She constantly gives shit to Wade and belittles him about wanting to be a pro gamer or a streamer or whatever and on the same breath she is praising Ian for pursuing a career as a pro writer. On top of that she looses her shit when Wade is not happy with her wanting to be a model of all things, talking about childish and stupid career choices
Come on, let's be real, Ian and Cindy's situations are not the same as Wade's. Important difference, both Ian and Cindy have 9 to 5 jobs (Ian's is even in the book industry), Wade is collecting unemployment checks from the Goverment and that's about to expire. I just put myself in the situation that the 3 of them are my friends and they tell me about their situations and dreams:
- I would think that a serious ambitious chad Ian is doing well having a job on his desired industry with good promotion prospects while he works hard in his book during his spare time. Maybe he wins the contest, maybe he doesn't, but good for him for working hard for it. If he fails to be a successful pro writer (most probably outcome), he loses nothing and he still has his job.
- Cindy has a pretty much guaranteed job at her father's business. She's a hot girl that wants some excitement and tries to be a model in her spare time. Good for her, if she doesn't get to be a successful pro model, she can keep it as a hobby ahd she still got the enjoyment of the experience and her job to fall back on.
- Wade is a guy with no income except for the unemployment checks that are about to expire. Wade is 27 years old, I'm not an expert on pro esports (only know something about the LoL scene), but I have never heard of any case where a guy starts his career there at that age, more like that's an age for retirement for a lot of pros. It would be like if an unemployed friend tells me he wants to try to be an undrafted NBA pro at 27. I would ask how much has he smoked and tell him to come back to earth and look for a fucking job.
I get it's a game and you expect to change every outcomes, but realistically despite all your efforts you can't save a failing relationship. Though I'm sure your efforts will be noticed by Wade
Yes, choices should matter but that doesn't mean they have to produce your preferred outcome. Like, for example, with Ian's book and the contest. Writing the best possible book maybe doesn't mean that Ian wins the contest because it would also fit with the game's background that the contest is just a publicity stunt and it's fixed and corrupted so writing the best book is not what you have to do to win it. But the writing of the game should not be the same if Ian loses the contest with a great book than with a shitty one or if he wins because he blackmails Minerva or is in cahoots with Seymour rather than because his book is the best and he wins fair and square.
Allison has been my head cannon choice for Ian almost from the start. She really only goes crazy obsessive with Ian, the biggest complaint I've seen of her character, if he teases her, but never really shut her down. On a purely romantic route with Allison, the one were a player is required to restrain themselves and occasionally not chose the lust option, I think is a pretty wholesome relationship between the two.
It's really a shame that Lena only has Ian and Holly for wholesome relationships. Stan always comes on to her like an incel and Louise is always incredibly clingy and jealous of Lena spending any amount of time with someone other than her. Emma seems to be a budding option for her, but it still only leaves Ian as the only male Lena can have a health relationship with.
I don't know, I think you can see Allison baby trapping Ian coming a mile away.
