Who will Ian fight in chapter 9? Mike/Axel/Robert?
Considering Lena has been keeping Mike on the down-low and probably won't just flaunt him around suddenly just cos they like each other, that sort of confrontation probably won't happen in ch 9 unless Ian shows up at Lena's house while Mike is there.
It's probably way too soon for the Axel-Ian fight too - I feel like there will be a big build-up for that one cos it seems a much bigger deal then Robert-Ian was (if you think of the 'default' storyline as Axel = Lena's past leading man, Ian = Lena's present leading man). Players have to have the chance for Lena to get back with Axel for real, or reject him - in other words, proving her intentions toward Axel. I think there is a good chance that Axel's content will start for real in chapter 9, possibly when Lena visits her mum in hospital and stays with her parents for a bit (since if anyone is gonna pop in at that time, it will probably be Axel).
I think before the fight happens Ian will be given some opportunities to score friendship points with Axel, so maybe if they become good enough friends by a certain point the fight can be avoided altogether. Another important consideration is if the player chose to have Ian confess to Axel regarding having had sex with Lena, when they were at the bar. Not only can that potentially determine whether Axel feels he can trust Ian to be a good mate (because he confessed when he could have kept it secret), but it also takes away the greater shock of Axel finding out about Lena and Ian if/when Axel gets back with Lena, and reacting
really badly.
I'm not sure to what degree it will happen, but personally I'd
love to develop a friendship between my chad Ian and Axel, especially as that would make more sense then chad Ian remaining with Perry and Wade till the end of the game. It's already shown Axel and chad Ian have something in common to bond over - their creativity/appreciation of art as writer and photographer, and their womanizing. But maybe that friendship will only happen if Lena doesn't get with Axel in future, and what Ian and Lena have doesn't get serious.
I feel like the dispute with Robert has sort of run its course by now (unless 'third time's the charm'). The first fight was really more to set up a precedent for the second fight - where Ian couldn't believe Lena was with the douche he fought the first time.
But who knows, y'know.
If Wade learn for the incident with Cindy, Ian will have battle confrontation with him
Yeah but that almost certainly won't happen in chapter 9 because the tension between Cindy and Ian will be drawn out for a while longer, while Cindy continues to try to play happy families with Wade and deny how she feels about Ian. Gotta play with all that awkwardness, guilt and juicy sexual tension!
If the confrontation does happen, Wade wouldn't stand a chance unless he takes a swing when Ian isn't prepared for it. And if it does happen, I'm hoping that we can choose to take the L and not retaliate, cos it's just gonna make Ian look a whole lot worse in the eyes of his friends (and probably Cindy) if he beats Wade up on top of having taken his girl from him.
