Hmm the comment in the code ("lena dating route") makes it seem like this is intentional, but at the same time i really feel like this is accident with variable mix-up, because not only the check gets passed without any actual Lena dating taking place, it makes absolutely no sense for Holly to come to Ian, hat in hand, about her Lena crush, when Lena and Ian are simply friends with benefits. It also doesn't make any real sense in this situation for Ian to have options to act as if either Holly or Lena was obliged to tell him about is as soon as it happened. It also makes little sense for the whole supposed "pure trinity" to just kind of form out of nowhere when two out of three people involved are fucking around with potentially all that moves and have very little to no romantic development between them.
PilotLara sorry to bother you, but could you maybe check with EK if it is intentional that it is possible for "holly trinity" to form when Ian isn't dating (as in, actually dating) neither Lena nor Holly? Because these bits in chapter_12b:
Python:
if lena_go_holly == 5 and ian_lena_dating:
were perhaps supposed to be checking
ian_lena_couple
instead of the fuck buddies "dating" variable..? It's pretty easy to forget here that this "dating" isn't actually dating, especially in this context when
ian_holly_dating
exists and
is a flag for "real" relationship.