Nymphonomicon

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The issue with Stan as a LI is that he doesn't "develop" at all to the point where he's within the vicinity of being a good LI for Lena. Stan remains consistently shy/awkward, he stays a slodge physically, never gets any initiative or loses the 'creepy'/unkept look. The character stays stationary.
Stan is straight Lena's Holly. A socially-awkward loser that the player character can grab early and try to mold to his/her desires.
 
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Stan is straight Lena's Holly. A socially-awkward loser that the player character can grab early and try to mold to his/her desires.
Not really. Holly is pretty explicitly depicted as an attractive character and is a successful writer to boot. She is shy/nerdy. That's where the similarities with Stan end.

Stan is fat, unkept and a mess. He has no particularly redeeming attributes outside of being nice/gentle.

And besides, the player can't "mold" Stan. He doesn't really change throughout the story.
 

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Not really. Holly is pretty explicitly depicted as an attractive character and is a successful writer to boot. She is shy/nerdy. That's where the similarities with Stan end.

Stan is fat, unkept and a mess. He has no particularly redeeming attributes outside of being nice/gentle.

And besides, the player can't "mold" Stan. He doesn't really change throughout the story.
Yeah he's nowhere near Holly u either let Lena put up with his creepiness or not
 
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Not really. Holly is pretty explicitly depicted as an attractive character and is a successful writer to boot. She is shy/nerdy. That's where the similarities with Stan end.

Stan is fat, unkept and a mess. He has no particularly redeeming attributes outside of being nice/gentle.

And besides, the player can't "mold" Stan. He doesn't really change throughout the story.
Lena rejects Stan, so he gets trained by Chad Ian in a montage set to Eye of the Tiger and becomes a gigachad, with Ian as the wise mentor. (Only when Ian is not dating Lena of course).

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Lena rejects Stan, so he gets trained by Chad Ian in a montage set to Eye of the Tiger and becomes a gigachad, with Ian as the wise mentor. (Only when Ian is not dating Lena of course).

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Let's put aside that miracle in body reconstruction, Stan's mewing routine did work for him.

P.D: No kidding, I like it when there are more ways to develop a route and that we can turn the characters into something better (physically or mentally), avoiding having to stick to only one way of approach.
 

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Not really. Holly is pretty explicitly depicted as an attractive character and is a successful writer to boot. She is shy/nerdy. That's where the similarities with Stan end.

Stan is fat, unkept and a mess. He has no particularly redeeming attributes outside of being nice/gentle.

And besides, the player can't "mold" Stan. He doesn't really change throughout the story.

We haven’t seen any real change in him yet, but it feels like having him evolve on the Stan–Lena route might be part of EK’s long-term plans. The question is whether it's actually worth sitting through all of Stan’s creepiness just to maybe get there someday, and even then, who knows what that payoff would even look like.

The character is off-putting enough that most people probably won’t bother. From what some folks on this thread are saying, the old version of Stan had a better foundation for some kind of meaningful character growth.

Right now, the only real appeal of the current Stan, for the few who actually care to follow his route, seems to be watching Lena use him like some simp and voyeur who’s basically at her feet. It's probably already leaning into cuckold territory, with her hooking up with more alpha-type guys while he watches from the sidelines.

Anyway, not really my thing, to be honest. :LOL:
 
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Lena rejects Stan, so he gets trained by Chad Ian in a montage set to Eye of the Tiger and becomes a gigachad, with Ian as the wise mentor. (Only when Ian is not dating Lena of course).

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Nope, this type of WWE muscled characters are in gay, more specifically, bara games.
 

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Stan is fat, unkept and a mess. He has no particularly redeeming attributes outside of being nice/gentle.
Eva Kiss shouldn't have added the voyeur and angsty incel aspects to Stan's character. If you scrap that shit, he's a solid choice for Lena compared to the rest of the fucking losers competing for her attention. He's a functioning adult who has a solid living arrangement (unlike Ian), a well-paying job (unlike Wade and Perry) and is not constantly involved in some relationship drama because he's not an insecure sociopath (Seymour, Robert, Axel, Mike, Jeremy). I also found it hilarious the dev gave him a messy room to hammer in how much of a fat slob he is, considering it's more in-character for Louise to have her stuff all over the place.
 

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PilotLara I came across a bug in the latest version. When Ian is cheating on Lena and goes to see Alison in chapter 13, he says he and Lena have opened the relationship which is false.
I'll investigate, do you have a screenshot of the exact sentence Ian says? Makes it much easier to find the corresponding lines of code.
 
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Since next update will focus on yet another far-away event I hope the characters who are left behind at least will have some interactions via social media/texting. I hate when characters just stand idle for several updates, it leaves such an ugly hole in the game in my opinion. Even few lines of text and a picture or two go a long way!
 

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Switch reviews with Holly or write a honest review. Then appear at Seymours visit (requires charisma/will). Obviously don't successfully blackmail Minerva.
thx, i have like 15 dif saves but never did a loser Ian, i want to start it now and see what we get.
 
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