Erryn snapped at Alexis for no telling her she was dating MC despite them talking about him a lot, it was a breach of trust.
That's fair, but she also snaps at her without letting Alexis say anything in return. Apparently, the thought that Alexis might genuinely also have very deep feelings is just not something she ever considers. Her first thought is that her best friend must be trying to sabotage her relationship with the MC. Her personal feelings about him seem to trump the possibility of Alexis having a genuine relationship with the MC, despite the fact that I, and others feel like your actual interactions with Erynn result in mostly Erynn pushing the MC away rather than embracing or acting on her feelings.
Layla never lied about her relatinship with the principal, she simply never said it's her Mom. As of rejecting Zach, something Layla did, it would've worked if only that imbecile listened and wasn't always around MC. It's Ethan's sidebitch Zach that is always the third wheel. As of Layla being territorial.... those 2 times MC flirted with Layla and showed to be interesting, besides you find it strange that a girl would be attracted to MC? and Tori? Tori is a notorious slut, and Layla hoped MC didn't go for that type.
At least two times she catches herself saying Mom but then stops, so she clearly has every intention of keeping MC in the dark about her mom being the principal. In fact, she finds out when the principal literally walks in on him while she's alone with her at her house. If we're talking realism here, dating someone that closely related to someone who has major say in your academic future is kind of a big deal and the MC has every right to know.
Also it's not a good look for Layla to be slutshaming or otherwise judging other women for having multiple partners.
he fucked Julie when he was developing a relationship with the sisters, and while Nikki and Cara could've justfied it by MC having feelings for the other sister, Julie was always just a fuck.
When MC fucked Julie he was not exclusive with either sister. Hell, they were not even exclusive with each other (or really at any point in the story), which is why it's a red flag for them to dump him outright for it after just hearing Juliet's side of the story, instead of having a talk about it.
Gabi was a drunk mistake, but let's put a pin to that and pretend you know what you talk about...
and here is where we remove the pin from what you said about Gabi, if you played every path, you should know that during the sports meet she says to MC that it's the end (and her path is closed. so where do you reach the conclusion that Nyx would require the MC to be monogamous towards Gabi if there's nothing between them?
The point here was about red flags. The very act of sleeping with someone (especially someone obviously much younger) as a "drunk mistake" is a red flag.
Also, there's reason to suspect the Gabi route isn't over because the variable gabi_end is marked false if you sleep with her at training camp (and true if you ignore her while she's on her phone call). Not to mention that after initially sleeping with Gabi, she attempts to put an end to the relationship, but you obviously can end up sleeping with her again (and
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I think it's fair to say their friendship has been portrayed as more centered on what Erynn wants and less on Alexis
However i don't think you can undersell Alexis lies and manipulation
I'm absolutely not underselling Alexis's lies. I'm merely saying I see a lot of issues with the various other LIs in much the same vein. In the end, I think a lot of it is good, in the sense that they're realistic characters who aren't perfect paragons of virtue.
I do think Lexi especially seems to be victim of poor writing, in particular her retcon midway through the game leads to a lot of plot holes and leaves her character seeming worse because of it. But a lot of characters suffer from poor writing, e.g. Erynn somehow being dumb enough to think escorting is better for her reputation/future as a teacher than an illegally obtained/leaked sextape. A lot of this feels like plot-induced stupidity.
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