Yes I agree with most of what you said. But I do prefer the antagonists to be assholes and just that, it links to NTR being enjoyed in a different way by each. I prefer NTR happening because it's nature and the strong just takes without a care, and the strong having never been weak, they don't need backstories and especially no tragic ones. You find that boring and repetitive and I can understand.
But like... if Cyanna were to trip in the stairs, hit her neck and die, Ulrod would be destroyed, he would go back to being the usual rapey leader he is and only that, and he would be depressed for the rest of his life, that's what the game still dictates. I find that mid for a NTR antag I guess. I think if Rose were to die, the duke would be very sad as well. The fate of "their" girls is so directly tied to theirs it's a bit unsettling. I feel like the best NTR antags are the ones who, presented with the unexpected death of one of their girls, would just shrug it off saying "Ah, fuck... One less toy to play with, that sucks... Well whatever there are always new ones".
I won't talk more about that because I feel like I'm polluting the post, I said my piece and I'm still following n_taii in this.
