Yellowie The Goldie

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They're like the classic male friendship duo. Borderline retarded "playa" jock who's loyal to his friend, and the smart, educated, sensitive but slightly lacking in the physical department. Unless their friendship is zero Jeremy will not steal a girl Ian has dibs on. Ian also has (rightfully so) pretty big self-esteem problems at the start of the game considering his ex cheated on him and left him a broken mess. We have no indication of what Ian was like beforehand (And maybe Chad-ish) Ian is simply a return to the norm.
It doesn't seem like it. Ian likely was almost the same to how we are introduced at the start. Just not depressed or sad over Gillian breaking up.

After all, if the theory is true that Gillian became Mike's girlfriend, then it's likely because Mike was more 'masculine' than Ian was and was more exciting to be around. Whereas Ian is the safe but 'boring' option. (Meaning the guy you settle down with, Mike's more the guy you have a ton of fun with)
 

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After all, if the theory is true that Gillian became Mike's girlfriend, then it's likely because Mike was more 'masculine' than Ian was and was more exciting to be around. Whereas Ian is the safe but 'boring' option. (Meaning the guy you settle down with, Mike's more the guy you have a ton of fun with)
Mike explained this update that he and his girlfriend were interested in each other in high school, but it never came to something, so when they met later, their feelings were reignited.

I don't have the impression Gillian cares about the physical aspects and expectations of being a man, usually the men are the ones who worry too much about that. She seems fairly sensible and emphatic, so my guess is she sensed Ian being not content with himself and Gillian and she was overwhelmed with her reignited feelings towards Mike herself.
 

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Sorry if I'm out of the loop, but does this upcoming party advancement is supposed to come out soon or should we expect standard wait time between big updates? If so it would be very anticlimactic. Also... has there been any indication if the rest of party will be only Lena POV or will there be Ian POV too? (even if he is just back home)
 

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Very fun and dandy to make plot armored back story be the scripted cheat for a nobody to swoop in and take your lade, because women are so lost when you first meet them and they hang in there in limbo until you swoop in to save them some more.
Mike explained this update that he and his girlfriend were interested in each other in high school, but it never came to something, so when they met later, their feelings were reignited.
It doesn't seem like it. Ian likely was almost the same to how we are introduced at the start. Just not depressed or sad over Gillian breaking up.
Such great total dissonance to Ian and his painstakingly brutal battle uphill with Jaremy to reunite with his high school sweetheart, Alison ... so sure, enjoy your adornment of made-up plot armor off-screen when it comes to tropes and linear ,uninteresting, bland and off-putting characters, while you enjoy dumping on our protagonists.
Enjoy!
Sorry if I'm out of the loop, but does this upcoming party advancement is supposed to come out soon or should we expect standard wait time between big updates?
The party is already here and Lena can be a sex toy inanimate blow up doll for a number of sex offenders. PLay and live out your fanatsy!
 

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Such great total dissonance to Ian and his painstakingly brutal battle uphill with Jaremy to reunite with his high school sweetheart, Alison
"Brutal uphill battle with Jeremy."

"Hey Ian, would you mind if i hooked up with Alison?"
"Honestly man, i'd prefer you don't."
"OK mate, she's all yours."

The brutality, it's off the charts. :whistle:
 

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Such great total dissonance to Ian and his painstakingly brutal battle uphill with Jaremy to reunite with his high school sweetheart, Alison ... so sure, enjoy your adornment of made-up plot armor off-screen when it comes to tropes and linear ,uninteresting, bland and off-putting characters, while you enjoy dumping on our protagonists.
Enjoy!
Um...What on earth are you talking about...? I feel like you have me confused with someone else.
 
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Yes, Gillian is so sensible and empathetic she detected deep insecurity within Ian that even the dev didn't care to expand on, she then cheated on him, actually creating deep rooted insecurity within him, with Mike, the guy who ended up cheating on her with a 9-5 consistency.

She truly has the makings of a A-class Empath, I'm excited for the next update when she'll start moving objects with her mind.
 

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Yes, Gillian is so sensible and empathetic she detected deep insecurity within Ian that even the dev didn't care to expand on, she then cheated on him, actually creating deep rooted insecurity within him, with Mike, the guy who ended up cheating on her with a 9-5 consistency.

She truly has the makings of a A-class Empath, I'm excited for the next update when she'll start moving objects with her mind.
She sounds like she turned 32 and learned empathy. Astonishing. (le joke)

Seriously speaking though, I think Gillian is simply one of those girls who herself did not know what she wanted and maybe felt insecure about wanting to date Ian in the first place. And because she realised that they weren't as compatible as she thought, at some point, she started to grow out of love.

Who knows honestly, I feel like things will be more explained in the near future with Gillian. Especially if Ian decides to reconnect with her.
 

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with Mike, the guy who ended up cheating on her with a 9-5 consistency.
It's pretty interesting that in this update when Mike talks about his gf with Lena, he opens up that he kinda hates not being able to stick to the relationship he's wanted for a long time, and Lena seemingly has options to give him a push towards either fooling around or "manning up" (whether this means a break up or giving up on cheating remains to be seen) It may turn out to be basically nothing like Ian trying to help Wade, but maybe it'll have some impact.
 

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Is funny to me how you guys have all this serious discussions when EK does cliche shit all the time like adding Gillian to Ian workplace:LOL:
Whatever is happening with this character is going to be underwhelming.
She can replace Ivy any day through:whistle:
 
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Gillian and Mike, high school sweethearts who lost their sparks for a while then got reignited when they meet after many years. Realistic issue though. Her not seeing Ian as a man is all in Ian's head, it's just that Gillian never moved on completely from Mike.


Is funny to me how you guys have all this serious discussions when EK does cliche shit all the time like adding Gillian to Ian workplace:LOL:
Whatever is happening with this character is going to be underwhelming.
She can replace Ivy any day through:whistle:
After this update, Ivy's rep went down like a shit ball going down the hill. The hate from the people is valid. She was such an ass! :KEK:
 

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Does Gilian still have feelings for Ian, or is she just deeply regretful and just wants to be excused to feed her ego?
She is potentially still wearing the ring Ian has gotten her, so i think it's safe to say there's some remaining attachment.
 
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Does Gilian still have feelings for Ian, or is she just deeply regretful and just wants to be excused to feed her ego?
The latter. She's regretful but I don't think she wants to feed her ego. She cheated on Ian and dumped him, there's no feelings there. Ian barely got over her just like Lena Axel.
 
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on the contrary. if Ian confesses his love to Cindy, she will reject Axel, but she will not make a final decision. Without a confession, I think she will sleep with Axel, but she will eventually decide to stay with Ian. (based on the photos: in the first case, all the photos are present, but the photo for Ian is not signed, while in the second case, the photo is signed, but the photo with Axel's hand is missing, most likely left as a keepsake)
no i think the one with axel's hand is simply not existing in a cindy love route. that's what the route suggests, or rather i damn well expect it to be that case. would be kind of a worthless romance path for a character if you cannot prevent her from cheating on our boy ian here. realistic, maybe. but since we have a choice and this wouldn't be the first time that there are timeline changes depending on our choices, i think a lot of people would drop cindy if it wasn't possible.
I find it strange that people speak so definitively about the characters in this game...
The two main characters are completely blank slates. What they experience and what they think is entirely in your hands.
We also have a significant, if not complete, control over the supporting characters.
Given this, isn't it absurd to say, "This woman is this, this man is that"?
Moreover, with every new release and update, our power to control these characters grows even more.
i'm actually very pleased that we do NOT have have blank slates as characters. sure chad ian to cuck ian is quite a jump, but it's not unheard of of people drastically changing once they are broken. and i think a baseline of characteristics prevails between routes on every character. for example is "normal" ian uncomfortable about lena doing stalkfap. this same uncomfortable-ness is seen by cuck ian as well. he however starts to turn his jealousy into arousal, which is one of the major things cucks do. chad ian on the other hand doesn't like lena flirting with wade/perry at the beach, as he is also uncomfortable about it, but other than the other "ian types" he takes action to make lena stop doing that. so you basically have:
chad ian => doesn't like it and makes it stop.
"normal" ian => doesn't like it and mostly shuts up about it.
cuck ian => doesn't like it, but changes his view on it for the sake of the relationship.

either way ian is uncomfortable.

other characters are the same. holly is devoid of confidence and doesn't know how to express herself. if ivy "helps" her, her confidence is fake and she goes into the other extreme, still failing to express what she actually feels.
i could go on with the other characters, but you get the gist.

that we have control over their lives, doesn't change that each character has certain ways to react to situations around them.
 
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