God, the new mechanic this time around is dumpster diving? What is this, Pathologic?
In regards to the update: in short, even if she is my least favorite of the bunch it's nice to see expanding on Celestia. I just
really wished her story would've gone a different route than "Oblivious MC is being the bottom to a nuisance dragging him along", which to be fair could describe 90% of the relations pre-reboot, but oh well. Also, just giving her a sobstory as a character backstory won't make me sympathize with her if said backstory does very little to justify her annoying behaviour.
What bothered me this time around was the amount of non-choices involved: Why even giving us a choice if they all lead to either the exact same outcome, just with one having more obnoxious dialogueging, or leading you back to the choice prompt? Just tell us the story you want to tell without trying to be funny by making us jump through the hoops ourselves. This has been a recurring issue with the game, but this time around it felt more prominent.