I agree with you with Laurie being her own girl (she would definitely act more on emotion rather than sense, so apeshit with Dominate why not
).
But even romanticly, you say a lot that she would not be the equal of the MC, in terms of power it's is definitively true, but i feel like since the begining of the game there wasn't really romance action engaged by MC towards Laurie, they were best friends since childhood, and equals, he probably felt guilty and didn't want to take advantage of her without really knowing if it was her or the thrall talking, but now she will be free and sincere, i hope now some romance will really start taking place.
She is the first of our five love interests for this AVN.
None of the love interests will be completely the "Equal" of the MC.
Love interests in order of introduction with comment-
1- Laurie, childhood best friend, never previously a love interest as far as we know. She loves the MC however, even without the love artificially placed with a blood bond. Once the MC was made a vampire, and she a thrall, that relationship was extremely unequal, however, how you treated her would reflect your personal preference to be harsh or kind to her.
The choices for Laurie are;
2- Calisto- She is your sire. She is a demigoddess and you will never be her equal as she is more potent blood wise, and has 4,500 years on you. Your relationship with her is one of being her pet lover. This will not change for this AVN
3- Sharon- She was your mentor, but is a regular, generic vampire. She does possess, as does your sire, and now possibly Laurie, the ability to Dominate both humans and other vampires. She can re-write memories with this. It is potent. With Calisto sharing this power, it is fairly likely that you will pick it up, or by having Sharon as your lover and or Laurie it might be a possibility. Whether that is realized in game or not, remains to be seen. You have the more potent Whispers, which changes a person, pretty significantly with a few words, with this comes the ability to gage what a person is thinking *Mirri in the police station, and in her home if you raped her. Sharon will be an emotional attachment that is similar to your girlfriend, secratary and den mom.
4- Carmen- Vampire Hunter, has lots of courage, and drive. Very independent, and possibly a little like Laurie in that she will cause Sharon some shit!!! Carmen is most likely to be your vampire childe, and if so, she will be your closest to equal in terms of power. Having the chemistry you have with her, it is likely that she will come to be one of your closest girls.
5- Ivy- She was the last of the planned love interests. This is per the Dev and I am not leaking anything. She is an innocent, and has a 6th sense much like Laurie demonstrated before, (Laurie with feral nos, Ivy with Ereshkigal) Ivy will be your child like sub love interest.
It is possible, "Possible", that there will be a vampire coven harem that involves 4 of the 5 girls, and will involve Calisto whenever she sees fit to give you attention.
There is a lot of speculation on Laurie going away. Unless the spoiler first case applied, she will remain.
Personally, with very incomplete knowledge, I believe that Sharon is going to be a source of comedy for us when things are dark, as she is sooo going to be giving Sharon shit.
Peace
