I agree with pretty much everything you say above … but regarding Jin & dark elf hormones it’s something of another stab yourself in the foot situation. (Like the light/dark path regarding sanctuary girls) While I appreciate the work that was put into the story and the feels between Lin & Jin regarding the addiction & memory aspect of the addiction.
However the correlation of what is essentially a Hormone replacement therapy being equal to Opiate addiction in order be able to bring in some commentary regarding the real world Scourge of opiates that is mostly caused by greed by assclowns in big pharma like the Sacklers.
I appreciate the effort to bring attention to the issue of addiction but it feels forced like a statement of 2+2=5
AND it costs us a a sexy milfy elf!!!
I doubt that Runey is pushing any agenda other that trying to tell a good story.
I love Jin and pretty much all her HH content I initially liked the commentary and the discussion of addiction. I eventually came to the personal conclusion that it’s quasi-spin to support the story. At least we didn’t get “Tinu Madness” for the corollary to ”Reefer Madness” but weed has finally had its moment of revelation. Specifically how it’s not that much different from alcohol (regarding possible addictiveness and side effects) still there is lots of propaganda & hypocritical legacy reactionary misconceptions…which are being eroded because people have become more educated regarding weed but it also helps that it is profitable to invest in by corporations & individuals.
I get what you're saying, and I largely agree.
Jin is definitely appealing and it's a shame that the few scenes she has are gone, at least for the time being.
I'm sure we'll get to have some lewd fun with Jin sooner or later, and probably also her dungeon scenes back too, with slightly altered dialogue maybe.
Perhaps she'll catch Lin with MC, and she (Lin) makes it her personal mission to show Jin that you can be horny for MC without devalueing herself.
Frankly it wouldn't be the first nor last and hardly the weirdest case of sisterly love this game has to offer thus far
In the meantime though, all we can do is wait.
Do keep in mind that the game isn't finished though, and that what the arc will look like in the final product.
I mean, we had to temporarily part with Maria in the dungeon as well after she was understandibly uncomfortable with being "owned" given the new context that has in her personal life, but she was back soon enough next update, which in terms of raw playtime itself was fairly short.
Jin content feels like it's taking forever now, cause when you're playing update-to-update, it kinda does take forever.
But in the final game, with Jin's arc and recovery (or relapse, who knows) complete, playing from start, especially if you focus on advancing her story mainly, it'll probably be an hour at most of which we'll be deprived of her content.
