And that is exactly why I am advocating against the "cuck content" being added into Our Red String AT THIS POINT!
If it had been advocated for sooner, say around the 3rd-4th update, I would have been fine with it. Especially when you consider that several characters had either not been introduced, or their general overall personality types hadn't been fully ironed out as much as they are now.
Back then, you had far more "wiggle room" in order to figure out which characters it would work for the best, as well as figure at least 2-3 different methods of obtaining that 'end-goal result' being spread out over another 2-3 updates. As well as having enough time to establish which characters such content will NOT be appropriate for, and establish those "block offs" over 2-3 updates.
So, going around the concept of 3rd update, with an additional 2-3 to iron out pathways, that would bring us up to 5-6 total versions where 'cuck content' pathways would have been clearly designated in some way. Personality matches with enough time to build relationships, options to establish the 'cucked male' and 'bull male', even possibility of "cuck-queen content' so that the entire concept is Lena's to explore and enjoy as well.
But that is all based on reaching version 6 at MOST! We are now ON version 8, about to see what version 9 brings us and the current level of advocating for 'cuck content' makes zero sense.
Not because the general concept of 'cuck content' could not, or would not, work as a concept in general. But because it is now basically impossible to properly apply now that we KNOW the general personality types, the relationship pathways AND the overall game design of playing 2 sides at once. It is simply NOT in the best interest of Our Red String as an overall project, to bring in this type of content AT THIS POINT IN TIME. It is like someone having a grilled cheese sandwich and someone suddenly demanding that you toss some tuna-salad between the slices of bread AS you are putting the sandwich itself together. It simply does not WORK as an idea at this point.
And I'm not against 'cuck content' when it is properly handled. It can be rather entertaining to play in the proper format. And for me, on a personal level, it is far more entertaining to play out when the MC is female-only. I don't like it when playing a Male-MC, but can at least be entertained by it with Female-MC formats.
However, be it a good or bad concept in general, still doesn't matter in this particular game format. By playing both sides, it opens up the undeniable issue of having to be 'content repetitive' if I have to play one side bringing up to the topic, then the other side considering it. Especially when I know that by doing so, I am willingly going to then cut off content from BOTH sides of the game down the road. It bogs down the creative process for Eva, and it diminishes the enjoyment as a player.
And again, not because 'cuck content' doesn't work as a game element, in and of itself. It is because there is a point in a game's progress where adding additional content DOES mean actually wasting time/effort on the creative side and player side.
A perfect example of this would be to attempt to make the older sister in Girl's Life as a main player option. It is far too late to do that for the MAIN game design. You can make it work AS A MOD, but even then is the project WORTH the time/effort to include it in a mod when it may only entail maybe a single game-year?
TLDR: There is a time and a place. And at this time, it is too late. And since it is too late, it really has no place to be considered worth pursuing as a "main addition".
I still don't understand exactly
why you think it's too late for it to be introduced, only
that you think so. As
dontcarewhateverno also pointed out, the setup is already there: Depending on your playthrough, Ian can already be masturbating to pictures and videos of Jeremy fucking women Ian's involved with himself. He's also subscribing to Lena's Stalkfap, and she could have a Jeremy-dildo that will very likely be involved in her content on that app. Also Jeremy and Axel have a history of taking pictures and/or photos of their sexual encounters, and at some point they will probably do the same with Lena. Which, again depending on your playthrough, are very likely to come to Ian's attention at some point. It's also striking how well Jeremy and Axel fit in with the classic stereotypical characters for what you refer to as "cuck content" – the black guy with the giant cock, and the muscular alpha ex-boyfriend who the girl can't resist going back to.
Does that mean that Ian could become a cuck later on in the game? Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. Personally I don't think I care too much either. But I think it's guaranteed that we'll see some scenarios where there's some (wanted or unwanted) imbalance in the relationship between Ian and Lena. We can choose to have one of them romantically interested in the other, and the other not. Ian too can begin developing more dominating traits both in bed and in general, so it goes both ways – even though Lena sure seems to be able to do more without consequences at this point.
I also disagree that there's not enough "wiggle room" to develop those kind of scenarios at this point in the story. At the beginning of the game, Ian and Lena find themselves in the same situation – slowly going back to dating and having sex after painful breakups. In that particular situation they both seem unsure of what they really want, and have to gradually find that out as the game goes on. Their "general overall personality types", at least sexually and romantically, therefore haven't been "ironed out" yet because the game is exactly about them gradually ironing that out for themselves.
I don't even think it's particularly difficult to imagine how it could gradually evolve. Off the top of my head: Ian starts wanking off more regularly to Lena's Stalkfap on the nights he can't meet her in person. He gets curious as to what she shares with her followers in private, and messages her. Lena starts sending him more daring pictures, and as she's unaware that it's Ian, offers to send him sex pics/vids. Ian, at this point maybe even expecting to receive a video of him and Lena, then to his surprise instead receives a video of Lena together with Axel. Horny Ian finds it a bit weird, but the video's hot and it's not so strange that she's still got a video with her ex. And after all, he's already watched her with the dildo that looked exactly like Jeremy's cock. Horny, masturbating Ian then asks Lena when the video's from. Again to his surprise, Lena answers that it's from
last night. Ian can then choose to either go full Michael Douglas from Falling Down, or just continue what he started – the poor guy is
so close to cumming! Ian, conflicted but turned on by what he just watched, ends up asking Lena for more similar videos, until Lena at last finds out that
that guy from Stalkfap actually is Ian. Serious conversation ensues.
