It's quite confusing how the queen tells you to submit, you deny her and retain your humanity but become submissive in the same vein
but if you embrace your nature instead, and basically agree with her, you become dominant and also have the ability to shut her down and push her out in so many ways.
Why is this so ass backwards? lol. I mean I understand the power dynamic here embracing what you are the first time obviously awakens you a good bit, but that should also give you more submission points because you're taking the path of least resistance, whereas the denial of it, and refusing to cooperate with the queen should take you to the path of most resistance which is a more dominant outcome. Granted, Dominant mentality doesn't mean cruelty, it also means refusing to flow with things. You want to be in charge, to take action based on how you see fit, etc.
Idk, that just kinda ruined a bit of this chapter for me. I want to go the most resistant way possible to eiseth but I get punished for it by being submissive which I absolutely hate in the grand scheme lol. Meanwhile the dominant route not only can use their humanity to be like fuck nah bitch dont bite me, dont take me in the mind palace, and even if you do I can tell you to straight fuck off ontop of it like ????

I did all the same choices for BOTH runs and the one you accept had 3 ways to evade her, the one you refuse had 0 ways.
Even though structured/wholesome, im not submissive if I just pick the top option vs the bottom one at the start of episode 1, thats the
ONLY thing that determines it, wildly enough. Whereas Option #2 at the start, puts you on a full sub route with her, and you dont get the options or icon. Just dont understand how its such a massive swing of a choice like that. Hell of a branch. Feel pretty pressured to pick route 1 cause of my view on submissiveness haha. (Also how MC talks during route 1 at the start makes me wanna shrivel up and die of cringe) the over-the-top UK slang is a little charming at times, but its definitely used a bit much, but that being said I dont hate the writing, I do enjoy it to a decent extent, but the whole spectacle when MC comes out of the party is truly painful.