Real question do "fans" of stan and or EK even want stan to be on the up and up? Im not not trying to be cunty but I always thought the whole point of stan was to be incel adjacent/self insert?
If they wanted someone to "improve" over the course of the game wouldnt it make sense for them to prefer most people from the majority of the male cast?
Don't know, haven't been a fan of Stan since his rework in chapter 6.
I think and I honestly don't know, ask
ffive or someone else that digs through code regularly, there are two variables for Stan going to the gym. One he's doing it "for Lena" because he thinks that's how he can get her, which falls in line with his simp / incel gimmick; thereby going for all of the wrong reasons. And the other I think he actually goes for his own self improvement if Lena has been decent to him without leading him on. I could be misremembering the later. Though, if true, it falls in line with what I think the original plans for Stan were before the rework and I'm a fan of that, even if it's taken way too long to get there.
Stan, isn't very popular on this forum, but seems to be pretty popular amongst EK's patrons. So that's the better location to ask all your Stan related questions.