GokutheG

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Unfortunately the game doesn't store whether Lena has warned Cindy or been a complete bitch to her (in fact, warning Cindy causes a generic drop in their relationship level) so no, such scenario isn't going to exist outside of fanfiction.
I've thought about this and wouldn't be surprised if how high the Lena/Cindy value is what determines this. It starts at 3 which is the highest it can reach. If you're cordial with her and warn her the value just drops to 2. So I can see Eva using this to try and not spoil something with a named variable.

Or I'm just putting too much faith in Eva.
 

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Reason why I brought up similarity between Ian/Cindy/Axel and /LenaMike/Ivy. Mike and Lena's relation might not be exact same but he's still a love interest for Lena with a proper romance route too and Lena isn't a NPC, she's a MC. so if Mike can fuck Ivy regardless of our choices in that route, why do you think Ian is going to be any special?
Anyways, tbh I don't care whether Cindy cheats on Ian or not, I mostly treat Ian as NPC in my playthrough, so no big deal for me. I just felt Cindy cheating with Axel is going to be one of those events in the game that happens regardless of our choices hence my comment.
Why do I think Cindy won't cheat on Ian like Mike did?

Like I said, because Cindy actively displays interest in her relationship with Ian. She is unhappy when Ian sleeps around, she keeps trying to reassure Ian that she will dump Wade for him, she has a deeper relationship with Ian than Mike has with Lena.

Mike never committed to dumping his girlfriend for Lena, Mike does not have a deep relationship with Lena, Mike does not care about who Lena sleeps with.

With those differences in mind it would make as much sense to say Alison or Holly would cheat on Ian on the pure romantic paths, only because Mike did so on Lena's path. Even though the situation clearly have meaningful differences.

Cindy has displayed way too much affection for Ian than Mike ever showed for Lena. It might still happen, but if it does it would be pretty bad writing, whereas Mike situation was just consistent with his character.
 

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I've thought about this and wouldn't be surprised if how high the Lena/Cindy value is what determines this. It starts at 3 which is the highest it can reach. If you're cordial with her and warn her the value just drops to 2. So I can see Eva using this to try and not spoil something with a named variable.

Or I'm just putting too much faith in Eva.
Unfortunately it can't really work this way, because there's more than one option which can drop relationship with Cindy. So the game can't determine if a single drop in relationship level is a result of a warning, or from Lena not warning Cindy but just being casually snippy towards her at some other point.
 

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Unfortunately it can't really work this way, because there's more than one option which can drop relationship with Cindy. So the game can't determine if a single drop in relationship level is a result of a warning, or from Lena not warning Cindy but just being casually snippy towards her at some other point.
Just because the variable is not there now. Doesn't mean he won't add in the future or some sort of choice to become friends on lena's side. Eva goes back and constantly adds things like adding mike to the dojo or changing stories of some characters like Stan, etc. So you can't say for sure that just because there is nothing now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future.
 
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Unfortunately it can't really work this way, because there's more than one option which can drop relationship with Cindy. So the game can't determine if a single drop in relationship level is a result of a warning, or from Lena not warning Cindy but just being casually snippy towards her at some other point.
But the game could base a Lena/Cindy development on if there had been a drop in agenda, regardless of which point or how many drops there have been. Lena and Cindy have a starting agenda level, so the game can check if that value is still present.
 
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But the game could base a Lena/Cindy development on if there had been a drop in agenda, regardless of which point or how many drops there have been. Lena and Cindy have a starting agenda level, so the game can check if that value is still present.
Yes, but since the drop of relationship can be either caused by Lena trying to be helpful or by Lena being an ass (or both) and the game has no way to determine which case it was, it would be difficult to produce relationship development which would make sense for all these potentially very different scenarios.

Just because the variable is not there now. Doesn't mean he won't add in the future or some sort of choice to become friends on lena's side. Eva goes back and constantly adds things like adding mike to the dojo or changing stories of some characters like Stan, etc. So you can't say for sure that just because there is nothing now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future.
Sure, but the variable not being there suggests that EK didn't consider that a plot point that would lead to any development between these two characters. Can it theoretically happen? Of course, just like theoretically Robert can have a training montage and become a chad who puts Axel to shame.
 

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Yes, but since the drop of relationship can be either caused by Lena trying to be helpful or by Lena being an ass (or both) and the game has no way to determine which case it was, it would be difficult to produce relationship development which would make sense for all these potentially very different scenarios.
Well, one way to use it would be for Cindy to cautiously approach Lena if their relationship hasn't taken a hit. Could start out with a simple genuine interaction and build it from there, so long as Cindy has retained her surface-level impression of Lena.
 

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BTW on the romantic Cindy path, if Ian tells Cindy he trusts her but then doesn't text her at the beach, she won't text Ian either. If Ian tells her she's playing with him, he won't have the option to text her and she will text him by default. More proof that on the "you're playing with me option" Cindy is more invested in the relationship.

If anyone still thinks Cindy cheats on Ian regardless of this option, then you're essentially saying EK programmed in all these variables, micro interactions, and different branches just to merge them back into the same route right after. Not only would it be bad writing, but it would also just be a massive waste of time for EK and the player.
 

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So we have Lena/Cindy fanfic and the insistance that Axel fucks Cindy on every playthrough. Good to keep in mind when these topics will be brought up a dozen of pages later, they are not the first ones.

Is it confirmed that chapter 12 is over? Or is it possible that the following Lena section is part of it? It would be the first chapter that had almost exclusively one character. Its not so much that I dislike the Lena parts, it was just that they were given more attention in earlier chapters and I wanted a balance of both characters. If chapter 12 is over, then it was a one-sided Ian perspective, even though Lenas perspective on the trip is important, especially the Wade flirting and threesome, and some other relationships like Emma (what happend to the ass-grab?, Holly and even a Perry tease that was build upon.
 

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It is possible to have a relationship between ian, lena and holly? or at least a sexual one and that the three of them know it obviously. No cheating.
 

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It is possible to have a relationship between ian, lena and holly? or at least a sexual one and that the three of them know it obviously. No cheating.
Yes it is possible. Two main versions of the throuple exist

Ian fucks Lena -> Tells Jeremy he is falling for Lena -> Goes to the book event with Holly and kisses her (NO SEX) -> Lena forgives Ian -> Lena chooses all romantic options with Holly -> Ian and Lena become official -> Holly kisses Lena -> Holly confesses to Ian and Ian is ok with it -> profit

Ian fucks Lena -> DOES NOT tell Jeremy he is falling for Lena -> Goes to the book event with Holly and kisses her and has sex with her -> Ian tells Holly that he wants to continue their relationship -> Lena breaks it off with Ian -> Lena chooses all romantic options with Holly -> Ian and Holly begin seeing each other often -> Holly kisses Lena -> Holly confesses to Ian and Ian is ok with it -> profit
 

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No sorry it is Lena but it’s going to be focused on a LI a lot of people are not a fan of so limited content/ content people are going to want to skip through. (At least to start maybe later in the chapter it will open up more)
Love interest, I mean all people have different love interests I should think. So Im guessing next chapter is going to be all about the realationship between Lena and Ian then, as thats kinda the most obvious?
 
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So we have Lena/Cindy fanfic and the insistance that Axel fucks Cindy on every playthrough. Good to keep in mind when these topics will be brought up a dozen of pages later, they are not the first ones.
I don't really get why you are so aggressively opposed to people posting about this particular pairing. Part of a discussion board like this is discussing these kinds of potential options, regardless of the likelyhood that they manifest.
 
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So Im guessing next chapter is going to be all about the realationship between Lena and Ian then, as thats kinda the most obvious?
Since Lena is going to spend early part of this next chapter with Seymour, and she has potentially broke up with Ian by the end of Ch.12 i'd guess it's not really guaranteed to be about Lena/Ian, and especially not all about that.
 

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Since Lena is going to spend early part of this next chapter with Seymour, and she has potentially broke up with Ian by the end of Ch.12 i'd guess it's not really guaranteed to be about Lena/Ian, and especially not all about that.
Well I denied Seymour and Ian and Lena never was a thing in my playthrough. Ians with Allison and Cindy, Lena is banging all females she can get her hands on..
 

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Well I denied Seymour and Ian and Lena never was a thing in my playthrough. Ians with Allison and Cindy, Lena is banging all females she can get her hands on..
Well, the bit Eva showed in her post has Lena thinking about Holly, determinantly, if they've been getting together, something about "should be with her" or something like that, so perhaps with a lack of Seymour perhaps Lena will actually be with her.

Alternatively perhaps Eli can be a decent distraction!
 
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