So when will the MCs life go to hell?
Based on the opening of the game it seems like he thinks back on his time with his dad with fondness. Suggesting that he would encounter hardships later on. Yet we haven't seen anything like that yet. The MCs life has so far been amazing. A slight dip with Maya and Josy and some other things but that was temporary. He is either loved, friends with or respected by everyone.
You might think that the opening of the game was made when DPC was postprocessing the AL storyline and later on changed the story like the gardener writer he seems to be. Maybe. The story became a lot more popular than DPC probably anticipated. But lets say that something terrible will happen. In that case what will it be?
If we go by DPCs previous work then it probably relates to a major death and a major twist. A tragic event caused by a character that everyone knows. There are problems with this however. The death needs to be meaningful which means that it should involve a major character, specifically a female character. But all the major female characters have a pretty big fanbase so it doesn't really work unless it is done at the very end of the game.
So lets assume that Bella is the character who snaps and kills a major character. Maya and the MC find something terrible in the closet. I guess it is possible. Bella holds everyone at gunpoint and kills on of them, for example Maya. Maybe Bella was intended to be the original psycho. But since it has been so long does it even make sense anymore? What about the people who chose Bella as a LI. Futhermore if that happens then the game more or less has to end by episode 12, which is theoretically possible I suppose.
There are a few reasons why this could be possible. Mayas student loan situation was resolved in ep11 and she even thinks that it seems to good to be true. It would make some sense from a narrative perspective if she died right after that when her story line has concluded. Second, whenever "future MC" narrates the story is has been about Bella, which might suggest that she caused his problems.
And also the Zoey decision at the end of episode 11. Now if you choose to return to Zoey then that would probably change up the story in a major way. Not only does DPC have to juggle the story of the previous break ups but he also needs to write a new story line where the MC breaks up with Jill, Maya and Josy, Bella or Sage. But it has to be consistent with if you chose to reject Zoey and stay with your LI. So the friend group has to remain regardless which doesn't make much sense considering how much of a betrayal the breakup would be. Depending on your choices you would have broken up with Maya and Josy, Sage and Bella earlier. And then you break up with Jill. Why would any of them want to be the MCs friend after that? Even the MC thinks that the christmas dinner might be the last dinner they ever have together after he chooses Zoey.
But...if something major happens like a death then the Zoey decision might not matter as much. It would literally be the last christmas dinner together because something traumatic happened to all of them.
I almost convinced myself when I wrote the last part. But I still doubt it since there are many other loose story threads that would become irrelevant if a big thing like that happened. The alphas vs the DIKs, tri betas plot against the other frats, the drug plot, the MCs mom etc. Not even mentioning the party mini game that is not resolved.
I think it makes more sense if this is an overblown cliffhanger like we have seen many times before, cough Jade. Bella probably just has something weird in the closet, like a mannequin dressed up as her husband or dead snakes hanging from the ceiling.
Maybe the tragic event is caused by Vinny later on? It's also possible but so far he seems so detached to the main friend group and also it would seem a bit obvious. Not to mention that we barely know him and it would probably not hit as hard as AL.
Either way the MCs life seems to go a bit too well at the moment. At some point DPC has to decide if this is going to be an story about a guys awesome life in college or acting lessons 2.
