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I'm not sure I agree. The M&J Hangouts (the picnic in Episode 5 and the spa in Episode 8) do have some nice interactions between the characters. They aren't perfect by any means, but then neither was the reconciliation in the ruined library.
Personally, I think the spa is probably gets my nod, especially if we include the entirety of the trip which has lots of fun activities and even a short sex scene. Sure, we shouldn't have taken 4 episodes to get from trying for something more to the three of them finally hanging out at a pool, but that's a separate problem.
I certainly have high hopes for your namesake, but I'm not exactly going to hold my breath. Not after the Interlude practically assured us Zoey was living in a convent while in San Diego.
I don't follow. As has been pointed out, even the side girls are never shown sleeping around. A chaste Zoey would make her exactly like everyone else the MC can express interest in. Showing that Zoey did test the waters out west and decided to call it off in favor of rekindling something with the MC would at least give her a unique maturity: only Bella would really come close.
As for Emma, I again disagree. Zoey pursuing Brett would in no way justify what Emma did, because Emma at no point staked any claim to Brett (nor did she ask Zoey not to date him prior to her meltdown). It would, however, better explain Emma's actions, which would have been nice. As is, it plays like Emma forgot to take her medications for a few days.
Sorry to sound like a broken record, but how does Zoey alter that dynamic? If the MC picked a girl at the crossroads, starting anything with Zoey would be just as much cheating. I don't expect the unchosen girls to disappear from the MC's life, so it's not like he couldn't regret his choice with them as easily as he could with Zoey. To me, Sage and Jill are much more effective temptations than Zoey because a) I like their personalities better (when Jill isn't being written like an idiot, anyway), and b) their history with the MC is shown not just told. As I've said before, Zoey is the only benchmark the MC has for a relationship, and she's a marginal one (in his mind). If the MC wasn't as invested in the chosen girl as he was in Zoey, he probably should have picked Others.
The only clear advantage Zoey brings to the table is that DPC could reuse he scenes fairly easily on all the branches, which is good for production times but not so much for the story. IMHO, at least. I get some people will prefer Zoey to the other options and that's totally fair, but on average I expect that to be atypical since Zoey would be up against the player's favorite out of 4 choices (5 if we include Quinn/Others).
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This strikes me as a bit disingenuous. Josy doesn't have any romantic relationship with Lucas to date, so of course a lewd scene between them will feel unimportant. If there was an actual relationship there, the scene would presumably be far more relevant - even to the Bella path. To flip things around, seeing a scene between Bella and her husband would be quite significant no matter who we picked in Episode 8.I feel like I'm running in circles here..
Let's try this way, I use Bella as an example because I'm gonna get likes for it
I'm on the Bella branch. She and I just Fucked in her pool. The next scene.
A, Lily and Tommy talking about drug. A scenario that directly involve the Diks , and will have effect on MC. A Main Plot
B, Josy and Lucas, talking about some random thing, How She liked the way he said " Hi Josy" - so She wanna suck his Dick, and we get a sex scene.
Which one has the most relevant to me on the Bella path, or for the game general plot. ?. It is the least important thing in the game to see Josy love life.
if Josy comes to me and Say hey my new Boyfriend is beating me, abusing me, could you help? Then in that case it's became Relevant.
other than this, if She is beyond my scope, MC's scope, aka MC is not presented, this is not relevant.
people falsely have this idea that if we don't see them move on, and getting an extended details about their life its means that these character stuck in a loop waiting for MC the player to change his mind.
But I hardly get this expression, when I didn't see Bella at all in episode 4. Nothing happens, we are back in the same track, she became relevant for the story again, so I meet her. And I think this is how bracnhng will work, some characters just won't be as heavily presented anymore, because they no longer relevant for that specific branch. Beyond the plot.
it has nothing to do with fear of NTR. It is simply just, when you are on a Bella branch, you dont have to see a random scene thats hold no value to the story aside of being a personal storyline for a rejcted girl.
I cant explinit any better, I feel like at this point it's just arguing for the sake of arguing.
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