Wow I absolutely loved the new bimbo prologue, incredibly fun, sexy and well written. Phaera looks gorgeous in the new artwork, especially in the salon, shopping with Momo, and on her date. The writing carries that same attention to detail to make even mundane moments hot and exciting. I love the erotic descriptions of Phaera's femininity and her auto-sexual self-worship, the flavour text of her fuck-me heels clicking on the pavement, eating with her dick sucking lips, or her body enticingly jiggling under her new clothes is fantastic. Phaera and Momo's relationship was incredibly cute, and I would love to see some romance or sex scenes between them (and Phaera's bisexuality in general). It was really cool to get an initial glance at Silica and Momo's surprisingly wholesome dynamic, and Momo's crush on her was sweet.
The sandbox itself seems mostly unchanged, so it still has too many issues for me to replay it (especially the grind), but I love the new setup, lore, world-building, and the potential new content and characters it brings.
Pretty much everything I wrote about in my previous posts a while ago still applies to the game, but I still love seeing more of your writing and storytelling.
Some parts of the prologue were perhaps a bit extreme for me personally, but I'm unsure if it's me misinterpreting it or if it's part of the more harsh optional elements of the bimbo kink that I'm not a fan of. If this is down to personal preference or is genuinely intentional, please ignore my further ramblings, since artistic direction of the author obviously comes first.
There is more than a few moments where the writing expresses Phaera feeling genuine pain, headaches and depression trying to think on certain topics, which made me fairly uncomfortable. A big part of the appeal of the bimbo kink to me is the fantasy of living and loving life without feelings of stress, anxiety, pain, or depression, and being able to be unremittingly happy, joyful and loving.
I prefer the bimbo mindset being a fantastical magical concept, a mind full of bliss and cotton candy, rather than something likened to a genuine disability or learning impairment. The scene where Phaera tears up trying to read a menu, and not being able to read in general, was very discomforting, and seemed dissonant with the rest of the lore and characterisation setup by Momo. Straight up being illiterate is a weird idea to me, perhaps a horny lack of focus, but not that.
The choices that lead to Phaera being embarrassed and mocked on her escort date, and not knowing about cosmetics and fashion at the salon, also felt a bit strange. I love it when part of being a bimbo is being a talented charismatic socialite, and having incredible skill at make-up, cosmetics and fashion. It's no fun if they don't understand how a camera works, and thus aren't able to take stylish selfies!
There was also occasional infantilising writing and points where Phaera is actively looked down upon that felt a tad uncomfortable and creepy. It felt at odds with the idea of a sexually liberated woman.
I like the bimbofication being likened to ditziness and air headedness due to a blissful mindset and arousal cultivating a general lack of focus, but the underlying intelligence of the wizard being unaffected, and able to be applied when needed. Utilising the special bimbo powers to enhance their being, mind and power as a sorceress on a primal magical level beyond that of other wizards is also an incredibly interesting concept. I love the subversion of the bimbo mages being the scholars and seers.
Having pride and self-awareness in being a bimbo slut is incredibly hot to me. A positive empathetic mindset to share love and joy to the men and women around her is incredibly endearing, and I do love that Momo touches on that.
The subtext in Momo's portrayal is actually a very good contrast.
Despite her ditzy mannerisms and giggly nature during speech, she is shown as incredibly capable and independent in important matters and in being a good teacher.
She is incredibly verbose and descriptive when she needs to be for Phaera's learning, and usually only struggles with words when they are unimportant or she is being slutty (also starting a word but then stopping halfway reads more that she knows what the word is, but loses focus due to bimbo bliss). She is shown as an excellent chef, an organised homeowner, a talented and insightful mage, an independent traveler, and a talented dancer. She demonstrates skill haggling and avoids being taken advantage of, she demonstrates self-awareness and perceptiveness if Phaera doesn't respect her, and knows how to defend herself during potential conflict.
Not to mention she is shown as an avid reader and book collector, and demonstrates excellent teaching skills in numerous circumstances. Her empathy towards Phaera and understanding of if she doesn't want to follow this path as a wizard is also sweet and kind-hearted.
She does all of this whilst still being a sexy bimbo, which I found very entertaining.
Another note is that some of the optional dialogue options where Phaera actively threatens and harasses Momo, to the point of tears, felt incredibly out of character and misplaced, especially since the writing doesn't really seem to acknowledge it after the initial blurb.
I'm not sure what the intended direction for the bimbo path and story will be, but hopefully my personal opinions and thoughts provide some player perspective, even if it's perhaps not the intended direction.
It's been a while since I last played, but Momo's lessons and trancing didn't seem to let you read books anymore (which is weird since she tells Phaera to do so), and it would still be nice to allow workarounds that play into the bimbo-aesthetic that let you do activities like studying and playing chess (in a hot or fun way).
I'm still rather curious how Temperance and Silica maintain their primordial forms without becoming bimbos (although that may just be because the mechanical rework still isn't implemented).
You have continued to showcase excellent talent as a writer, and I greatly enjoy seeing your work. I wish you the absolute best and hope you get lots of support!