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Needs some tweaking but I think Kent is on the right track. He does a lot of good work.
Like I said, I get the idea behind gisgus' suggestion and I understand your rationale. I'm also aware of the hardships that come with making a game as big and ambitious as this one.No, Holly is already the best Ian option. Corrupting her would ruin that. I'm not even all that keen on sharing her with Lena (though that leaves Lena in a real lurch). All Holly needs is little more confidence.
I'm not particularly wedded to this specific example, but there needs to be some rationale behind why Lena (or Ian) acts the way she does. That's always going to impose some level of constraint on our actions, but it's necessary to prevent her from behaving 'erratically' when we're controlling Ian.
GGGB had only the single protagonist and used a very simple morality system, which made it easier for Ashley to connect our dots. ORS is trying something much harder and I think Eva may have bitten off more than she can chew. That's why I wouldn't necessarily balk at linking some actions to other actions if it streamlines the game design and keeps us all on the same page. It's all well and good to give us lots of choices, but that positive can quickly become a negative if the game later inadvertently overwrites our own headcanon because some of those choices meant different things to Eva than they did to us.
As for this specific example, the idea was to provide a "gateway drug" that would allow Lena and Jeremy to openly discuss their sexuality with a fig leaf of innocence rather than making it a deliberate, calculated ploy on Lena's part. Stalkfap could be one approach to that; there are plenty of other options that could be used instead (or in addition to, if Eva is willing to spend the time on multiple sub-paths). I just agree with the core criticism that Lena is a little too eager to steal Louis' boyfriend and thus the option should either be limited to a certain subset of Lenas, or the path needs to be better paved by adding some intermediate steps.
Yes all the way. Personally I just want her to open up and blossom. I reckon everyone has their own idea about how far it should go so do it all the way but give us the choices to dial in down in gameLittle poll: Holly corruption YES/NO ;
if yes: up to what grade would you like, from "a little slutness" to "GGGB" ?
I didn't even know there is an Emma sceneThe Jeremy bro route has a lot of threesome possibilities.
Ian/Allison/Jeremy.
Ian/Emma/Jeremy, with Perry stumbling upon it.
Ian/Ivy/Jeremy.
Hell. Maybe even Ian/Lena/Jeremy/Ivy/Holly if the bro route and Holly corruption route converge.
Lena/Ivy/Holly training session with Ivy bringing in a guy for Holly to fuck.
I don't wanna see Holly be too corrupted, but a boost in confidence and promiscuity would be nice.
Well, OK, maybe I'm just out of touch here, but back in my days it was heavily frowned upon to suggest a threesome in the first week of a relationship. ( You had to wait like, at least three weeks ) Also you are kinda forgetting that adding another female to her relationship is a bit of a sore point for Lena . That's why I think it's highly unlikely.Lena/Ian/Emma I could see happening if Eva wants to give some instant reward to those who chose the open relationship. Lena and Emma have met each other a few times lately, likely because there’s some scenes with just the two of them coming up; but it could also be timed to coincide with the relationship between Ian and Lena. If they have a talk about what they actually put in “experiment together”, and decide they would like to try out a threesome, I could see both putting Emma pretty high up on the list of people who 1) would be fun to have a threesome with, 2) they think might be up for it, and 3) isn’t likely to make a big deal out of it or become jealous in some kind of way. With Emma’s spontaneous and carefree nature she’d likely not hesitate to say yes, but the talks between Ian and Lena leading up to a decision might need a bit more buildup; making it more likely to happen in an additional chapter or two.
In chapter 5 don't convince Perry to come to the club. Then ignore Alison and concentrate on Emma. Later tell Jeremy about Emma and encourage him to go after her tooI didn't even know there is an Emma scene
How does one get that?
Well, in my days you didn't usually begin relationships by saying you wanted to experiment with other people, and then have sex on a bench in a park in front of curious onlookers… Anyway, if they agree to experiment together, it would kinda be necessary to have a talk at some point about what they put in that phrase. Inviting others into their bedroom is a natural interpretation, and in that scenario I think Emma would make a lot of sense, because she's one of a few they both have a relationship to, and it's pretty clear she's the kind of person who might be up for it.Well, OK, maybe I'm just out of touch here, but back in my days it was heavily frowned upon to suggest a threesome in the first week of a relationship. ( You had to wait like, at least three weeks ) Also you are kinda forgetting that adding another female to her relationship is a bit of a sore point for Lena . That's why I think it's highly unlikely.
I skipped through the last few pages and didn’t really notice this discussion until now, but this pretty much sums up the point I was trying to make. The Stalkfap example was just something from the top of my head, as the most obvious approach if the texting scene really needed to involve exchanging of nudes. The way I see it it’s a big enough step that they’re just starting to text each other and gently circle in on the sexual topics. (Though that might have made it necessary with one or two additional scenes before the scene in Louise’s bedroom, and might have fucked up the general chronology.)As for this specific example, the idea was to provide a "gateway drug" that would allow Lena and Jeremy to openly discuss their sexuality with a fig leaf of innocence rather than making it a deliberate, calculated ploy on Lena's part. Stalkfap could be one approach to that; there are plenty of other options that could be used instead (or in addition to, if Eva is willing to spend the time on multiple sub-paths). I just agree with the core criticism that Lena is a little too eager to steal Louis' boyfriend and thus the option should either be limited to a certain subset of Lenas, or the path needs to be better paved by adding some intermediate steps.
And yet she can like the idea of having a threesome with another girl (sexual fantasy). So I'm not really sure that Lena's problems is about adding girls to share with her partner per se, but rather the emotional complications that could arise from that (Cherry was in love with Axel, Holly has a serious crush on Ian). And I think another part of Lena's problem is being NTR'ed so she wouldn't like her boyfriend bringing up a threesome with a girl, but she might be more comfortable when she's the one making the decision for herself, and not just being accommodating. Lena can already keep Louise as her side-bitch, so sharing her with Ian might be an interesting and subtle way to show Louise that it's all just sexual, and she shouldn't be so needy / expect Lena to act like her girlfriend.Also you are kinda forgetting that adding another female to her relationship is a bit of a sore point for Lena .
I think Alison would be the best/plausible third in that relationship, it's just Lena didn't properly meet Alison yet. Damn, I want them to meet so bad, just to see how interactions with Alison are when she's not trying to get Ian's attention. Louise also seems to like Robert though (from their brief interaction on the Robert path) so it's probably more likely to happen sooner, given Lena's absolute control in both Robert and Louise relationships, so it'd be like playing with 2 clingy sex-slaves.Hmm, Lena/Robert/??? ... ..... ....... (Yea, all I can come up with is a plastic doll )
Note that the options are her and 2 guys or her and 2 girls not her, a guy and a girl.And yet she can like the idea of having a threesome with another girl (sexual fantasy). So I'm not really sure that Lena's problems is about adding girls to share with her partner per se, but rather the emotional complications that could arise from that (Cherry was in love with Axel, Holly has a serious crush on Ian). And I think another part of Lena's problem is being NTR'ed so she wouldn't like her boyfriend bringing up a threesome with a girl, but she might be more comfortable when she's the one making the decision for herself, and not just being accommodating. Lena can already keep Louise as her side-bitch, so sharing her with Ian might be an interesting and subtle way to show Louise that it's all just sexual, and she shouldn't be so needy / expect Lena to act like her girlfriend.
Not that weird, she is definitely up for it. She effs Ian and her and Lena can really hit it off.... You know, it's actually imaginable. Like when Ian doesn't pursue her, Perry invites her (so she meets Cherry), but what if she gets invited again and when the party breaks up she ends with Ian/Emma .... sprinkle a little alcohol/drugs over it and it could definitely happenEmma is a weird choice for now because a) Their friendship seems to be purely platonic, so it has to be Ian's idea (who hooked up with Emma to realize she's dtf) to bring her as a third, and Ian simply wouldn't do that (dangerous subject). It'd have to wait until Lena and Emma become intimate on their own.
So if I had to guess the first female participant in a Ian/Lena threesome, it's either Louise (already being involved with Lena, diversion needed) or Ivy (down to fuck + best friend who Lena trusts). Or, if Eva wanted to be unexpected, the twisted Holly Trinity (Ian fucked Holly > Ivy seduced Holly, demonstrating to Lena that she's not that innocent > Lena forgives him, but also wants to experiment and Holly naturally comes to mind). Would go against Eva's previous statement that it'd be a hard path to achieve though, but if it's only sexual, I wouldn't bet against it.
Hmm, but would Alison want to eff 'that girl' Somehow I got the inkling she isn't exactly into sharing Ian's attention. Just ask Cherry. Or Perry. Or anyone else Ian tries to talk to when she is around.I think Alison would be the best/plausible third in that relationship, it's just Lena didn't properly meet Alison yet. Damn, I want them to meet so bad, just to see how interactions with Alison are when she's not trying to get Ian's attention.
But Ian and Emma also had a platonic relationship until Alison disappeared for a minute while they were dancing at the club, and that was all needed for that to change. The relationship between Emma and Jeremy was also platonic until Jeremy realised he could make a move—and shortly after that had changed too. Lena’s no stranger to spontaneous hookups either.Emma is a weird choice for now because a) Their friendship seems to be purely platonic, so it has to be Ian's idea (who hooked up with Emma to realize she's dtf) to bring her as a third, and Ian simply wouldn't do that (dangerous subject). It'd have to wait until Lena and Emma become intimate on their own.
Alison is actually among those I find least likely to see in a threesome with Ian and Lena, because it reminds of the whole Axel/Cherry debacle. Alison’s canonically got feelings for Ian, and she’s not good at hiding it, even if Ian is oblivious to it. Even if Alison for some reason would be up for it, I don’t see Lena being interested (as long as she’s in a relationship with Ian—if not it might be slightly more likely).I think Alison would be the best/plausible third in that relationship, it's just Lena didn't properly meet Alison yet. Damn, I want them to meet so bad, just to see how interactions with Alison are when she's not trying to get Ian's attention.
Holly I don’t see happening in the near future, for the reasons dundun mentions. Louise and Ivy seems plausible, though, at least the former. She doesn’t know Ian at all, but she pretty much goes along with everything Lena wants. Also I suspect the remaster’s removal of the option to ask Jeremy for Louise’s nudes was a way to give the two more of a clean slate before something Eva’s got planned for them.So if I had to guess the first female participant in a Ian/Lena threesome, it's either Louise (already being involved with Lena, diversion needed) or Ivy (down to fuck + best friend who Lena trusts). Or, if Eva wanted to be unexpected, the twisted Holly Trinity (Ian fucked Holly > Ivy seduced Holly, demonstrating to Lena that she's not that innocent > Lena forgives him, but also wants to experiment and Holly naturally comes to mind). Would go against Eva's previous statement that it'd be a hard path to achieve though, but if it's only sexual, I wouldn't bet against it.
I’m sure Lena’s confidence issues because of her previous relationship will continue to be present, but with the open relationship she should know that she’s accepting that Ian hooks up with others on his own and/or together with her. We’ll probably see some mmf options as well, but it’s not likely to be the only way of experimenting. With how her relationship with Axel ended, I’d think she would be more interested in inviting other women into her and Ian’s bed together, rather than him sleeping around with others on his own.I agree that she doesn't have a problem with treesomes per se (as Ivy/Holly can confirm) but with accepting another girl into a serious relationship. Casual is OK, but risking a relationship again, that would need trust which would time.
Well, in my opinion, "playing your cards right" means the outcome is not easily available for every playthrough, but requires a certain series of actions that enable it (having written the GGGB scene guide, you know the difference between the easily available routes and the more challenging ones). If you can converge to that path from multitude of available branches, then I think the wording "if you play your cards right" becomes redundant since the room for error becomes big. Almost every character path is unlocked in multiple ways, so "playing your cards right" translated to me as it being special and thus requiring a set of careful actions where you can easily lock yourself out of that path by picking a wrong choice.do you have a reference for EvaKiss stating Holly Trinity would be 'hard' for the player to achieve? In the last Q&A she stated it 'will be challenging to implement in the grand scheme of things', so hard for her to write and in the previous Q&A she wrote 'That sure seems like it could happen... if you play your cards right!', so that it would be a specific path. I think the idea that I<H>L will be 'hard' to get is just a misinterpretation/false memory.
I would agree in a sense that Holly would not likely to agree to that offer if Lena had to ask that of her so soon, but if we look at specifically Lena's issues with the initial idea of Ian and Holly hooking up, I'd say she overcame most of them by the end of Ch 9 (she managed to forgive Ian, Holly is talking with her again, and Holly proved to be a sexually curious person, and not too innocent for casual sex). So it might be possible for Lena to act selfish if she feels strong attraction for Holly and assume that Holly got over her crush just because she started sleeping around and doesn't feel jealous about Ian and Lena being together.Holly doesn't make any sense. After all the shit she gave Ian to casually eff her why would she agree for them to casually eff her? I mean Ivy has been training her for a week, I can't see her as being over Ian yet.
You're right, but I'm specifically talking about a branch where Alison is not involved with Ian and Ian was never involved with Lena, so no competition there. Her issues could be with Ian preferring Cherry or preferring Emma's booty over her (or being an annoying insecure boy that can't get a hint / probably not into her). Basically a branch where Alison is only screwing with Jeremy and is open for threesomes or moresomes with strangers. I think Alison and Lena are very similar personality-wise, they both have it tough, they both can be selfish and they're both suffering from bad break-ups with annoying controlling ex-boyfriends. So if there isn't a guy involved that could trigger their jealousy, I don't see anything serious that would make Alison and Lena dislike each other, unless maybe Alison judges Lena for her nude modeling and Lena gets defensive about it, but that's very petty (plus Cherry is also a nude model, and they get along just fine).Hmm, but would Alison want to eff 'that girl' Somehow I got the inkling she isn't exactly into sharing Ian's attention. Just ask Cherry. Or Perry. Or anyone else Ian tries to talk to when she is around.
Yeah, that works, but I think it requires more than one chapter to build all that up. Since it falls mostly on Lena's shoulders to first consider Emma as a potential hook-up open enough for a threesome, and then for her to be okay with sharing her with Ian (make sure Emma is not also discreetly crushing on Ian, to avoid the reverse repeat of the Holly drama) in order to mention her to Ian as a candidate. Emma didn't really think about fucking Ian until he made a move on her, so I doubt she'd propose sex to Lena, knowing she's in a serious relationship with Ian now (but not knowing that it's an open one). So there needs to happen a series of conversations that would:It’s obviously more complex if we’re including Ian in the mix, but let’s look at it with another hypothetical turn of events: Lena and Ian decide to have an open relationship -> Lena and Emma hang out -> some scene that acts like a "gateway drug" to plant the idea in Lena’s mind of Emma as not just a platonic relation (let’s, as an example, say that they discuss Lena’s modelling career, Lena shows her a few pictures, and Emma makes some harmless, but pretty unambiguous comment about how hot Lena looks in them) -> Ian and Lena discuss how they want to “experiment together”, decide they’d be up for a threesome -> they try to think of someone they both feel comfortable with, who they think could be up for some freaky stuff in the bedroom, without any risk of it becoming emotionally messy afterwards -> Emma?
I was talking in relation to Lena x Robert, so Lena x Robert x Alison threesome where Ian isn't a thing. They don't know each other yet, but Jeremy or Billy might introduce Alison to Lena one of these days, for example if Lena brings her date to Blazer (or visits Mike / Ivy), and Alison is also there with the boys. Dialogue could flow naturally from there with "Hey, Jeremy, who is your friend? I don't think we've met" or "You look familiar... Aren't you a friend of Ian?"Alison is actually among those I find least likely to see in a threesome with Ian and Lena, because it reminds of the whole Axel/Cherry debacle. Alison’s canonically got feelings for Ian, and she’s not good at hiding it, even if Ian is oblivious to it. Even if Alison for some reason would be up for it, I don’t see Lena being interested (as long as she’s in a relationship with Ian—if not it might be slightly more likely).
If anything, that is a negative for Eva. The fact that you actually felt bad for rejecting an AVN character means that the author made you care about said character. That seems like good writing to me since most players will actually replay the game just to satisfy that feeling of guilt with a septate route.I just walkthrough A.O.A. Academy and I realized another huge plus of Eva's games — you don't feel guilt or doubt when ghosting someone. In A.O.A I was on Ashley's path from the beginning and I felt really shitty when I had to deny Aurora her feelings, for example. And in this type of novel it's always like that.
Well, yeah, I can't argue with that. I did some speedrun walkthroughs with other girls I liked for peace of mind.That seems like good writing to me since most players will actually replay the game just to satisfy that feeling of guilt with a septate route.