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bacienvu88 1 realjitter 0TheYou must be registered to see the linkscomes from Japanese media (manga, anime, light novels, games) and is by no means unique to AVN's. Really common in webnovels as well.
bacienvu88 1 realjitter 0TheYou must be registered to see the linkscomes from Japanese media (manga, anime, light novels, games) and is by no means unique to AVN's. Really common in webnovels as well.
You make it sound like Sexual Katamari.Picking up all the side characters along the way seems pretty standard for male protag AVNs of every kind. I don't think anyone even sees this as a specific fetish anymore. In comparison fem protag corruption games usually have a lot of teasing in the beginning and don't even let you get the boy.
To me it seems like the male protag equivalent of corruption games are cuckold and humiliation games, probably because we live in a society. I can't think of any good ones on the level of GGGB, though.
I tried to pull off a similar theme in one of the storylines of my game.You could do a male corruption game, but it is unlikely that you'd do one where you convince a single man to have sex. It would need to be something like convincing a guy in a stable relationship to cheat, or something like that. I wouldn't enjoy that, but, maybe someone would
good luck with the next update release!I tried to pull off a similar theme in one of the storylines of my game.
The male MC is a psychologist and starts the game in a tough spot because, in the past, he got into a forbidden affair with a patient.
One of the LIs is a new patient he gets when he starts a new job elsewhere. As the story develops, you can tell that she's starting to have feelings for the mc, and is even trying to seduce him.
The player can decide to fall for the temptation and make the same mistake again, or resist it. This is done via a series of choices that somewhat change the dialogue here and there.
However, I don't think players feel like the MC is being corrupted, eventhough you can definitely look at the story like that. The issue is, if the player resists, there isn't any corruption happening, the MC remains "pure". If, on the other hand, the player wants the LI, then, they will make the choices that get them closer to the LI and it might even feel like the MC is the one corrupting the LI into being with him. After all, he's the one in the position of power over her, and he's making all the choices that can lead to an affair.
There have been, however, a few players that posted saying that they really, really wanted to do the right thing and not get involved with the patient... but ended up throwing all their beliefs out of the window at the moment of the truth and got involved with her.
I think that, in this scenario, those players might feel like the mc (and themselves as a proxy) ended up "corrupted" into doing the wrong thing (who/what corrupted him, though? The patient that wanted him? The position of power he has over her for being her psychologist? The forbidden love, if they really like each other? Lust?)
What is interesting to me is that I, the author, have little control over if this story is felt as the MC being corrupted, or as the MC being the one doing the corruption. It all depends on the intent of the player towards the LI. It has to feel like they wanted to resist her, but ended failing.
There are some people here that have played my game. I wonder if you guys have ever even considered this as a male mc corruption plot.
I think it's super cool that you effectively corrupted the players themselves. It takes good storytelling to affect the emotions of your readers. Well done!There have been, however, a few players that posted saying that they really, really wanted to do the right thing and not get involved with the patient... but ended up throwing all their beliefs out of the window at the moment of the truth and got involved with her.
I think that, in this scenario, those players might feel like the mc (and themselves as a proxy) ended up "corrupted" into doing the wrong thing (who/what corrupted him, though? The patient that wanted him? The position of power he has over her for being her psychologist? The forbidden love, if they really like each other? Lust?)
Personally, I didn't. As you pointed out, something needs to have caused the corruption and broken down the MC's will to resist. I certainly can't see Jen as some kind of scheming temptress. She's a good, caring, and sincere person who is younger and less experienced than the MC. She didn't have any master plan to bring him down or break him -- she simply fell for him. She can understand intellectually why patients and psychologists shouldn't be involved in relationships as a general rule, but she knows herself and she thinks she knows the MC. In her mind, no one is really being taken advantage of and no power is really being abused in their relationship. It's really up to the MC to decide how much he values professional ethics, how vulnerable Jen really is emotionally, and if he values doing the proper or right thing more than love.There are some people here that have played my game. I wonder if you guys have ever even considered this as a male mc corruption plot.
I 100% agree with this.Personally, I didn't. As you pointed out, something needs to have caused the corruption and broken down the MC's will to resist. I certainly can't see Jen as some kind of scheming temptress. She's a good, caring, and sincere person who is younger and less experienced than the MC. She didn't have any master plan to bring him down or break him -- she simply fell for him. She can understand intellectually why patients and psychologists shouldn't be involved in relationships as a general rule, but she knows herself and she thinks she knows the MC. In her mind, no one is really being taken advantage of and no power is really being abused in their relationship. It's really up to the MC to decide how much he values professional ethics, how vulnerable Jen really is emotionally, and if he values doing the proper or right thing more than love.
There's also the MC's prior relationship with Mel to take into account despite the limited information we have about it. You could say the MC is already corrupted because of that past history and is merely trying to redeem himself (and perhaps not even that). He's already failed to live up to the code of his profession. He's already chosen love or lust over his work and potentially over his patient's mental health before. Maybe pursuing vulnerable patients is just something he does and part of who he is as a person so there's really no further corruption needed for him to go after Jen. Any resistance he feels might be more about self-preservation than morality (I really don't think he's that far gone, but then again I've never tried approaching the Jen path with that mindset). The corruption that's there in that case would be internal and something that's built up over many years before the story even began.
I prefer to think of my personal Jen playthrough as a dangerous romance where the MC decided he was willing to risk his career for love. He doesn't want to hurt Jen or take advantage of her in any way and worries that he is...but he's fallen hard for her and his emotions have utterly overwhelmed his intellect and his willpower. I tend to assume that's probably what happened with Mel as well. So I see my MC in that playthrough as a true romantic who is terrible at his job and should absolutely under no circumstances ever be in a position to treat patients again...but please don't call him corrupted!
As you pointed out, something needs to have caused the corruption and broken down the MC's will to resist. I certainly can't see Jen as some kind of scheming temptress. She's a good, caring, and sincere person who is younger and less experienced than the MC. She didn't have any master plan to bring him down or break him -- she simply fell for him.
Yup, I agree with this as well.In the cheating path it is similar to Jen in that he is seduced into doing something he knows he shouldn't, but here it is something he has never considered doing before (cheating with his friend's wife).
Yeah, I agree that corruption is subjective. But that is mostly(?) because morals are subjective. Some people may think that someone who who hires an incompetent nephew does something good because family always comes first. Others may view the same thing as nepotism and something bad. Then is the person who hired the nephew corrupt or not?I agree with all that you have written, and, yet, I still think it can be seen as a corruption plot.
However, I think what I'm trying to say is that I think that corruption is subjective.
The point EndlessNights is making (at least my interpretation of) is that MC is already at at least the fourth point at the start of the game.But maybe we have different views/definitions about corruption. I see it like this:
- Character A has a belief of what is the correct thing to do.
- Character A wants X.
- To get X, Character A has to do something that goes against their belief.
- There's some internal conflict, but, in the end, Character A does that something to get X.
- By the end, Character A might even have changed their initial believes and what they consider acceptable, due to cognitive dissonance.
And here we get to degrees of corruption. How much "try to do better" do you need to do to climb back up the corruption ladder again?Or is it because it has to be a novel event, something the MC never considered before? (MC already had slept with Mel, but had never cheated with a friend's partner. This seems like a rather narrow definition of corruption: can't someone be corrupted, try to do better, but ended up corrupted again?
Just want to point out that you don't need to have sex with Tyrone to get a role in the music video. All you need is to dance with Tyrone and have enough fame (maybe, don't remember). In fact the full on sex comes after (you can give a blowjob before).having sex with the rapper lets her have a major role in a famous music videoclip (I think that's the plot, I might be wrong)
Not sure I agree. Plenty of stories where a man cheats on wife and then his life unravels. This should count as "having sex against their best judgement". There is also stories about sex with your boss, employee's and so on that also leads to bad outcomes. Or the male lead is seduced by a woman from the enemy camp and gives up crucial information to them. Or to take something from real life: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky"Male corruption, on the other hand, almost never involves man having sex against their best judgment because, in our culture, sleeping with many women = something to be proud of. And sex with a man is something easy to get, so it's not a high reward by itself. Instead, it usually involves giving up moral values to get more money/power.
Fwiw, I don't think our positions are that far from each other.Anyway, I'm just now thinking about all of this and I'm not sure it's correct. Is there any flaws in this reasoning?
I also don't know why I find this interesting, but I do. Quite a lot.
I just don't know why this would be important for anything though xD. Better go finish my update instead of write so much here!!
Because Elsa is the only interesting one. I want Edward to become a better man and leave his cynical egotism behind, but beyond that I care very little for him because his goals are so... boring. He "wants" a woman he idolizes, is creepily obsessed with, and knows nothing about. He also wants to become a corporate hotshot. That's it? And I'm supposed to root for him? Pass.Why is it that you want Elsa, the puppet master, to win?
Welcome to every bond movie ever made.the male lead is seduced by a woman from the enemy camp and gives up crucial information to them
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky"
No, but that's because I played like a monk and rejected every single possible LI or fling (not because as the game stated I/MC was so damaged he was unable to love anyone ever again, just because the didn't float his boat). But some of the LIs definitely were corruptors and if MC engages with them, then yes, it can be seen as a male corruption game experience.I tried to pull off a similar theme in one of the storylines of my game.
The male MC is a psychologist and starts the game in a tough spot because, in the past, he got into a forbidden affair with a patient.
One of the LIs is a new patient he gets when he starts a new job elsewhere. As the story develops, you can tell that she's starting to have feelings for the mc, and is even trying to seduce him.
The player can decide to fall for the temptation and make the same mistake again, or resist it. This is done via a series of choices that somewhat change the dialogue here and there.
However, I don't think players feel like the MC is being corrupted, eventhough you can definitely look at the story like that. The issue is, if the player resists, there isn't any corruption happening, the MC remains "pure". If, on the other hand, the player wants the LI, then, they will make the choices that get them closer to the LI and it might even feel like the MC is the one corrupting the LI into being with him. After all, he's the one in the position of power over her, and he's making all the choices that can lead to an affair.
There have been, however, a few players that posted saying that they really, really wanted to do the right thing and not get involved with the patient... but ended up throwing all their beliefs out of the window at the moment of the truth and got involved with her.
I think that, in this scenario, those players might feel like the mc (and themselves as a proxy) ended up "corrupted" into doing the wrong thing (who/what corrupted him, though? The patient that wanted him? The position of power he has over her for being her psychologist? The forbidden love, if they really like each other? Lust?)
What is interesting to me is that I, the author, have little control over if this story is felt as the MC being corrupted, or as the MC being the one doing the corruption. It all depends on the intent of the player towards the LI. It has to feel like they wanted to resist her, but ended failing.
There are some people here that have played my game. I wonder if you guys have ever even considered this as a male mc corruption plot.
Two people can play this game Elsa is the Drunken Master and the MC is still a weak, vulnerable and clumsy apprentice who wants to learn Kung Fu in a couple of days. She had to discipline him for his own good, so yes, he's her slave at first, like any newbie who wants to learn from an old school master. It seems from outside that all the trainee does is run errands for the master, sweep the steps of the temple and drag water into the boiler in the kitchen. But we, hardened fans of the countless kung fu movies, know that this is a part of training that has the deepest philosophical and practical meaning. In the blink of an eye, he will master the way of a drunken warrior and will breakElsa never achieves anyhting, all her life right now is going clubbing, blowing guys to persuade them
to get her outta trouble, when MC is plot thrown into her to be her slave, ragdoll, toy.
All of those by her own admission. She never wants anything at her job, while MC wants to succeed,
she wants to burn her parents money to bring down the very firm MC wants to succeed in.
When she gets stuck at her job, MC comes throwing himself under her feet, like the slave this game makes him be.
She never achieves anything. She tells MC anyone with even one brain cell would get her fired for the shit she pulls.
But not MC, the incel slave offered to her on a plate for literally nothing by this game.
What a conundrum.
I totally agree that corruption, like morality, is in the eye of the beholder. However, I guess I do have a bit of a different view of the concept. To me, corruption involves doing or continuing to do something you believe to be wrong because moral concerns no longer have the power to sway you from your course. It's hard for me to think of a MC who has fallen in love with Jen as corrupted because in his heart of hearts he probably doesn't believe he's actually done anything wrong. For a true romantic, love is ultimately more important than anything else and it is the epitome of what is good and noble in the world. Intellectually, the MC can recognize that the code of ethics in psychology is there for a reason and does protect patients in some/many/most circumstances, but at the end of the day he doesn't want to (or can't) believe that Jen needs to be protected from him or that his love for her will actually end up damaging her. The corner of his mind that worries about that sort of thing gets overruled by his emotions. He probably thinks they'll both be worse off if they ignore their feelings and miss their chance to be happy together.However, I think what I'm trying to say is that I think that corruption is subjective.
But maybe we have different views/definitions about corruption. I see it like this:
- Character A has a belief of what is the correct thing to do.
- Character A wants X.
- To get X, Character A has to do something that goes against their belief.
- There's some internal conflict, but, in the end, Character A does that something to get X.
- By the end, Character A might even have changed their initial believes and what they consider acceptable, due to cognitive dissonance.
On that note, I think there's a lot of misogyny baked into how AVNs tend to depict corruption. They portray men as being able to have as much sex as they want without their inner selves really changing, but women who sleep with whoever they want to become gibbering sex maniacs over time and start to only care about their next, suspiciously easy to achieve orgasm. At least GGGB doesn't succumb to that trope as far as I can remember.In media, female corruption typically involves her giving her body and beauty (aka sex) because, in our culture, being a slut = bad and being "pure"/virgin = good. Sex with a young, beautiful, "pure" woman is something of high value.
Male corruption, on the other hand, almost never involves man having sex against their best judgment because, in our culture, sleeping with many women = something to be proud of. And sex with a man is something easy to get, so it's not a high reward by itself. Instead, it usually involves giving up moral values to get more money/power.
You're not wrong, but I think it's always easier to make the same mistake a second time. The unknown and that first compromise of our morality are scary -- to do it again once you know the score is a return to familiar territory. Thinking about Mel in particular, I wonder if it's a given that the MC regrets the affair. Early on in the game, she's still very much on his mind...he's stalking her social media and still dreaming of her. Does he recognize that he did something truly and unequivocally wrong or is he mostly just sorry that things ended the way they did?Or is it because it has to be a novel event, something the MC never considered before? (MC already had slept with Mel, but had never cheated with a friend's partner. This seems like a rather narrow definition of corruption: can't someone be corrupted, try to do better, but ended up corrupted again?
I'd actually be very curious to hear your take on Nothing Is Forever if you ever get a chance to play it. I think there's a good chance you might appreciate the depth of MrSilverLust's characters and the grounded realism of the narrative among other things. This isn't something that just occurred to me, either...I've randomly had the thought, "I bet Tlaero would really like this!" at different moments while playing the game.I think it's super cool that you effectively corrupted the players themselves. It takes good storytelling to affect the emotions of your readers. Well done!
I'm really looking forward to reading it after I play the update for myself!Corporate Culture's latest update was great. I shared some thoughts here.