Noted, my apologies to Mari and the others for my memory lapse.
As for Jamie I have to assume that we will see her blossoming a bit later in the story, otherwise I fear for her being left behind again. (For some reason I just thought of the film 'Grease' for the first time in many years with the late transformation of ONJ's character. Hope if they do go down that route that its done a bit better than the film though. That was too abrupt.)
Having gone through some more dates with Jamie and hearing about her interest in making new friends, and getting 'busy' multiple times a day, Im sure we will see her develop more, although I guess its something that will need to be handled carefully. I still think she needs nother interest.
On a related but more general note, the game is tagged as harem, I guess Im wondering if thats something the dev set or not?
The reason I mention it is because as interesting as some of the girls are, I think some of them are unlikely to ever be comfor5able within a harem relationship. Kendra and Izzy for example, (though skillful writing could prove me wrong,) Juliana, Gertrude and Jez too, but for different reasons, some of the others too.
It would be nice if after collecting members of a 'harem' a game (not necessarily this one,) allowed the MC to help find a decent exit route for a former partner once it became clear it wasnt going to work, it could even be a game mechanic of sorts, reducing tensions within the remaining group to the point where a long term future becomes viable.
It would also be interesting to see different types of relationship within a harem, by which I mean why does harem have to mean everybody in bed together at the same time? Its not how the term was used historically so far as Im aware.
Most harem VN's seem to spend the majority of the game with the MC romancing a group of women individually. So, rather than all the women suddenly discovering they are bi and never knew, (only about 8% people have ever had feelings for their own gender in their lifetime, with less than 4% actually identifying as LGBT, according to USA surveys,) surely it makes more sense for at least some of the women to agree to share, but each have their own space within the group, Ie Jamie gets Monday, Tammy gets Tuesday etc and the weekend is shared family time, ie walk in the park or something. There could even be friends with benefits, ie a mainly lesbian couple could join the group at birthdays/christmas, or platonic options, ie an exclusive couple who want to be part of the family but arent interested in sex outside their own pairing.
Provided people are honest with each other (harder than it sounds I know,) and are clear where the expectations and boundaries are I think its as likely to work as any other arrangement. But maybe Im deluding myself.
