- Apr 26, 2017
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I may be misremembering things but it doesn't even seem like Lydia sees Mike as a potential love interest or sex partner.Haha that's so funny, like the most forgettable character in the game even though she's supposed to be the main LI for the MC
I think something interesting psychologically is going on here that I have seen in so many VNs; as soon as certain women, certain love interests are "forced" upon players, which is to say these characters are just a necessary part of the main story (which, I don't know how you're gonna write a sensible story without having certain relationships in place), people almost always lose their shit. Not everyone of course, but mostly, people seem to not be that interested in the main, fixed love interests of a game and act more like children who only want what they can't have ^^'
I bet if Lydia wasn't a fixed part of the story, people would be extremely interested in pursuing her. While she is a bit of a clichéed character (the otherworldly, creative virgin), she does have a certain appeal. I certainly don't think her design is unattractive to look at and she does show a sort of flirtatious side to her, something that wasn't necessarily expected of this stock character so she doesn't seem too absurdly naive and innocent like you see much too often in these sorts of character; plus her backstory is revealed a bit and there are certainly some interesting things to explore there. So on the face of it, she doesn't seem at all to be an uninteresting character.
But I think, simply by the fact that you, as a player, don't really get to make the decision whether you pursue her or not and where her story goes (at least as of yet), people are put off and uninterested.
I do think I have that tendency a bit myself but not as strongly as some other people who sometimes actually seem to dislike characters simply because they're not optional. It's just a funny phenomenon.
She is necessary to move the story but as the protagonist interests change so should be the people he is interested in. At least that is what i hope for.