I also noticed that Bella uses sex to distract the MC or to close conversation topics that make her uncomfortable. Bella is my favorite love interest, but I don't know how to feel when I see her using such a low ruse against the MC. My fear is that the MC will feel cheated by Bella in the same way that he felt cheated by Maya and Josy for avoiding talking about relationship issues.
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I've been thinking and the MC is right to be a snowflake, he's surrounded by fuckin' liars.
* Josy said she had a boyfriend but didn't say her boyfriend went to B&R and on top of that her boyfriend was actually a girlfriend - Maya;
* Maya said she had a boyfriend, then went back and said she didn't have a boyfriend (but she didn't say she was single either), that is, in her head she didn't lie to the MC she just omitted the truth (screw you and Josy , Maya...);
* Jill... yes, even Jill tried to hide from the MC that she was from the Royce family. At least Jill had the decency to ask first if the MC would allow them to go ahead with their date without her having to say who her family was.
* Bella... now is when the horror show begins... Bella doesn't want to talk about anything, doesn't want to talk about why she still wears a wedding ring, doesn't want to talk about the possibility of one day having a serious relationship with MC , she doesn't make much of a point of checking the handbook either, when the MC asks about her husband she says he's 'not here anymore'. What does that mean? It looks like Bella will use the same tactic as Maya: she won't lie to the MC, just omit the truth. Like I said, Bella is my favorite love interest...but even Bella's fans are losing patience with her.
* Sage... oddly enough, Sage is the only one who didn't hide shit from the MC. On the contrary, she shares very personal things with him... maybe that's why she works so well as a girlfriend or as a close friend to the MC. The MC doesn't know that Sage is a Burke it's not Sage's fault, Sage's family was never a topic of conversation when the MC and Sage were together, and that information wasn't as important as Maya's relationship status, Josy or Bella.
-Josy no you are wrong, she said she is in a relationship... not that she has a boyfriend, MC just assumed that and the players too of course. So she didnt lied here... but well, yeah she could have said that her partner is at B&R but again... her relationship was pretty much on hold, so... no i dont think its right to blame Josy here. Maya lied big time though, and more than once too.
- Jill hiding her family is acceptable though... she had bad experience because of the fact she is a Royce, people, especially guys were only interested in her because of that in the first place, so its understandable that she doest mentioned it, MC didnt bother to ask, why should he, and it doesnt matter anyways... she is rich, so much was clear to everyone, and if she is a Royce or Rockefeller or whatnot doesnt really matter to the MC. Why blame her for that? But overall, yeah Jill is a kinda secretive person here and there. She is not very open. Most of the time she has her good reasons for that, sometimes not so much. I can understand her though, she is very insecure and afraid to get hurt in any way. So she tries to protect herself like this. But she opens up so much more with every episode... the trust build up between her and the MC is really nice. And unique too in this game.
-Bella... yeah i dont like her route one bit, there is not one single conversation with her where she opens up enough, is honest or anything like that... and to hide literally EVERYTHING what is important for a relationship just doesnt work for me... after a while i would just say "look, i like you very much, but if you cant be a little more open and honest with me, where is the point in this?" Her loveroute is my least favorite. But her character is of course very interesting, but annoying too.
- Sage, yeah i cant say any negative about her either, well... besides the fact that she was a little bit to "bitchy" in the early episodes, but i guess DPC decided to make her a little more likeable in the long term. I really dont liked Sage in the first 2 episodes, but especially with the ep4 branching route with her, i began to like her very much. buuuut her "love route" doesnt work for me either. Dont know... its too open for my taste. But it fits her character, and a DIK MC very well i guess. As a chick MC to go for Sage feels a little odd... and yeah i admit, i play mostly as chick (but so far i made everything the game has to offer... multiple dik routes too, dont think i missed a single thing so far). Iam more on the romantic side i guess.