But it can happen. So much for Power Fantasy by the logic you presented earlier.
How does that contradict it? If you want to get killed, why should you not be allowed to do it? You're the one in the driver's seat.
Even in a choose your adventure book or opened ended game there is a very finite limit to the options presented. Those options are limited by what the creator put in place. I used books and writer as the example as it's the most direct comparison to a Visual Novel but that fact does not change regardless the form of Media chosen. The Creator chooses the story path(s) and the audience engages it, limited by what was put before them.
I agree. If Malcie or Heliose is your favorite character then Deerie-Anne is an unfortunate casualty. It's not any different then missing Malygar Content because you choose Sunken Temple. It's a narrative choice by the creators. It's not a case of being unable to understand why people don't want their waifu to turn into a form no longer attractive. It's a case of not being able to understand why people want a plot so predictable and boring.
Nobody is asking for *every* single idea or option to be available. Only those that are actually important to people. If you were so dead set on the creator having the final holy word on everything, why have these different branching paths, why give people the choice if you're just going to take it away from them? Surely if the writer's word is law and you have no say in the matter, giving people choices is pointless? Answer is obviously no, you craft your own experience to your liking, it is the player who is the dragon who makes choices and forms bonds with the people he meets. This is why the comparison of your love interests to someone like Magalar doesn't make sense, normal people aren't okay with their loved ones being changed against their will. You do so only because you come from a dispassionate angle where you do not really see these characters as people close to you.
The point isn't to remove the story you like as it is currently, just to add more paths to deal with the issue. You can keep Deerie-Anne if you want, but you shouldn't be forced into it if you don't want to give up Heloise and Malice.
Because a Dragon changes the power structure and relationship structure heavily. In a way even King/Emperor style Harems can not do. A Dragon does not have the same kind of relationship expectations with a Harem.
So yes, it is a meaningful distinction.
Dragon is just a big lizard dude, it's not that deep. There are harems where the protagonist has incredible powers too, it doesn't really matter, it's still a harem game, you're in it for the girls (or boys).
