I'm very confused by the red/blue choices.
Actually, apparently I asked this question to dev before and he answered somewhat.
AA/AB (red asshole choices) are the NTR paths.
BB/BA (blue respectful choices) are the NTS paths.
I don't like it when NTR can only happen as a consequence of treating her badly but eh, it's still too early in the story to tell how the paths will shape up. I can tell that AA specifically is for being a total asshole that flirts with other women and is just a pervert. Then let's hope that AB choices offer something that doesn't just make the MC deserve getting cucked.
I was unaware that there were combinations of the two, and I'm not sure about the differences between the AA/AB or the differences between BB/BA.
I actually started out by being respectful, but choosing red in the few cases where it just seemed like the choice was hinting at being more accepting of the situation or naive i.e. "Cedric was just being helpful (naive choice, implying future NTR) vs Celes is happy and that is what matters (implying future NTS)" but this put me in the alpha route where Celes said "wow" after seeing the dickpic. I basically started from the beginning only choosing the blue choices when I realised I had been put on the alpha path without intending to, but if the blue path leads to NTS then I'd rather not.
I don't want NTS, but I also don't want the MC to have to be an asshole for proper NTR to happen, so I agree with you. And if you act respectfully, only choosing red-choices where the blue choice hints at NTS as I did, you should not automatically be put in an alpha situation where Celes is wowed by the MCs dick and yadayada.
I'm usually not one to tell developers that they should cater to my specifc needs and wishes, but this feels a bit confusing and surely NTR should be possible on what is now the purely blue path. Unless the comment I'm replying to is inaccurate.
If I was the dev I'd mainly have three categories. A beta NTS path (I don't care for it myself but the dev seems to want NTS in the game so), a Beta NTR path (the typical thing, MC is a good guy but so is cedric, though he is not as boring and has a bigger dick soooo...) and an alpha NTR path (where mc is a bit of an ass, cedric is the better guy and Celes sees that). I'm not sure what a fourth category could be, clearly the dev has four in mind judging by the above comment. An alpha NTS/sharing path?
I know things can go very wrong when devs listen too much to the diverse wishes of the players. More paths=more likely everyone is happy in theory but oh no, scope-creep, snail paced development. But with that said, there's just something here that feels unintuative and off from the usual expectations people have about these kinds of games.
Maybe someone can clarify if they have a better idea of what the dev has said about this.