This is probably the VN I played the most and I can tell you one thing: not even Holly can be trusted after chapter 11...
The Cherry content this update was exceptional.
Cindy in that scene can inquire about Lena and/or Alison. I'd speculate this is because these two are Ian's relationships she's potentially aware of, rather than anything Axel related.
If you conquested her without love, or let her have the threesome with Jeremy OR weren't involved in her in any way and didn't dick this clears as fuck Yandere she goes blonde. Which really should have been an option before hand.
It feels like Alison has her own version of GGGB going on when she's not on the screen, and she's destined for the bad path unless Ian saves her with (loving) dick.
I also feel bad for her cuz I kinda feel like she's been "whoring" herself out just because she wanetd Ian to look at her and maybe sleep with her afterwards.This friend-of-a-friend girl I had literally met twice at that point cut her hair short the very next day since I'd mentioned on our second meeting that I liked short hair. [It didn't work]. Alison actually seems like a less extreme version of that, as strange as it sounds. 1. She likes the dick and was going to get it anyway. 2. She's known Ian for a very long time as friends and has obviously had her sights on him for quite a while. 3. Kind of an okay match, really.. I mean perv vs perv, right? She probably gets some kinky pleasure in turning him on, too. Definitely a bit extreme/obsessive under any circumstances, but it kind of works here. Standard warning signs in most circumstances? Sure. But Ian's known her long enough at least to know she's not a total psycho.I felt really weird about Alison knowing that Jeremy had been sending Ian her nudes all this time. On one hand her propositioning that way really creeped me out but on the other, who am I to judge since I have been asking for more porn vids with her...
Who is not taking advantage of others. The title is literally "Our Red String". Red symbolizes the seriousness/consequences of situations/decisions and string that entangles within itself which bonds together all and creates mess or nostalgia.
Not saying you are wrong, but keep in mind that the "red" part might not be intended to symbolise anything besides the common concepts surrounding the principles of the "red string" or "red thread" expression itself.
I bet at this point Eva is delaying Ivy scene specifically to toy with SerHawkes, just like Lena can keep denying Ian.
Considering future scenarios in the game, #2 is a sure thing [sort of]. #1 is a sure reject and 3-4 are arbitrary guesses based on Eva's whims. I chose 2-4. #3 may not be "viable" but it's the best writing of the four and more importantly, since the writer also works with Ian on that other project, selecting it might open doors for other content, even if it's the wrong choice for Heirophant. I have a feeling #4 will turn into a runaway hit (or maybe you'll get to bone the writer... who you end up knowing "cuz Red String"). Another possibility is that you're only supposed to select two books, one viable and one passion project. Being that there are two Romance novels, it might also be good to just select one of those two. The pulp romance novel may draw their attention away from the better historical romance novel which ends up not getting published (and now you've lost your future academy-award-winning Historical Romance screenplay adaptation to another publisher who took the chance... Oh, what could have been?) Also likely: The indie rag you review for becomes a start-up publisher and you show up ThE eViL Seymour by publishing a reject you believed in that becomes a multi-million franchise. And who helps save the day? MiNeRvA?!?! In summary, we're all overthinking it. There's not much logic to this one, imo. What's better for your job at the publisher in the short-term may be worse for Ian's story in the long-term. I mean, the right choice for Minerva in the early game was to all but shit in her coffee. So who knows?
I've picked 2, 3 and 4 personally to hedge my bets, though i suspect it's only 2 and 3 which will turn out to be good choices -- while SF book has limited audience it is second book by the author and allegedly very good, while 4th is probably going to be deemed too unsafe, being author's debut and in a genre which is in decline.
