Yeah we are all speculating what P and P is thinking about doing next. And they have been very tight lipped about Lily's future so the truth is we do not know and we are all just speculating - which is a fun thing to do
Anyway, continuing to speculate here, hehe
I think we all agree that:
1. given P&P's track record (assuming they continue with the same time commitment keeping their day job etc), something got to give.
2. since they are quite fired up about their new project (which we know very little about really), LotV will be the project that will, eventually, miss out... maybe not initially: they might try to work double shifts etc and try to do both but (as we all know that is not sustainable and we have seen creators crash an burn who tried...) they will soon realize it's not working so... something got to give... -> LotV sadly. an honestly as you pointed out LotV needs to finish at some point anyway, so...
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The remaining question is: how do they finish LotV?
Speculating big time now
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1. they follow their script (as they have done so far) and do the remaining releases (instead of talking schedule time, i think it's better to talk # of releases since we all know that schedules slip...but release scope size has been relatively consistent every release) - there might be 4-7+ releases left.
It is true that if you have played max slutty path so far, Lily is sleeping left, right and center BUT that is only one path!!!!
Their script is broader than that one path though, so....
They need to close down the endings they have set up so that means ending for:
- Loving wife - yeah that is a thing
- Mike true love route - yeah that is a thing too
- Fred "love?" route - obviously we have a Fred route but is it "love" or something else?
- Business whore route - Castor where she is climbing to the top by whoring for deals and
- Super whore - she is generally whoring left right and center, sleeping with anyone, anywhere as often as possible to gain an advantage (in and outside business) etc
- Intelligent lily - yeah that's a thing too - means she is using skills and business practices to make her career
- other possible routes are: John?, Marcel? someone else maybe
This is at least 6 releases... (in current pace that would be about 2 years)
2. They do not follow the script but try to finish of LotV sooner
In this case they would probably just prioritize these endings:
- Fred "love?" route - "love" or something else path
- Business whore route
- Intelligent Lily
- Loving wife (combined with intelligent Lily?)
- Super whore
This could probably be done in 3-5 releases (in current pace that would be about 1+ year or so...)
So that's my speculation