they would resent getting a big helping of drama anyway? If you give people a choice, you shouldn't be surprised that people who picked an unpopular option will complain when you serve them the popular option instead. Sometimes you need to be willing to let go and trust the customer.Who wouldn't pilfer from multiple cookie jars if they were not in a commited relationship and were presented the chance?! MC would (and should, imo) be with several and in fact be caught with his hand in each cookie jar! Makes for a way better story that way. Doesn't have to be full on manwhore levels of drama but at least some of it!
But second, even if a player is up for drama (and I like to think I am), timing and narrative flow can make all the difference. The game was clearly trying to establish the crossroads as an important milestone. I don't think it did the best job of that, but the effort was there. IMHO, that's the sort of event that needs time to resonate. Rushing straight into the next story beat both undercuts the importance of the crossroad AND muddles the significance of the new arc.
It would be as if Return of the Jedi cut from escaping Jabba's sail barge to Vader sensing Luke's presence during the Endor infiltration. There's nothing wrong with playing up the Luke/Vader plotline, but it works much better with the proper buildup. And skipping straight to the heavy character drama robs us of the sense of triumph our heroes earned by rescuing Han. Instead of combining peanut butter and chocolate, we get a sugary mix of uncooked ingredients. Blech.
So it's not that I hate Zoey, I just think DPC is setting her up to fail. And that makes me sad.
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