Another update, another debate about whether Nikki and Taylor should end up together. Well, not that anybody asked for it, but I suppose I'll weigh in with my two cents.
I know that it's been long said that they won't end up together and
Sumodeine has even said it themself, but that was some time ago when this VN was still young and things can change as development continues or it was a misdirection so as not to spoil the ending. It's still possible that they won't end up together but it's also possible that they might and there's ample evidence to support this theory.
A lot of the evidence to support Nikki and Taylor becoming a couple is actually Nikki herself:
- She was playing Dreaming of Dana, a VN by Ptolemy that's basically about a brother and sister who fall in love and have a romantic relationship with one another.
- She initiates all the sexually physical contact with her brother.
- She has, on numerous occasions, shown signs that she wanted to tell her brother something important (most likely that she loves him) but she holds back.
- Whenever Taylor talks about the two of them in a romantic context, she pushes back on the concept but only because she worries about what people would think and what their lives would be like, not because she's thinks it's wrong.
- Her pushing Taylor to be with other girls is a classic case of the lifelong girl friend who likes you as more than a friend but is too afraid to say it so she acts as a "wingman" to set you up with other girls and pretends to be happy for you.
- If you tell her you don't want to see her with other guys, she sticks to that and doesn't sleep with anyone else but Taylor clearly showing how much she likes him and values his opinions.
Taylor clearly feels something more for Nikki as well as he not only enjoys their times together and often questions how he really feels about her, but he's also the one who keeps pressing the "why can't we be together?" question, so it's clearly something he wants too.
There are still some obstacles in their way, but those are easily resolved, particularly their Mom. In this update we see that the Mom
is having a sexual affair with her friend Mrs Solain, which is something that was likely not happening before. Mrs Solain could be a very important character in Nikki and Taylor being together because if you played the route in which Taylor has sex with Mrs Solain and is caught by his Mom, then you will have also had the scene where Nikki, Taylor and Mrs Solain have a threesome. This could be crucial because it shows Mrs Solain is very open-minded and non-judgmental about incest (she even assists Nikki in giving Taylor a blowjob) and perhaps given her closeness to their Mom, she could convince her that there's nothing wrong with her children being in a sexual relationship. Hell, maybe she'll even convince the Mom to have sex with Taylor during the Christmas visit and that would make it easier for her to be OK with it. That would be awesome.
As for Molly, well, it could always go down the same Dreaming of Dana route with Taylor having a polygamous relationship with Nikki and Molly or she would sadly have to get dumped. Either way, Nikki and Taylor can still be together and once they finish college, if it's just the two of them, they can always move to somewhere people don't know them and live life as a couple.
Long story short, provided that Ashley is properly locked up and doesn't escape to kill Nikki or Taylor, then there's definitely a way that this story could see Nikki and Taylor end up together and I for one really hope that they do because, in my view, it does seem to be trending that way, barring any tragic conclusion.