Well, I kinda thought the Ed and Lena thing would lead to something eventually. Especially, when he caught her stealing.Yeah, the "human resources" meme is only funny because it strikes very close home.
Although on the other hand you have all these NTR games with Ugly Bastards and people clamoring for Lena to fuck Ed, so, ehh. Maybe some people are into being on the receiving end of that, too.
Ugh, my mom hates that dehumanising term.
You'd be surprised. I mean, I don't know about physically repulsive but women are attracted to men for plenty of reasons other than physical attractiveness. Money, power, charisma, self-assurance, authority... or a mix of several of them.
Yes, but I was talking about what would in the game be more believable/realistic for NTR.
That's a bit of a general statement, sometimes we go for bad boys because we expect a specific outcome too. The reason can sometimes be simple, but it depends on the individuals involved just like anything else in life. I happen to lack romantic interest in men so if I - at least back when I was single - ever went for a stereotypical bad boy it was exactly because I expected a certain kind of explicit outcome.
I think the main values that attracted my interest besides the physical aspects was a certain level of boldness and some humor too. A bad boy buying into their own hype is pretty cringeworthy. Using a word like "chad" or "alpha" unironically isn't very arousing imo.
I mean, even if the relationship went LDR, she still cheated, though. Being together for 4 years, you know the sex becomes kinda monotonous. She spiced it up with cheating. Why would Ian give a cheater a chance?I'm not 100% sure, but from all the talks it seems that it could've been the case of relationship becoming a long-distance one for a while (with Ian in Baluart and Gillian in their home city) with the intention of Gillian eventually coming to Ian, but she's apparently got entangled with the new guy during that time apart. It's unknown if this separation was because Ian didn't want to follow Gillian back or some other scenario. Either way it's possible that was just a typical case of things not surviving a separation and/or vulnerability that comes from the partner not being there for you when needed, than Gillian looking for "more adventures" per se.
(plus, just because Ian wasn't bad in bed doesn't mean the new guy couldn't have been even better.
Yup, physical traits are just the free ticket you get to converse with the girls without creeping them out. After that, it's all about charisma and the other traits you mentioned to carry that relationship. If that said person is all about looks, it gets boring and tiring pretty fast. "I am stupid, but I am handsome!"
Lena and Axel had a toxic relationship. When you love someone you accept them just the way they are. Axel's personality took a toll on Lena and they probably fought a lot while they were together, hence the on-again, off-again relationship.
Lena loved and will love again towards Axel if you are on his path. It's Axel who doesn't care about this relationship. It's all power play for him from the get-go. That's why in a relationship, it's always alarming for a couple to be in touch with their exes; there's always a chance to rekindle that flame.
Axel cares about the relationship very much, as indicated by how he still pursuits Lena. If not, he would just give her up and go for the next hole. Its just a very ruthless and egoistical mindset, in which he is assumed to get everything while Lena has to submit to him entirely.
Axel cares about this relationship because of his ego. He's not used to getting shut down by a girl, his ego would not allow him to move on. "How dare she move on!" You can even see him calling out Ian as a mid when Lena goes to the photoshoot and is in a relationship with Ian, provided Axel knows about those two dating. When a girl submits herself to a partner, the partner feels like he has full control over her. News flash! It diddn't work out that way and he's pretty bummed about it. Oh noes "but...but I am the daddy to my babygirl!"
yeah!Axel cares about this relationship because of his ego. He's not used to getting shut down by a girl, his ego would not allow him to move on. "How dare she move on!" You can even see him calling out Ian as a mid when Lena goes to the photoshoot and is in a relationship with Ian, provided Axel knows about those two dating. When a girl submits herself to a partner, the partner feels like he has full control over her. News flash! It diddn't work out that way and he's pretty bummed about it. Oh noes "but...but I am the daddy to my babygirl!"
Eva was planning to include sex scenes with Lena/Ed in earlier chapters, but it was cut out to save time. And at this point in the story, I doubt it'll ever happen, as Ed and the Café arc are long past.
There's a few possible explanations that could be somewhat plausible -- Ian's perspective on cheating or relationships in general could've changed due to recent developments in his life. E.g. maybe he'd recognize that indeed, spending one's whole life having sex with just one person isn't really all that hot, especially now that he's fucked around with many different girls, and so having an open relationship with a partner he's clicked very well in the past --and one he still has romantic feelings for-- would be a very good arrangement to avoid this monotony and the whole "are they cheating on me?" issue.
there a lot of alternative to spicy their life,instead to cheating.Swinging for example
True. Also, Ian's pretty perspective about cheating. He knew his parents were seeing other people without even telling him, he also knew Lena was cheating on him with Mike in one of his monologues at the beach. No, Jeremy didn't rat out Mike, but Ian caught the wind.
Maybe I'm wrong but to me it's pretty clear that Ian would have forgiven Gillian when it happened. The difference with Lena and Axel is that he didn't have a choice. Gillian didn't just cheat, he left him for the other guy and is still with him as far as we know.
