Maybe I misunderstand what you mean by cockblocked, but does the update not pay off those questions?
1) Edwin (or Edwin + Ian) return to Vicky and expresses unconditional love through a normal breakfast.
2) You do get to see Elias' reaction, but I also what you mean. The update wasn't meant to end there at conception and obviously this becomes a non-cliffhanger once the whole night is available as.
3) ...don't you? I suppose on some non-Ian interested paths it's vague, but I think Ian's feelings can be inferred. In some paths, he'll turn down the invitation to go to Vicky's. In his introspective path, shattering his Mother Mary complex for Vicky shocks him so bad that he wants to bring his own mother down to that level. Either way, he's not dealing with it well.
For points 1 and 3, obviously it's not resolved resolved, both Edwin and Ian still have their hang ups and Vicky coming clean is meant to serve as a catalyst for them to either shed them or further entrench themselves in their complexes.
Perhaps the issue is those payoffs didn't feel substantive for all the build up?
Either way, it didn't work for you, I'm not trying to refute that.
i am sorry for the confusion
i should have made sure that my words were clear and sharp
sorry for trying to use euphemisms
I think me being an EFL sometimes things get lost in translation
what my intent was to say is that I was looking for some "emotional catharsis" from this update
Maybe I misunderstand what you mean by cockblocked, but does the update not pay off those questions?
Perhaps the issue is those payoffs didn't feel substantive for all the build up?
i think i didn't "feel" connected to this update because it's missing that emotional build up/rapport between the characters
I don't know how to explain what I meant by emotional catharsis or what I am looking for when I meant emotional build up
I think it's better if i give a hypothetical example
imagine this you're watching your favourite TV series which you have been watching for years lets assume it's a romantic telenovela or something like that
after several seasons of will they/won't they speculations
both the main characters end up confession their love and their dark secrets too
and that's how the previous season of the show ended
perfect cliff hanger right ?
It gets you hyped up for the next season
you're emotionally invested in this fictional relationship
and then comes the next season and the very first episode it begins with all the right things that you're expecting it to have and within the first 10 the first episode
the lovers are finally united and now that they have poured out all their true feelings
you as a fan are experiencing the peak moment of emotional catharsis that you have been yearning for years but then suddenly a character from season one say a missing father of one of the lovers finally returns to meets his son and his lover
from a content perspective the missing father finally meeting his long lost son is a "good" turn of event but you as a fan were already having a great moment before and this new turn of event although a good thing from story perspective kind of ruins the "mood" and the "vibe" even
and now the next 10 minutes of the show is spent showcasing a sequence of father and son emotional bonding after years of separation
I mean this is good stuff too emotionally
sure when the show began you were hoping it would be all about the lovers but this is fine too
but you as a fan can't help but notice that while this is a good scene plotline wise you keep wondering why did it cut in and watered down that great emotionally charged romantic scene that kicked off this episode
and now after 25 minutes of run time the show again pivots back to lovers
the man says all the right things to his woman and the woman in turn says all the right things that you as a viewer wanted to hear
but it's doesn't give you the same emotional high it did when the epsiode began even though it's been like only a few minutes
just a few minutes ago you were having a great time probably the greatest moment in that entire series ever since you began watching
but you continue to watch for a few more minutes there is nothing wrong with the episode everything you always wanted is right there yet the sequence of events kind of toned down the emotional high you were feeling and in the final few minutes of the first episode the father and son have a casual chit chat sharing stories of their adventures , filling in years worth of missing information that was only teased in previous seasons over several years finally the man knows about his past , about his father and his old life
and the father finally says that he is finally taking the man home to meet his other family and then the episode ends
if you as viewer zoom out and read the summary of the first episode that you just watched
objectively it would have all the things that you wanted to see
the young couple getting together?
check
missing father and son finally reuniting?
check
the young couple having few more precious moments together on screen?
check
father finally filling in all details he wanted his son to know about father's past ?
check
the son finally getting know that his father has another family?
check
all of these plotpoints looks great and sounds great on a summary description but when you finally sitdown after watching the first episode
you feel as if it's missing that emotional "magic" that made you keep watching the show for years eagerly waiting the day when all of the things that's listed in this episode come together in the screen
it's like missing a pinch of salt in your favourite dish
you know it's your favourite food
it has everything you love but as long as it's missing the right amount of salt it's ALWAYS going to be bothering you that it doesn't taste good enough anymore
the size of the bowl, the volume of the soup even the temperature of the soup doesn't matter as long you can feel and taste that missing a pinch of salt
eveneif it's your favourite food the missingpinch of salt felt immediately
and that's what I meant by "cockblock" something that kind of ruins the good mood that you as a player was feeling at that point