I absolutely love every minute of putting together the storylines for Brooke and especially the Coven, and creating their scenes, there's nothing throwaway about it. And of course, anyone who takes a moment to think a little bit about structuring stories in general and VNs in particular would see they are
so clearly meant to improve the pacing of the game overall and provide some relief from the storyline with the main love interests. There's no filler there, they serve a purpose while providing some moments in the game I'm really pleased about.
Funny thing is, most of the comments about what a waste of time they are usually come from
people who don't have the patience and want to go straight to sexual content with the main love interests. Seeing that turned around and stated with a straight face almost made me spurt my coffee over the keyboard there.
Cheers for the chuckle.
Of course, feel free to skip them, the options to do so are in there for a reason and I do my best to ensure that never negatively impacts the M+D storylines in any way, not just for the people who loathe Brooke or the Coven, but also (or more accurately, mostly) for those that want to play it while staying true to Macy and Denise. But that remark about it clearly being filler content, that's just a guy talking that has his finger on the ctrl key for every moment the main attraction isn't on screen, I wager.
Of course, there's a ton of games out there that do throw some random, boring filler pussy your way to keep the MC's dick wet in the first chapter (with bonus points if the game punishes you in the following chapters for taking that bait
), so I get that the more jaded players will have a kneejerk "fuck that filler" reflex when first setting eyes on them. But they're missing out on content that I spent just as much love and attention on as on the Macy and Denise parts.