Zach is so owned.
We got everyone he's ever liked or desired. Layla, Erynn, Gabi, Val. Even his delusions about sleeping with Elena, we've topped him on.
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Zach has a thing for every girl in town, the ones he hasn't shown interest... it's just because he hasn't met them yet.
Even Alexis he makes passes at when he's at the bar.
Elena that he suppousedly hates, he started getting mushy once he thought they fucked.
And i said it before, the MC will humiliate the competition on track events after running back and forth in the sand lol.
"HS phenom breaks Usain Bolt's world record!!!"
Well Nyx does love some drama and not letting the MC have his cake and eat it too.
The whole game is based on drama really, so avoiding such drama would be out of character, even if it is easily solved. I do see what you mean though, I also love both Erynn and Val so wish I could spend time with both to see who I like more, then decide. I mean don't most people do that when looking for a partner?
100% percent, it's just that this one felt forced and self inflicted... in a really dumb way.
Other problems, like Val having a problem with our relationship with Alexis for example, felt natural... Val knew about it before hand, she displayed some jealousy in the previous scene, it's a confrontation that was built up and makes sense.
This one problem just appears out of nowhere.
And like you say it would be best to explore both girls a bit more before being forced to chose.
Even Darryl, who has reasons to dislike MC, with Tori using him to cause jealousy and the competitive athletics which led to a bit of shoving, is not as bad as Zach.
I agree, from our perspective he is an asshole, but from his perspective the MC is the one entering his territory and ruining things for him.
His view of the situation will be much like Johnny Lawrence from Cobra Kai lol.
I'll listen to the Darryl "redemption tour", but tell Zach to go fuck himself.