Remeber too that many of her problems (particularly about his relation with Josy) came because of his father... If his father was as "cool" as Josy's one, her couple has very likely gone better from the beginning and Maya would'nt be in this situation...
I felt as though Maya wished she had that closeness with her own Father but then again all she probably really wants is acceptance from him.
Maya is not weak, she is broken. Maya had a backbone in the past (the remnant we saw in the second episode) and with the help of MC and Josy she will have a backbone again in the future. But now she is broken.
her father would be a bigot, but anyway he went in her room to talk to her, he did not disnow her
to be broken may be the reason, to be weak is the result
I'll try to argue (even if it's not easy for me, I'd prefer french language !
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we could try with italian maybe....I'll try to argue (even if it's not easy for me, I'd prefer french language !
Maya's not weak for me. Remember she pledged the HOTs to have free tuition and so win her financial independence. But she has no Hots mentality, far from it ! She needs a lot of force in her to do that.
Going to address these at once, so here goes.
Her Dad issued her an "ultimatum" and is using this to withhold her tuition, and he is the one that was keeping Maya from seeing Josy for some time now. His visit to Maya's dorm was most likely to pressure her to accept this ultimatum and she either refused or didn't give an answer which is what made her more determined to join the HOTs for the "free tuition" so that she wouldn't have to accept or refuse his ultimatum.
This does honestly sound a lot better, that the smaller actions amount to the different LIs perceiving the MC in a certain way and this influences their view of his personality. It feels like a better representation of real life too, as some people can like you and others don't like you because they have differing views on your personality based on their own way of perceiving your actions and your words.
It seems pretty clear that Maya's father threatened to disown her if she didn't behave 'properly.' She flat out tells us he gave her an ultimatum when we first meet her, Maya and Josy repeatedly state he can't know the two are living together, and we know he asked Derek to keep an eye on her.
I think it's easy to overstate just how weak Maya is relative to the MC. It was only last episode that the MC spent two days sulking around because his girlfriends were cheating on each other with him. Even with her tears, Maya seemed to handle that better than he did.
I agree with you completely a good example of that kind of system working is city of broken dreamers. Especially with Victoria which without going of topic or spoiling anything has quite a few different scenes and interactions depending on the MCs interactions and choices regarding her and it even effects her dialog with other characters in the game. I think that is a more realistic way to handle the relationships in the game.
I agree that would have been a better model for the system, but it sounds like DPC felt that was too "gameable," so he created the more convoluted system we ended up with.
The only major hurdle to your theory "IF" is that I can have the MC do the exact opposite of the Major choices and it affects nothing other than status. The "crucial moments" you mention could be anything and most of the time they are insignificant to the whole story. Help Steve - what in the flying fluck does Steve have to do with the story? Take it further with Jade? Why is Jade such a huge impact? By this time half of the people I've already (potentially) screwed around with are in a committed relationship. Bella is also a teacher. So again why is Jade so special that she is a defining moment in your life but Maya, Josy, Bella, and Sage are insignificant? The system is so flawed that I cant even use your "if" theory because it fails the logic test. There is nothing special about any of the Major Choices that are different than any other minor choice. SSDDI agree that would have been a better model for the system, but it sounds like DPC felt that was too "gameable," so he created the more convoluted system we ended up with.
To try to be fair to the existing system, I think it does a decent job *IF* you are willing to pretend the Major Choices (and only the Major Choices) are the crucial moments that combine to define the MC's mindset for the rest of his life. If you make that assumption, a lot of the problems in the system fall away.
In that case it's not that Maya and Josy are psychic, it's that the MC has become the sort of person who prefers to beat up jocks, party with strippers, or refuse to let old grudges go; M&J can pick up on that because those decisions are at the core of who the MC is, so his attitude is reflected in his actions in countless small ways.
Of course the reason the status/affinity system fails is that a) there is no clear rationale for why those particular choices are the ones that make the MC who he is, and b) the game rarely shows any of the small ways in which his actions mirror his attitude - or sometimes shows the opposite.
So yeah, we got a more complex system that all too often falls flat. Unfortunately, the die is cast at this point.
You're preaching to the choir. As I said, you need to pretend ONLY the Major Choices are the significant ones. Other choices that seem similar are, for whatever reason you prefer to cling to, just minor events that don't mean much.
I'd say so far Jill is the only LI who doesn't rely on MC for emotional support. If anything thing she's been an anchor of support for him not vice versa. That speaks a lot about how strong she is as a person.
