- Jun 15, 2022
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This is where I have to disagree about Holly and Stan. Holly develops as a character and can step out of her comfort zone in many ways:If you really look carefully at the writing; this game has a lot of balance. When something is put on one side of the scale something of similar mass is often placed on opposite side of the scale. I'm talking in terms of the characters.
Ian is a perfect counter balance for Lena. (Flexible Protagonist to be molded any way you want.)
Axel is a perfect counter balance for Cindy. (Attractive Blonde Model that is unfaithful)
Mike is a perfect counter balance for Emma. (Hot & Horny Hispanic)
Jeremy is a perfect balance for Ivy. (The somewhat sketchy friend, that is a bad influence, but tries to get you laid.)
Jeremy is somewhat a balance for Cherry. (Token black friend)
Seymour is a perfect balance for Minerva. (A lecherous elder that can help or harm with career goals.)
Jessica Good & Jessica Bad (She exists in 2 forms, a good girl or a bad girl.)
Then there is the one that pains people to compair... You know exactly which one I'm talking about!
Stan is a perfect balance to Holly.
I can hear the players shouting "Nooooooooooo!" now from the mountain tops, but it's true if you really think about it.
Remove the visuals. Remove the genders. We will dig down to the core of the individuals. We are now left with a blank character template for either Holly or Stan.
We will add shyness, and awkwardness and nerdiness. We will make them intelligent, and lonely. We will make it so they wish they had more friends, but they dont' have many. We will make them sexually inexperienced relative to the other characters. We will give them social anxiety. We will make them good at what they do work wise. We will add a little bit of artistic creativity to them (be it taking photos or writing stories). We will make it so they have been hurt in the past.
Did I just describe Holly?
Did I just describe Stan?
It's both of them...
-Through Ivy's corruption
-Becoming more comfortable with Ian's influence.
-The same thing, only on the route with the “good” Lena.
Stan, meanwhile, remained as disgusting as he was.