I think it will depend on how you've played Lena. If she has an OF, then there could be some form of sexual content (remeber he's already masturbated onto Lena), but if it's a modest Lena, I doubt it.
I don't know if Eva has directly commented on this, but the explanation I've seen bandied about is that the other two people Lena could be seeing (Robert and Mike) aren't that integrated into Lena and Ian's friend groups, so official changes to Lena and Ian's relationship status wouldn't be too hard to accommodate when accounting for those characters.
I read various theories here, for example that after Jeremy, Lena confirms the path of corruption and she is not interested in relationships.
This is the only negative in this game for me. Lena's other options are absolutely terrible. I particularly loathe Robert. I absolutely hate it that he is the only one who gets decent vaginal creampie scenes too.
Out of curiosity, I took a look at Lena's internal monologue when she turns Ian down. She says to herself:
From a moral point of view, such writing makes Lena very hypocritical, because she fucks with her friend's boyfriend, but at the same time she worries about her relationship with Ian. You're right, it's also selfish, she's thinking to herself.
So long as content doesnt start getting gated, forcing you to go all Paragon/Chick/Lightside or all Renegade/Dik/Darkside.
I do like "good" Lena, she's pretty cool. The only path(s) I've played around with that sorta work for an ethical slut route from my perspective (besides the lesbian options) are:
While I don't know if Eva gave an official answer (Q&A) and I didn't personally ask but my interpretation is Lena by sleeping with him gets sort of addicted and doesn't want to commit knowing that she will be cheating on Ian with his close friend. Sleeping with Jeremy does the same thing to Ian and Jeremy's friendship that Ian did to Lena if he got kissed by Holly. Neither Ian nor Lena enter the relationship with the intention to keep fucking around or cheat on each other (Cindy and Axel kinda happened after the fact) so they're not that morally corrupt. Whenever Lena does something contradicting her morality (cheating bad), she does that in the heat of the moment, spontaneously. So when she decides to have the talk with Ian, she's making the right decision to avoid drama and keep things casual. Otherwise she'd have to end it with Jeremy but apparently she just can't bring herself to do it.
I think at the very least Eva might also intend for Lena/Mike to be "enjoyable" given how it can develop in what appears to be a full relationship with feels and everything, rather than simple hookup with cheating thrill. If nothing else, it seems rather obvious Eva has a soft spot for Mike as character.
Even now, the game has blocked content if one of perks is missing, as well as mutually exclusive brunches. It's okay, adds replay value.
Good interpretation. By the way, I noticed that Lena is by nature an impulsive person and can act on emotions, unlike the more calm basic Ian.
Lena's internal monologue there also reads to me as a convenient but implausible/awkward cop-out to avoid those out-of-game writing and design complications of a Lena/Jeremy cheating path. I find it hard to separate the two and in a perfect world with better development re$ource$, planning or writing skill, I don't think we'd see that monologue or path lock-out happen in such a way. In reality this is still a low-budget indie porn-game, albeit a very good one considering the competition. There are just too many moving parts for it to be perfect. I'm not expecting many clever masterstrokes in Eva's writing for these awkward situations where quality faces off against development realities. I'd be content with a few more "master strokes" which the game's provided pretty well so far.
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I don't think Lena is being inconsistent -- her whole reluctance with Holly comes simply from her knowing that Holly has feelings for Ian, so she wants Ian either to commit to Holly or refrain from leading her on, in order not to hurt her. Lena making out with Louise or Ivy isn't going to bother Holly who doesn't have any known feelings for either of these two.
Yet at the same time, she can be also pursuing Holly as well. Let alone both Ian and Lena can be interested in Holly at the same time. Your not wrong in saying what you said. Yet to me, it adds more unneeded drama and complex things when it doesn't need to be fucking rocket science.
Well, i'd say it is more along the lines she's being attracted to Holly, but she keeps reminding herself Holly likes Ian and so she keeps holding back -- like ending the photo-session early while she's willing to go all way with Holly if Ian isn't in the picture.
