It's not pilfering, those cookies were given freely.
Sorry for the misunderstanding, that was colorful language and not meant literally. People "steal" kisses and moments and shit in romantic media all the time, MC is expected to be taking from a few (or several, or many) jars and should do that (MC shouldnt be in only one) that was my point, and apparently I failed horribly at conveying this. Sorry my bad.
Hey, I resemble that remark!
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.
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.
Might as well be your own thoughts... it does not mean it ain't gets shared by many around here

My only concearn about Zoya is whether or not she gets forcibly interjectected... hence it would demolish many hours of gameplay(s) not to mention it steals MY decision how the story should go ! If it's optional all is well


BTW a competition needs to be wanted from both sides... otherwise it's just causing trouble for a not realistic outcome nor a reason
As
Ilhares put it well it got handed to you so the cookie jar analogy here just won't stand

If you consider this as a game game then you can reach the conclusion that the more bitches you shag the better your MCs charisma stats will get

But with BaDIK this one tries ( at least ) to be a little realistic with no multiple LOVE INTERESTS outside the given M&J one... being a manharlot is another thing... but then why the hustle for being in a relationship ?


Your choice to define Fuckface ( to some extent ) but as it is it comes with consequences ( and if you ask me DPC was not really strict at punishing these harem maniacs... you think [ realistically ] you could fuck around with everyone on a campus [ of all places ] and nobody gets wind of it ?


OR care ???


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And it does not make a better story if you fuck around it just comes with more lewd content !

Thats a very good point, trusting the customer and shifting the content but not always. If theres a cohereant story outline already and DPC is sticking to it like the writer he is I think the error is in being able to singly pursue someone, it breaks the story kinda and thats why Zoey is needed now halfway in, to make it a story, to force people into a love triangle. The problem is that its taken too long since development start to reach this point, many fans have become too focused on the one LI and cant look beyond it.
To me going into a single LI in a narrative work like this so alien so the crossroad as an event wasn't of huge importance at all, instead a focusing and catalyst
for drama not against it to do sappy stuff. Its like making a love story (a bit of hyperbole: like Gatsby or Wuthering Heights) and removing one of the suitors and obstacles until its only the one couple instead of a love triangle. It would end up having zero tension. Instead is a damn Marty Stu/Mary Sue story, an infallible main character that does no wrong, is great at everything(massive fighter, plays the guitar, huge dick, charismatic leader, snares all the ladies because everyone wants a piece) that always succeed.
Supremely boring and most of all an extremely bad read. Like 99.9% of fan fiction. (IMO BaDik is in the porn category of story first with lots of smut instead of Porn first and story is whatever batshit insane "landlord" and "housemate" bullshit you always ignore since is copy pasted from elsewhere and fast forwarded through.)
MC have to be a shitty partner and break people to make the story sound (or the LI have to do it). I think the timing is great, its midway into the story which is good place to start raising the stakes, getting a label and enter into a bit of commitment (on the surface but not actually doing it maybe?) or you add new character from the outside that emotionally* means more to the story than any of the current LIs, its all done so it can come crashing down later in the final act. It have to come down in the final act how else is it a story worth reading!? Imo DPC feels like a writer first, porn delivery guy secondly. How the hell do you churn a happy, content and successful monogamous dating into an interesting story for 8 more episodes where the setting is collage, partying and sex? And multiply by 5 to match each different LI. Each requiring happy soppy stuff to cater to each girls fans?
It just doesn't make sense from any angle imo to do that or make an outline like that. MC have to do dumb shit and fuck it all up (or the LIs). Simply HAVE to fuck it up.
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I dont think much of "your" or "my" choices because they shouldn't and cannot overshadow story, and thats why often when I read anger directed at Zoey or the Interlude, I think many fans are ignoring what have been written and shown to us (MC likely doing at least two LI and a side or two perhaps) people have instead made their own fanfiction in their head instead where there is only the one LI and with no sides and carefully follows walkthroughs to enable that at maximise favorability. Why else would the anger be so extreme (at times) for Zoey? Because she is presented with huge emotional pull on the MC that works in an out of story if you look at it in whole, its coherent and match up with MCs character in the first couple episodes, its in fact greater than all the LIs at the moment. And each vocal fans fanfictionlike headcannon cannot easily accommodate that, all they see is danger and the stress response is anger imo. Great content, it just cannot compete with fanfiction headcannon where every word against headcannon is treated as shit.
All in all, If its all only wholesome stuff happening... its boring. Might as well stop reading and just skip through all text until you get the lewd scenes at that point (which manwhore mode kinda facilitates if thats your thing while also enabling huge drama if you like everything burning

, which is what it seems to be leaning towards for that particular path which I enjoy as well, the aftermath is whats interesting). I think im rambling. Been going over this reply too much.