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Actually, Jeremy doesn't really think of Lena that way at all. Just a hot girl that Ian wants to bang. Same way he brings up Ivy and tells Ian who sexy and awesome she is. He doesn't know of Lena's sensibilities so he can't imagine why Ian would fall for her, but he knows quite well that she's sexy like Ivy. Notice how he never tells Ian to pursue any girl seriously but merely encourages Ian to be more of a player. And when Ian tells Jeremy of his true feelings for Lena, that he's falling for her, he seems to be sad that Ian thinks that way, and tries his best to dissuade him of that notion, to tell him that he shouldn't fall for the type of girls who pose in the nude and share their pics online because he believes she would break his heart like Gillian did. And Lena with her actions kinda proves that, but he chickens to tell the truth to Ian (and somewhat seduced by Lena).
However, I believe whenever Ian and Lena become serious, he'd be respectful to Ian and try to distance himself from Lena (unless somehow Ian doesn't mind - which is probably true in the open relationship route). That's why the cheating behind Ian's back was not possible for Lena and Jeremy. Jeremy wouldn't consent to that because she'll become his bro's girlfriend and thus completely off-limits. But the game doesn't want to cockblock the player completely, so it instead prevents the serious relationship with Ian, but allows Lena to bang Jeremy to her heart's content.
Okay, I can see some version of Ian to be less open-minded to that (mainly if Lena was his only girl and he never shared Alison / Emma with Jeremy or jerked off to his pics). But in that case the drama is also isolated because it only affects Ian x Lena because the player isn't involved in anything together with Jeremy anyway, so the fallout wouldn't affect Alison or Emma paths.
But that's again assuming Ian miraculously gets to know about the sexting and the BJ. Eva is unlikely to introduce that possibility if she wants to avoid the whole drama. Same thing about learning about the game which there are very slim chances of unless for some reason Louise talks about it which I can't really see why she would bring it up to Ian.
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To sum up why I think the bj at the game and sexting leads to less branching problems for Eva and is possible for Lena to become serious with Ian:
1) Small chances of discovery - unlikely that Ivy / Louise bring it up randomly and unlikely that Ian acts like a jealous boyfriends and hacks Lena's phone. Continued affairs are harder to keep in secret for long without being sus about it. In the first path Eva can simply ignore it for the rest of the game without it being too jarring.
2) Jeremy's bro code forbids him to sleep with his bros' girlfriends which Lena becomes in a committed route. Even if Lena agreed to relationship with Ian, Jeremy wouldn't be okay fucking Ian's girlfriend and would stop his flirting with Lena which would put a stop to Lena's content with him. Similar to how Dave rejected Ash in GGGB if she was in any sort of relationship with Eric. If Lena keeps lusting over Jeremy after committing to Ian, she would have to either break up with Ian first to make herself available, or convince him to make an exception for Jeremy (sweeten the deal with Louise and make it a foursome?).
3) If Ian still discovers about bj or sexting, it's easier to excuse why he (or at least some versions of him) might be okay with it compared to the affair because:
- Jeremy doesn't break his definition of the bro code: one-time event which Jeremy honestly tried to stop and tried to be honest about to Ian;
- Lena wasn't aware of Ian's serious feelings, to her Jeremy was like any other hook-up so she didn't owe Ian any explanation; Would likely have an option to confess to Ian in Chapter 10 and apologize if her action makes him uncomfortable. Harder for Ian to stay mad about it if she decided to be honest and regrets doing it.
- Voyeur Ian would most likely find it hot and wish he was there to see it - easier for him to forgive Jeremy. Might be the only case where discovering Lena's affair with Jeremy might not have broken Ian's relationship with either of them, but instead made him a willing cuck to keep Lena in his life;
- Eskimo bro route Ian is used to sharing girls with Jeremy and is more of a chad - would complain about the secrecy but still easier to forgive with minor relationship drop once Jeremy confesses that keeping it a secret was Lena's idea when he was about to confess multiple times.
- In the route where Lena forgives Ian for sleeping with Holly and resumes their relationship, Ian wouldn't feel like he has moral right to complain about Lena's similar one-time screw-up with Jeremy as long as the flirting has stopped;
- If none of the above applies and Ian freaks out, the drama would only impact Ian x Lena content (content with Jeremy already disabled in this playthrough). If Ian on the other hand discovered an affair of Lena with Jeremy, it would be over for pretty much every path where Jeremy is involved because the trust would be broken (unless Lena became Seymour's bitch, Ian learns he can't do anything about it but still be there for Lena, his self-esteem drops, his voyeur fetish makes him accept their affair as long as they share with him the details).
1) Yes, but it takes time to rewrite all 9 chapters. What do you mean by "just like the ones before with variables"? It's pretty much impossible to write the extensive walkthrough without the use of variables. dundun's GGGB Scene Guide also used code names to differentiate between paths (except ORS has a lot more of them).
2) If you mean after I update my Chapter 9 Revised Guide and Chapter 10 gets released, I believe about a week - 2 weeks for an Alpha, 3 weeks for Beta and around a month for Final. I'm working on streamlining my work process so I could both test the game and write the guide faster, as well as create the save database to make the testing more accurate.
