Thanks for the feedback! I think many of your qualms about Amaya should be considered with her black and white view of the world in mind. I do agree that reporting her to Trenespur and then warning her would be a sensible option, but narratively it's a bit of a "have your cake and eat it too", and writing out the consequences would be time-consuming and ultimately offer nothing new from the two extremes of Amaya enemy x Amaya friend (even if there may be some nuance to that in the future).
Regarding Sunny, I've made it clear since day 1 of release that
Sunny is a canon, mandatory romance. I understand why that can be frustrating, but making her romance optional is too much work for very little reward with how things are, mainly because Sunny has no counterpart as a love interest. Trisha, Kara, Amaya and so on are all limited by their involvement in the story - they are present currently, but it won't always be that way, whereas Sunny is 100% guaranteed to have ample screentime in every single episode. It would be possible to make her romance optional, sure - but it would be a lot of work just to implement the option to choose
nothing. Elevating other characters into "main romantic interest" would not work either, because they will at times have nothing to do with the development of the main story.
Think about it; their motivations and interests as characters mean they can't always be relevant and I would constantly have to fish for excuses to include them. For example, let's say the protagonist is looking into the past of his people in some old ruins; what does Trisha care? Why would she accompany him? She'd just get her dress dirty. And it's arguably even worse with Kara - she's a blacksmith, she has to be banging out weapons and tools to make a living, not chase after some shit the protagonist came up with. Meanwhile, Sunny's interests and flexibility allow her to be organically involved in anything - and if she can't be involved because it's too dangerous or because she wouldn't be able to help, it clashes with her ambition to earn her place in the MC's household and motivates her to become something "more".
At the end of the day, Elvensang is not a dating sim, and Trisha, Kara, Amaya, etc. are all side characters in the grand scheme of things. I would handle a slowburn love interest like Sunny differently in future projects, but it would require shifting many aspects of the story around. Though that's all with the benefit of hindsight and experience that I lacked when I started Elvensang - with this game, I have to make the best of the cards that I dealt myself. As it stands, the protagonist is young, Sunny is young, and there is enough care, trust and comfort between them to 'experiment' with their budding sexuality, regardless of what the future may hold for them as an official couple.
Also, I think you very much misunderstood that conversation with Trisha. The notion of becoming 'partners' is an offer of a political alliance, not a romantic relationship. The MC questions how reliable as a political ally Trisha would be when she is willing to casually flirt with her "best friend's" crush. It's hypocritical and projecting if he had been receptive and flirted back with her in the past, but hey - nobody's perfect.
Anyway, it's all a learning process. I'm always happy to hear feedback and ideas on how to progress Sunny's romance, particularly when it comes to making it narratively harmonious if the protagonist likes to fuck around. But if you are fundamentally opposed to Sunny as a mandatory romance, then I gotta tell you - the MC will fuck a redhead whether you like it or not