But you don't see Elena and JB , outside of MC perspective.
Josy Maya, or the Bella and her hubby also flashbacks. Different meaning. Whole different thing, and You know it too, I know you do.
let's Say: Sage as she said that she won't wait for MC, and found a new guy or girl, or a transgender deer whatever.
When MC is not around, Why would we need to see her personal life with that person?
Lets say: Dik and Hots are go to a Spring Break, they chose to go to a lake , and they all stay in wood house.
at the fireplace we all hang out together, Mc and Jill, Sage and her new hubby. We having conversations, we got a scene,etc Then Sage and her new Boy toy, stand up and walk inside the house. - Thats where its end for Sage
and We stay With MC. We not gonna follow Sage and her boy toy to see them fucking, why would we need that?. When We as the Player, MC and his girl stayed there, may be we walk away to, find a quite place to have sex. Why should the perspective and the Story should be stay on Sage in an way? Why would we care about what Sage doing and waste the render and the animation on her, When we have our own storyline.
or the upcoming Halloween. We walk around, we saw Sage having a good chat with a guy, MC may make a remark, that he is so happy that she found someone. He may walk toward them, have a conversation, and then We move forward to do our own business.
Rusty, Fucked that girl Micah or whatever her name is, did we see it ? After we had the conversation with them, did we stayed on them and heard their conversation, or even see them leaving or anything? No.
Why would this have to be different with any other girl we not choose?
Please tell me you actually get what I'm pointing out?. You know I'm right, right?.
it seems to me that you are lumping everything together in a not-so-clear way.
my point is: the personal relationships of the LIs, but in general of all characters, are part of the story, they are never superfluous. not the sex, the relationships (but being a porn game it would fit the former)
so I don't understand why flashbacks should be an exception.. if Riona had sex with a client in a flashback or in "live-action" what difference does it make? what difference does it make if we find out that Quinn and Vinnie were together in a flashback by seeing it, or in the game with someone telling us about it?
you yourself gave the example of the interlude, which is a flashback, as an unnecessary sex scene (and you're right, but since Zoey had already had sex with MC, DPC had to necessarily use another female character, the least attractive one possible to prevent anyone from falling in love with her. and an unnecessary scene because who gives a damn about Emma?)
if Bella's husband returned in the ninth chapter, with MC present or not, would you expect him to kiss her? after that flashback I would say I would rule it out
then you make this assumption that once an LIs has been dumped, she goes out of MC's life, which is false in such an obvious way that I really don't know what you mean. they continue to hang out all the time, as soon as they break up they make it clear that they will still remain friends forever.
for me this terror that DPC has of the whining of his patreons, which I can also understand, damages a lot the realism of what he tells. but most of all it damages the characters in his tale
the most glaring example is Sage, who in theory is supposed to be the belle of the school, thinks she is, but acts like a beggar for affection, gets rejected by MC three times (no fuckbuddy, no sex on Tybalt's bed on automatic, and no second chances at HOTs parties) after living months if not years with a guy who wouldn't touch her even with a stick
if, on the other hand, you're with her and dump her at the last minute she'd want you to know that in case something changes to let her know--because she might be available.
so the point is not that they don't show us, because it's a waste of time, but that there is nothing to show us because they are all waiting for their second chance (Sage had it, the others will have it too)
the only ones who can afford to show interest in the LIs, witho complete buffoons who wouldn't stand a chance even if they were the last men on earth ( the most anonymous of the JOCKs, who seems to be twice as old as the other students, hits on Josy...)
But it is MC's story, what are told to us. Not his love interest stories, or his friends stories, we see time to time bonus information, but its not their story, its MC story. we just get more information time to time about the world he living in, about the characters he interact, But it is His Story. Not Sage , not Jill , not Rusty, Not Bella, or Josy etc. It's MC.
you added this after I answered you
the consequences of MC's choices are part of MC's story, in the same way the premises of the situations in which Mc finds himself are also part of MC's story
let's say MC's behavior might have consequences for whether or not Maya gets the scholarship would this be part of Mc's story or not?
If playing too much with Bella brought serious consequences for her would this be part of Mc's story or not?
if it's sentimental consequences though: heaven forbid!!! it's a waste of time!!! i don't think
