The Anti
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Dark path = best path.
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Somehow I think gabby viola might be a path that's being set up. and honestly, pepper seems the most pragmatic for like... She'll compromise herself and justify it after, living with the rationalizations until they stop being rationalizations and just become acceptance.
Hate is a strong word. Appreciate it exists to give the non-dark path more meaning and impact. It also fleshes out the characters a bit better when you can see how they'd react in a different scenario.
But yes, I am also glad there's a "skip over unread text" option when my curiosity got too strong.
Seriously under-rated practice. Not even full snowballing, just... Appreciation. Passionate or not, I feel like it's weirdly selfish to see scenes where an mc ends up getting blown and the response is always this stepford smiler cum glazed fawning, only to be followed up by "Whelp, i got off, go clean up and I'm getting on with my day!" I mean think about it from the other perspective, even if you're the most cock addicted cum guzzling hoe bag, a pat on the head of appreciation would be nice(if sometimes demeaning), but what would be even nicer is a kiss, on the forehead, or cheek if you're really so afraid of a little spunk, but an indifferent one on the lips could carry buckets of meaning over miles. Especially given how often it's expected to be eager to do the other way, either kissing someone having just gone down on them, or sucking off a cock still wet just pulled out of her.
... My soap box might be showing.
TigerWolfe
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I'm not about snowballs or cummy kisses(this actually grosses me out if I'm honest) , but as long as they've swallowed, I'll kiss my lady (this doesn't faze me at all). I'm pretty reciprocal though.
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Yep. Reciprocity is great.
Were we in (most) others game's thread i would say that would be unlikely to happen. But here i think there is a good chance.
I get it. I do. It's a thing, and between the shift of psychology a lot of people experience and a general social distaste for male homo-eroticism in a lot of ways... It's off putting for a lot of people.
But....
... Even that makes you pretty fucking stellar in comparison to most. Like, I met guys who are so homophobic they can't even kiss a girl who blew them until some arbitrary amount of time had passed (usually long enough to get horny again plus a day or so). And it wasn't that long ago it was considered inappropriate for a wife to do in general "She kisses my kids with that mouth".
So it's just... Like... Fuck, i've seen the shit people put in their mouths, what's so magical about a little semen? Like, the same guy who will rim a girl with the wet enthusiasm of a dog with a drooling problem slurping up a bowl of cake batter will wilt more dramatically than the most delicate houseplant at the mere hint he might make contact with his own come.
Quite. And honestly I don't really know. I feel it could go either way on top of either way. From a simple kiss indifferent to the circumstance, to a full fetishistic face licking cum eating thing. And honestly, I'm along for the ride regardless. This has been a pretty decent VN that I'm not sure I could really find things that bug me about it if I tried. I just couldn't stop from venting about an observation about the subject in general.
Though if anyone is taking notes *hint hint* I wouldn't object to there being a completely celibate path. Not for a fetish kind of thing, just something that I really feel needs to happen in more porn games. Somewhere between as a laugh and a subversion of expectations. Considering the game briefly had a no-nikki patch, I feel this suggestion might be taken in the spirit it's intended. (semi-seriously but not at all)
TigerWolfe
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I think it's a textural and own bodily byproduct thing for me. Slimy is not a thing I'd ever want in my mouth, and I don't ingest any of MY other bodily excretions.
I'd never demand a woman either blow me or swallow though. I like going down on women, but when it comes to finishing the deed on my part I prefer creampies all the time always and twice on Sundays. Gotta give the lil swimmers at least the false hope that it'll be mission accomplished.
Dark Silence
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Yeah. I used a strong word, for the strong feeling I have for it. True, that doesn't mean everyone has this strong feeling towards it. I have voiced my opinion about it a few times and someone always gets butthurt over it. I'm glad the path exists, but I can still hate it.
Dessolos
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yeah same I hate the dark path as it's to much for me when playing as the MC. However ironically I be more okay if it was some NTR BS scene and became part of the story or something we help the LI deal with. Which is probably weird. But honestly only time id play the dark path personally would be once every new update just to see if there is a new consequences for the MC and id skip over the dark path lewd scenes.
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While I have zero interest in mason as a LI I have to disagree because I find mason as a character is a good example of a character needed to show there how helping or fucked up of a person the MC can be. Because nothing is more fucked up than taking advantage of a homeless kid. Honestly mason is a decently written character so far.
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Textbook definition of a hot take.
At this pace it won't be long before Joshy is simping for the whole game crew.
Completely valid. I could see how a lot of that content could evoke strong responses. But (and I can't stress this enough) i'm mostly just voicing my perspective in response to yours, not trying to down play yours at all.
It seems most often that there just exists content in games as a false choice, where no matter what you pick everything goes completely to the same place. But here for instance being awful to one character on your first meeting makes it so a later meeting she just isn't there, or less bad means she's just not super trusting of you in that moment. Which doesn't seem to be a big deal maybe, but at the very least meant to me that it had impact. I don't know where all paths lead, but it does feel like the choice matters because it does have weight beyond "no sexual interest, so this person fades into the background" that it seems like all the other games I can think of easily have.
Like mason is a great example, I want to be a supportive friend to him, and help him get back onto his own. Nothing more than that. But the cuddle option was kind of amazing, and after seeing the wig scene, i definitely want to make sure to give him all the cuddles. And that (if memory serves) was one of the least awful dark path parts. ... Though I have to admit i kind of really liked peppers negotiation and the subsequent payoff. I fear I might have to have a save just to see how that ultimately plays out.
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Well, even those who want to abuse all the girls can spare Mason because he is a boy. Call it a loophole instead of a butthole.
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Haha, my manNo there are at least 10 similarly confused individuals
Nah, but honestly, I really like variety and I adore all the routes, every single one, for their own reasons.
The romance route gives the best wholesome erections and satisfactory story developments without a single tinge of guilt, yet you can still have kinky fun.
The corruption route (admittedly haven't played fully yet, but seen tid bits) satisfies the most selfish & lustful side of you where you don't wanna be horribly cruel or do anything super illegal, but you also don't feel like going through all the effort of courting these hoes.
And then the dark route lets you play with some of the darkest sexual fantasies that are extremely uncommon in VNs and usually extremely poorly written when they are encountered. It's completely normal of course to be infinitely put off by the dark route, but damn, I don't see how any non-con enjoyer could put any other game ahead of this one. It's what I've been seeking for a few years but could never find, so even if the dark route concludes earlier than the rest, I'm glad I have a game to come back to every few years or so when I'm jonesing for that kind of content.
It would be so fucking hot if Gabby & Viola 3some happened, but I'm not sure if Gabby would be up for it tbh. On Gabby's romance route, I could see MC coming back to his apartment after a good fuck with our chocolate princess and letting maid Viola suck her pussy juices off (still don't know anything about Viola, so this is pure guesswork obviously; oh god, or imagine if MC didn't tell her they did anal and she sucked her ass off instead
). So, Viola might get second-hand Gabby. But, as far as an actual threesome, we might only be able to get it on the corruption route... which might be an interesting and confusing affair, for both girls, but especially for Viola. On the one hand, Viola finally getting her Gabby on a platter... but on the other, if Gabby's not fully into it and is just doing it because of money... she might be disappointed and guilty during/afterwards... the infamous "post-nut clarity" in action.And, yeah, I guess I kinda see your point with Pepper. She might also sort of be like a spitfire Nicki, where she aggressively vocalizes her displeasure, yet still goes along with it anyways even though she doesn't really want to. I mean, I guess to an extent they're all like that, or else we wouldn't have a corruption/dark route. Nicki & Brit stand out in that regard to me, though; they seem the most likely to confuse what others want from them with what they want themselves, if that makes sense. Mason too maybe once we find out more about him. The rest of the girls may also be meek in the face of MC's power he lords over them (in 2 routes anyways), but I think they know what they actually want in the end for the most part.
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I don't think that it is constructive to debate people with anti-trans views. Those comments are going to be deleted anyway, so it is a better use of your time to hit the report button to hasten that process rather than wade into the muck. People who dislike Mason based on these views and insist on gender and biologically assigned sex being the same thing are unlikely to be swayed by any posts on this forum. While it is tempting to educate people in this regard, maybe even in the hope that someone reading the posts may be swayed to a more reasonable position, anyone who has followed the JK Rowling saga knows that the result of calling someone out is usually just more obstinance.