That is interesting, I wonder if anyone has asked about Lena/Emma, I'll have to read through the Q&A when I have time.
I haven't seen it among the questions already answered, but there's a big backlog of unanswered questions. And there's always the chance to chip in with a question yourself if you're a patreon! (Edit: Skipped through the Q&A, and there's already unanswered questions waiting both directly about Lena and Emma, and about Emma more in general.)
Last chapter made me worried for Ivy/Holly so I am hoping there might be some balancing so it's about Holly being their little pet, rather than just Ivy's, but Lena need to become proactive dammit!
Yeah, Ivy definitely seems to have spent the weeks without Lena by making Holly her own pet, leaving Lena more as a spectator. Personally I prefer the romance route between Lena and Holly anyway, but it definitely would've be nice if Lena could get involved more herself (and make sure it's done on Holly's terms, which I don't trust Ivy's doing).
I assume the player will just be given the choice to escalate things between them and Alison, at least if they've both done her. The player would get to pick between being directly, physically, involved rather than just the voyeur?
Sounds like a plausible way for it to play out. The three of them meeting up in several scenarios, but Ian's involvement heavily depending on his previous preferences and what he decides during the scene.
It seems she'll work on advancing the storyline for a few chapters then in a spur of the moment decide she wants to do something else and goes back and overhauls things. A part of me thinks it'd be just fine to leave things as they are and continue forward. There's also the concern of having to start all over once again and another likely 6 month or so wait for chapter 10.
I'm not going to argue with your general feelings about the rework, because there's completely valid reasons to be skeptical about it. But from what Eva's written on Patreon earlier, I think it seems far from a "spur of the moment" decision. She's mentioned that she'd decided Stan needed a rewrite way before chapter 9 came out, and it seems like she's using the occasion to implement some other changes she's already thought through, but hasn't prioritized until now. I hope it's the last time a rework will be necessary, though.
And I'm guessing there won't be any more voyeur scenes with him?
Maybe, maybe not? He's still likely to keep some of his old traits, and if Lena doesn't encourage him to change into more of a relationship option, it wouldn't surprise me if we'll see some voyeur scenes with him. I doubt he'll have many other love interests besides Lena (Holly or Louise as long shots?), so if Lena isn't interested in him, I assume he'll still be a nerdy, sexless guy sitting in his room a lot of the time (just a less one-dimensional and slightly less creepy version of it).
Is there any idea about the next release? And TY
She's currently working on a reworked version of chapter 9, and from the way she's talking about it, it sounds like she'll release that first before continuing work on chapter 10. We don't have any estimated release date for any of them, but at least I think it's safe to say that it'll be several more months before chapter 10 is ready.
