- Jul 26, 2023
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He wouldn't have been smoking cigarettes while playing sport. It's something that he picked up after he saw his dreams go down the drain. I saw it more as a "what the fuck, my life is over, who cares, I'm just going to do what I want."I was disappointed with the main character within the first 5-10 minutes of the start of the story.
First, he doesn't care about his lover's pleasure and is so selfish (and/or ignorant/stupid if he believes his only way of giving a woman an orgasm is by using his dick) that he couldn't be bothered to either offer or attempt to give her an orgasm. This promotes the stereotype towards men that they don't care about their partners and are only worried about getting themselves off.
Second, despite formerly being an elite athlete he is foolish enough to smoke cigarettes at his young age. Many people have loved ones (my mother in my case) who suffered for long periods of time, and in many cases died, from cancer caused by cigarette smoke and the 'treatments' (that are in many ways more horrible than the disease itself) used to try to cure this terrible disease.
I know that cigarettes can be very addictive and I'm not trying to guilt long-term smokers. The reason I mention this is because the game is fictional fantasy so it seems irresponsible making MC a smoker. Does the benefit of having MC smoke cigarettes in the game outweigh the potential social/ethical/economic impact of promoting cigarettes and enticing other people to start smoking (by indirectly giving free advertising to tobacco companies that are unable to legally purchase ads in many countries due to ethical concerns)?
Definitely not a good first impression of the MC or the game.... I'm not going to mention it again but it is something for people to consider.
Perhaps, as a result of moving into a successful relationship with one of the LIs and start giving his life meaning and purpose again, the cigarettes might be something he gives up. ?