Mutually beneficial? what is her benefit?
"He won't kill me so long as I spread my legs" is not a benefit.
Correct, you're right - that's not a benefit - good thing that's not what happened. Being able to grow stronger
is a clear benefit. She was originally drawn to that place because of it's high energy content. Spirits need energy to survive and she went there with the intention of inhabiting that place - drawn to that energy. They can get this energy from anywhere, but places rich in energy are far more beneficial. Sex is actually a moot point that serves to strengthen both parties.
also, she explicitly asking the MC to kill her "mutually beneficial partner who is totally not raping her"
The main character was already hunting for that spirit prior to meeting Syphii. In fact, the act of hunting for this spirit is how the two met .
The two (Syphii and Vagrah ) didn't have sex until entering a
mutually beneficial agreement. This is depicted in game, verified from Syphii's own words no less. But even then let's take a look at the definition of rape -
As you can see, this definition differs wildly from what actually happened in game - that is, if you actually played the game to begin with.
Mutually beneficial? what is her benefit?
She literally has a love and affection score in the game which you raise.
No, she doesn't have a love score. She has a bond level (as seen in the picture below) and affection. Affection , by definition, does not imply implicit love.
af·fec·tion
/əˈfekSH(ə)n/
a gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
"she felt
affection for the wise old lady"
The reality is you can build affection for inanimate objects, places, people and so on. You can also do all those things without entering a relationship.
2. She is the MC's sexual partner and also cultivation partner.
3. There are a lot of romantic scenes between the MC and the waifus in the game.
4. A "love interest" does not mean "the MC is in True Love with that person". The key word you are forgetting about is "interest". a love interest is someone that the MC is pursuing romantically... or even just sexually. The MC's harem of waifus who live in his house, have sex with him, have affection bars, and have sweet romantic moments with him are all Love Interests, even if they do not have [True Love].
As per #2 : There are many people who treat sex like a transaction, sSex workers would completely disagree for example.
As per # 3 : The definition of romance is a bit more difficult - a gray area in some aspects. What can be said is that people generally react negatively when their love interest shows romantic interest in someone else. Could they have romantic feelings? Maybe. But none exist in the game, because I haven't written any.
As per # 4 : Love interest and mutually beneficial sex are not the same.
I'll also post the scenes in question to let other followers of this thread decide. Originally I didn't do so because I didn't want to spoil any aspects of my game.
I'd ask that you stop accusing me of being
unreasonable. You continue to assert that I don't listen, but I've added / fixed nearly 30 elements of my game from this forum thread
alone. I've addressed everything that's been said for quite some time now, despite having already explained myself in great detail several times .I've been exceedingly patient, I haven't blocked anyone, dodged any questions or statements, nor have I asked a moderator to intervene regarding this specific matter on this forum.
