I wonder as well whether Lena and Holly is meant to be only wholesome hand-holding and snuggling romantic relationship, which I am here for, or could Lena actually use the collar on Holly and make her a sex-pet as well, like Louise.
That's where I'm hoping the change variable might play a role with Holly, and your decision in regards to sexing her with or without Ivy perhaps. Given that Lena can become submissive to Ian I have hard time imagining that Holly would be submissive in expression for all routes. Some polyamorous relationships do have tiers of submissiveness, but that kinda stuff is very pornographically niche so I wouldn't expect Eva to have a complex system for that sort of this.
Rather I wonder if Holly might have variations for her relationship to Lena and Ian alone. So she would have a set role for the hoped-for trio but perhaps an alternate option for each other monogamous routes?
Hard to tell, Louise already seemed rather submissive and desperate in her first scene with Lena. Lena/Holly seems more even in expression, like the romantic vibe would fit as you mention. There is some tone of domination in the Ivy/Lena/Holly scene though, so perhaps Holly could be a sub in a similar vein to Louise if there were to be a threesome route with Ivy? Hard to tell if that would remain strictly gay though, as Ivy is a very vocal supporter of the concept of "cock."
As with the tier-sub thing I'm not sure that I would expect Eva to portray lesbian sub harem like that, I would love it though!
Haha, yeah, that story would’ve been a very limited version of Eva’s usual universe.
I like playing Lena and Ian as a couple more than a lot of others do. Not so much because of that straighforward monogamous alternative, but more because I’m interested to see how controlling them both would influence their different routes in the future. I think there will be a bunch of different endings, but I also think it would make sense if Lena/Ian is the couple with the most different endings together.
I don't know if this is very universal, but talking to people have actually given me the impression that they're mostly excited for all the side-content to Ian/Lena, like Holly inclusion, cheating and such. I have talked to very few people who were interested in keeping with the Lena/Ian relationship just for the sake of their own chemistry (which I personally see as the main draw of their pairing actually, despite not playing it myself).
I really hope Eva will reflect on how to utilise Lena and Ian as friends too. There was the hiccup with Cherry but otherwise I'd love to have scenes where Lena just hangs out with them too, maybe some double date stuff if relationships start getting cemented (we're talking potentially Jeremy/Louise Emma/Perry Wade/Cindy and Ian and Lena with each of their own relationships or each other).
Maybe that’s what you meant, but I hope for a combination as well. Collar and sex-pet, and then romantic snuggling afterwards, instead of throwing her out like with Louise.
Agreed, I'd like for an option like that with Louise too though. I prefer dom/sub themes with proper consensual attachments and I love aftercare, I do think the Lena/Louise scenes are hot in their own way, but I'm not sure I like how the relationship is expressed overall, how disregarding Lena seems towards a person that's supposed to be an old friend.
