I used to be like you until Kyo that "bitch" melted my heart.
Right? I mean, I won't say I entirely "love" her myself, but she's an excellent study of a tragic character. When forced to be truthful, it's blatantly clear she cares a lot about Cat. Going by other conversations, she did what she thought was best for Cat... even at the cost of traumatizing her away from any normal relationship the two might've had already established otherwise. She makes a strong argument about adversity having been necessary to make Cat powerful, even if - personally - I disagree. Kyo herself points out how lonely she is without anyone to truly trust, and that, IMO, is where Cat strength lies. She gathers around herself people who she can rely on - even the "murderhobo" Lena (I love that words XD). She has quickly eclipsed Kyo not just because of what Cat, as a mage, can do, but precisely because of the connections she made. And that, I think, is something far more powerful than the most powerful individual, even in their magic-infused world.
Tried to go through the "subjugation" scene with Kyo, but Cat's behavior was way too big of a turnoff there - crossing the line by a long distance. To be honest, I don't really see how "maliciously sadistic" Cat fits the personality she shows elsewhere. Mischievous and self-asserting? Sure. But going for that kind of debasement and mistreatment? Nah, she seems far too empathic for that.
My Cat still ended up not taking it easy on her apprentice or sugarcoating the reality (because that, I think, is a complete disservice), but that doesn't mean she can't show her care, either.
So... Kyo's OK in my book. If there's a single path addition that I can think of that I would like to see, it would be to get Jeanne completely mind-wiped so, instead of abusing her, Cat can take the waste of flesh that Jean was and help shape an actual decent person out of it. Sure, it's a porn game after all, and lots of people are into that kind of content, but the only thing going hard path there will accomplish is to degrade the quality of a person Cat herself could be.
;;porn games make you think big thoughts;;
Guess that hits on the issue of too much to do in too little time for only two people. Anyway, other than Cat/Briala/Eleanor i don't really see much from a story point of veiw who else would be interested in a threesome. Maybe Cat/Kyo/Eleanor?
I think it was more along the lines of Necrobunny wanting to push the story instead of being hung-up on more and more sex scenes. Aside from workload (and - well, let's face it, that's the big one), there was really no particular reason why Cat couldn't have fooled around much more than she did, or why the characters were set up in "come and go" mode in the later chapters.
As for the possibilities... well, there's plenty of opportunity for bonding and overcoming prejudices there. Cat/Kyo/Eleanor seems like a pretty solid bet (at least on "lover" Kyo path). Eleanor might abhore demons right now, but just let Yda show her what the tentacles can do... Cat also just happened to score an extension of Eleanor's Emperor worship in a pretty fun-shaped personal Seraph, so there's that, too. Hell, considering Eleanor's preferences, she might be pretty much thrown into any kind of Cat pairing and work.
I do hope for other characters to be more involved as well, though.
By the way, congratulations
NecroBunnyStudios. Saw you passed your $1000 dolars goal on patreon.
Toot-toot!
WIsh I wasn't stuck in "barter economy" mode myself, quite a few authors I'd like to support, and NecroBunny is definitely among them, but alas
Dominant otters seem to be surprisingly popular
They
seal the deal for me.
Actually, it's rather the contrary, but can't pass by such an handy setup >.> Not to mention that the way most sub scenes are written (I did completely skip on both "courtesan" and Jean content) makes switch-Cat pretty believable to be enjoyable.
