VN Ren'Py Pale Carnations [Ch.4 Up.5 Public] [Mutt & Jeff]

[Turret]

I don't know where you get that she has "info" beneficial to the patrons and anyway even if she has information crucial to some patron, why she needs to get degraded to a bitch before benefiting off of sharing that Info with that particular patron/person outside the club in exchange for what she wants, clearly she wouldn't have any problem getting an appointment with them outside the club.

Felicia having secret knowledge is info which can be gleamed if you are pursuing her or at least being a very close friend. Pardon me, but it seems you extrapolate about Felicia without having played paths where she is a prominent character in. As for why she does not simply meet outside the club with the club members, ffive already gave some explanations.

Felicia is either a "dumb slut" or "the smartest person in the room." Pick your poison and don't even think there's anything in between

While I know the intention behind your post, we can make an amend to "smartest person in the room" with "until Dr. Lundgren is in attendance". One of the few things Abel and Chuck agree on is that Sophia´s brilliance outshines even their own. Still, outside some questionable decisions in regards to the club, Felicia is among the most intelligent of the games whole cast.

 

[Idontplay]

Let me understand: Felicia herself stated why she joined the club, so we need to explain why she joined the club? Is it so difficult play the game, actually reading the dialogues?

 

[Silegy]

It was told a few times that her job isn't very rewarding one. Maybe she can get by but not provide a good lifestyle for her child.

She has (or she had, depending on your route) debts. When you're paying off debts, you need to spend money, make regular payments. And then you have less money for yourself and your child. When you don't have debts anymore, you have more money to work with. Thank you for listening to my TEDx talk.

Let me understand: Felicia herself stated why she joined the club, so we need to explain why she joined the club? Is it so difficult play the game, actually reading the dialogues?

Funny you have to be the one to point that out, username does not check out.

 

[Beduin123]

Felicia is either a "dumb slut" or "the smartest person in the room." Pick your poison and don't even think there's anything in between

I'm waiting for the Devs to show me. Don't you understand that the whole problem is that currently she seems to be both at the same time?

 

[lustforsex]

I'm waiting for the Devs to show me. Don't you understand that the whole problem is that currently she seems to be both at the same time?

Is this a problem?

 

[Beduin123]

prostitution as your only option

Nope. We don't live in 19 century. It cannot be the only option. We are a civilized society (at least to some extent).

 

[Beduin123]

Is this a problem?

It is. You are either able to see consequences of your actions or you aren't. Depends on your IQ and the level of your maturity. Being able to climb so high up this gold digging ladder, I don't think she is a dumb slut. But then she must have some genius plan other than she stated so far in the game.

 

[Beduin123]

can you link some of your posts on this topic that you think are good?

Nah, sorry. Too lazy to search. I'd rather play some games But basically your concerns and reasoning are mostly same as mine.

 

[prpa]

Nope. We don't live in 19 century. It cannot be the only option. We are a civilized society (at least to some extent).

I don't know what kind of imaginary world you're living in, but here in the real fucking world, sometimes it's the only option for some people.

You must be registered to see the links

But let's go back to the game, did you even read Rosalind parts or did you just skip forward, she is the perfect example of this.

 

[ffive]

Nope. We don't live in 19 century. It cannot be the only option. We are a civilized society (at least to some extent).

Can you name some other options, then? If that whole thing about 21st century and being civilized makes some actual difference, this shouldn't be hard.

 

[lustforsex]

It is. You are either able to see consequences of your actions or you aren't. Depends on your IQ and the level of your maturity. Being able to climb so high up this gold digging ladder, I don't think she is a dumb slut. But then she must have some genius plan other than she stated so far in the game.

Rather, the problem is that you're repeating this mantra after Edwin. Even during the first visit to Felicia's "safehouse", you as a player have the opportunity to say that her motives seem stupid, but he believes in her, or that she's just dumb. Yes, she's taking a risk. But I don't understand what you're trying to bring to the discussion by simply repeating what Edwin has already done many times.

 

[ename144]

Let me understand: Felicia herself stated why she joined the club, so we need to explain why she joined the club? Is it so difficult play the game, actually reading the dialogues?

To be fair, characters can and do lie. It's not unreasonable to evaluate independently whether their statements match reality as we see it.

What I find exasperating is that people insist her statements *have* to be lies simply because they disagree with her assessment of the situation. While I would rate the chances of Felicia's plan succeeding as very low (definitely lower than she rates them), it seems obvious that there IS a chance of it succeeding if everything breaks in her favor. We can have a debate about how good her odds are or what alternative options she has if we really want to, but I don't understand why it's so hard to accept that a woman who came from the mud fields to marry one of the country's more eligible bachelors might feel confident she could win over a few Club members if she can just get the right sort of access to them.

Eric (Police Chief) is a club member too, who respects him? Even Veronica fucked him over. Similarly Even when she becomes a club member (if she wins) she wouldn't have anything of her own and she would still be an invaluable trophy wife without the so called important information (the importance of which wouldn't change if she is a club member or not) that she has that (I will say it again) she could have used to her benefit if not easily then with a little bit of effort, if she would have been a real person she could definitely make anyone listen to her without joining the club with a little bit effort and her contacts.

The fact that there might be members of the Club who don't respect her membership isn't the right benchmark. The key issue is if there might be members who WOULD respect her should she become a member. Given how Chuck has reacted to her thus far, I think the answer to that question is at least potentially yes. Would that be enough for her? Hard to say without knowing more about what she's planning, but it would give her some resources to work with.

Also, the chief of police is Jim, not Eric.

 

[Wilhelms]

The key issue is if there might be members who WOULD respect her should she become a member. Given how Chuck has reacted to her thus far, I think the answer to that question is at least potentially yes. Would that be enough for her?

Why would she need anyone to respect her if she has something substantial for them? A club member respecting her shouldn't matter in what she can gain through giving what she has, clearly respect wouldn't increase the value of her offering at least not for someone with an IQ (unless the value of what she can offer is not as good as you are suggesting and patrons go headfirst into something risky, risking their position like she did, out of respect for her, which would be laughably unrealistic). For that reason she could have gained from what she can offer the same results without joining the club. Joining the club for something she already has should be out of the question, considering this is 21st century if you have something to offer you will be entertained whatever you are, trophy wife is no exception.

Also, the chief of police is Jim, not Eric.

Doesn't matter I knew I could be forgetting the name, that's why I added police chief.

As for why she does not simply meet outside the club with the club members, @ffive already gave some explanations.

You mean he give some absurd explanation that she couldn't even get someone to listen to her?, but he couldn't convince me, she could have done that without risking her position and without losing much dignity as compared to joining the club. It's just this VN where someone like her would have to join a stupid club to gain from what she already has to offer.

Something else just came to mind:
So by default her joining the club should raise some eyebrows as to why she did it, clearly people would be more skeptical of her motives, they would know/believe that she is desperate for lacking something in life or just fed up of her situation in life (Elias situation) that should realistically decrease her negotiating position in a real world scenario vs if she approached the same patron with the same offering with a high head and zero sign of desperation.

 

[ffive]

Why would she need anyone to respect her if she has something substantial for them? A club member respecting her shouldn't matter in what she can gain through giving what she has, clearly respect wouldn't increase the value of her offering at least not for someone with an IQ

Have you ever made some actual business deal with anyone? It's far easier to negotiate favorable conditions or plain scam people if your would-be business partner doesn't think you're someone inferior to them or better yet, believes themselves to be inferior. And the other way around -- people are far more inclined to offer less when dealing with someone they believe to be beneath them. Those with actual brains can exploit this to their benefit.

 

[Darreau91]

Have you ever made some actual business deal with anyone? It's far easier to negotiate favorable conditions or plain scam people if your would-be business partner doesn't think you're someone inferior to them or better yet, believes themselves to be inferior. And the other way around -- people are far more inclined to offer less when dealing with someone they believe to be beneath them. Those with actual brains can exploit this to their benefit.

Big tits and phat asses add a couple pounds to the brain in the business world. Its why Felicia be going places.

 

[Wilhelms]

Have you ever made some actual business deal with anyone? It's far easier to negotiate favorable conditions or plain scam people if your would-be business partner doesn't think you're someone inferior to them or better yet, believes themselves to be inferior. And the other way around -- people are far more inclined to offer less when dealing with someone they believe to be beneath them. Those with actual brains can exploit this to their benefit.

What do you think make her superior or even the same level with other patrons? her being a club member?, man you should really leave this, you are just desperate for winning this debate, you are giving an argument the counterpoint of which I have already made at the last of the vary post you quoted.

So by default her joining the club should raise some eyebrows as to why she did it, clearly people would be more skeptical of her motives, they would know/believe that she is desperate for lacking something in life or just fed up of her situation in life (Elias situation) that should realistically decrease her negotiating position in a real world scenario vs if she approached the same patron with the same offering with a high head and zero sign of desperation.

But let me reiterate.
Her being a club member means jack shit or that she is just a "club member" beside that she is still the same trophy wife, a desperate one at that now (she doesn't have anything to her name, she doesn't have any wealth except the pocket money she gets from Elias) why would anyone think she is an equal to them, considering everyone here is a vulture, this isn't a lovey dovey harem game, is it?, you wouldn't say patrons will say "oh, darling come here, you are part of the family now, let us help you". before joining the club she would at least be a proud trophy wife.

This is out of the question, period. My previous post should have put the nail in the coffin for anyone who's reasonable enough.

 

[Hungover00]

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