It is indeed, and the mistress of mirrors smiles down on you from the confines of my avatar, fellow kindred!
I'm a sub myself (I can only enjoy dominant content if it's lezdom) and the humiliation and femdom-addicted part of my brain was always a bit enchanted by Ming Xiao, (the "baroness" of Chinatown/leader of the LA Kuei Jin in VtMB) with her beguiling feminine charm, stern and calm authoritative voice, air of superiority that always made it seem as if she regards you, and all kindred, as lesser beings beneath her in the natural order, as well as illustrious scheming and manipulation skills! Her ending is potentially the worst for MC in VtMB, but I always loved the dominance her character exudes (Malkavians even call her the "Mistress of mirrors" when you speak to her in-game!
) and how she manipulates both MC and other kindred like pawns to drive the Anarchs and the Camarilla to war amongst themselves and come out on top even though she is vastly outnumbered, hence my name and avatar.
(Ming was basically my ideal domme - ruthless, smart and manipulative, but also feminine, composed and elegant at the same time - back before I even discovered porn games, so I thought it fitting to reference her when I made this account. It also allows me to discover fellow Masquerade fans on f95, so that's an added bonus!
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I knew it the moment I saw it! I've recently been thinking of a Nosferatu play through as it's one I've never tried. My very first was as a Malk, which a lot of people say probably shouldn't be for a first time, but I enjoyed it just fine, finished it a number of times now.
I'm similar in that I only really enjoy dominant content if it's lezdom though as you'd expect I much prefer the submissive parts of games. Likewise I have a thing for humiliation & femdom big time, so I too was enchanted by Ming Xiao, she also had fantastic make-up, that eye-shadow!
Her ending is one of the worse for sure if you're bothered by the final fate of your character (which I usually am, would have been happy just being her subject not sunk!), but you're not wrong about her dominance or characteristics, such a good game with so many threads & nuances. The entire game is basically a big game of intrigue, it's no wonder someone like Ming Xiao was manipulating so much from behind the scenes. Fun to run into a Masquerade fan in such interesting places though!
The orc route is in and of itself a "fall from grace" story if you think about it, and it will have endings where Puella just remains Orca's slave, but yes, there will be content of that sort on the Esterian route as well and you're probably going to like it more as it will heavily involve Elfina... But I gotta go for now, so have a great day!
While I agree, it is indeed a fall from grace & it definitely has my interest in a slightly different way, in this case the Orc route is quite sudden which is the part I'm not quite so keen on, what would make me very keen however is the means to resist (at least somewhat, & so far I have seen elements to this effect, so I am hopeful!) & still become a permanent slave but with the possibility still of breaking free, or turning the tables, etc. Essentially I enjoy the battle as such between two dominant personalities until one breaks, on the Orc route it's sudden which is less interesting, but to still have that battle of sorts interests me greatly.
On the other hand, my above hope in regards to Elfina is about having the upper hand & again having that battle & being worn down, it's the journey that's fun, a game that sees you slowly fall under another's influence, slowly being grinded & broken down, or tempted, teased & seduced until you submit while you know it's possible to not fall, the fun is in making me the player feel weak enough to make that dumb choice, that temptation that makes me do something dumb that leads to the tables being turned, etc. this is why I'm also not that keen on games that implement blackmail as while it's a good tool for the manipulation & turning of someone it hasn't the weight of a clash of dominant personalities with one coming out on top, it's an easy way out so to speak, I am not aware of any blackmail in the game as such but I'm using it as an example of what I would hope doesn't happen. Seduction & temptation are so much sexier, simply put. All said however I'll do my best to appreciate it however it ends up, I try to enjoy things for what they are even if they aren't entirely what I hoped, as I say it doesn't hurt to dream & I dream a lot!
Hope you don't mind the overly long reply, hope you have a great day too!