- Jun 20, 2022
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Linda is probably my favorite person, and I love her story arc, but once I had done them all, Cece's was my favorite ending (although I'm glad I didn't do her path first, 'cause I had a fun "oh no" at the bus stop ^_^). For me, there's two seminal paths: The "Pure Fantasy" path (Lexi / Holly-Chris) and the "Last Wish" path (Cece / Linda-Chris).Since i went for Linda's route, it was an easy choice for me
And yes, i didn't go after Cece. At the beginning i was going to, but then when i really got into the game i realized i felt obliged to go for Cece, by the situation, and i didn't really want to. While the scene of the first night at Lexi's when you are on the sofa with Linda remembering the old times, it was all so natural that i was sure if i was the MC she would have been the woman i wanted in my life. If nothing else, because she is a person you can be yourself with, which is one of the things i love the most in my real life mate.
Imho Cece is meant to be, to some degree, an outsider in the story. She, far more then the MC, is the glue that took that unlikely group of people togetfer and who kept them together through good times and harsh times.
As revealed in the end of the game, MC never saved Cece from her first attempt. She 'postponed' the attempt when she realized she met a bunch of people who needed her help.
And this is why LoF is not one story, but it's a bunch of separated storied that clashed togheter around Cece, who, in return, is the one who has not a story of her own. Cece's story starts on the bus (for those endings where things go that way) when she finally embraces her life and starts anew, leaving the other happy ended stories of the game behind.
At last, that's what this game told to me.
I just had the thought ... based on your reasoning that Cece's story starts on the bus, since everything leading up to that is her trying to fix everyone before she jumps, then the aftermath -- the "best" path (for that Cece) would be Steph / Linda-Chris. In a way, that would be the perfect outcome for her -- Everyone else finds their perfect someone.
I also (just now) realized you can do a "Three's Company" path. I wonder if Drifty ever thought of that show at any point ...