Well, my two cents in the pot, I do feel like the MC is definitely breaking the character mold like ThiccShady has mentioned. While I never expected him to be an "alpha male" kinda guy, I never expected him to also be such a doormat either and just allow himself to get walked on the entire time. He is the epitome of beta male. Not in the sense that he sucks up to every woman he sees, but he literally has no backbone. People mention him being a more mature person than what he was once, but that also doesn't mean maturity goes hand-in-hand with getting stepped on. Maybe with Ashley to some extent, but he can also show some balls and not let her get away with all the crazy shit she says to him either, especially on certain topics. Same goes with Liz and the crazy shit she was doing.
Stand up for yourself and don't let them walk over you. Be a man. Don't have to throw down and slap them around, but at least let it be known they can just do whatever the hell they want with you either. And don't get me started with Ashlyn/Lynn. He just literally followed everything she did like a little defenseless puppy and let her keep insulting him AND his friend Ashley, even if those two are sisters. He can be mature about it and still tell her to back off. Just because she's from a family with power and money doesn't mean he can just let her walk over him and Ashley like that. Especially with all that power play shit Lynn was trying. And at the end where he actually thinks he'd get a piece of Lynn if he helped her keep Ashley from going back? Can he truly think she was being serious about that? That's not maturity. That's still immature behavior, which is what he's always shown. The most mature thing I've seen him do is stand up for Samantha when she was being attacked and if you choose during events for him to be mature.
Other than that, while I understand this is just a VN that's trying to be more story heavy versus sex/porn heavy, the MC is still an immature teen who still only thinks with his dick versus what people really feel. He talks a big game to the girls' faces, but his inner monologues show that he's still only thinking with his dick. I'm not sure why some people think being a "mature man" means not causing any conflict and going with the flow. Yeah, I agree, he's not a leader. He definitely is more like an influencer like the previous poster said. But still, can't convince me that he's starting to "mature" and be a real man, when he definitely isn't.
Stand up for yourself and don't let them walk over you. Be a man. Don't have to throw down and slap them around, but at least let it be known they can just do whatever the hell they want with you either. And don't get me started with Ashlyn/Lynn. He just literally followed everything she did like a little defenseless puppy and let her keep insulting him AND his friend Ashley, even if those two are sisters. He can be mature about it and still tell her to back off. Just because she's from a family with power and money doesn't mean he can just let her walk over him and Ashley like that. Especially with all that power play shit Lynn was trying. And at the end where he actually thinks he'd get a piece of Lynn if he helped her keep Ashley from going back? Can he truly think she was being serious about that? That's not maturity. That's still immature behavior, which is what he's always shown. The most mature thing I've seen him do is stand up for Samantha when she was being attacked and if you choose during events for him to be mature.
Other than that, while I understand this is just a VN that's trying to be more story heavy versus sex/porn heavy, the MC is still an immature teen who still only thinks with his dick versus what people really feel. He talks a big game to the girls' faces, but his inner monologues show that he's still only thinking with his dick. I'm not sure why some people think being a "mature man" means not causing any conflict and going with the flow. Yeah, I agree, he's not a leader. He definitely is more like an influencer like the previous poster said. But still, can't convince me that he's starting to "mature" and be a real man, when he definitely isn't.
