It does seem we're just destined to disagree on things, though in this regard I seem to be in a distinct minority--Selene's ending was very frustrating to me, putting it easily at the bottom of my list, with her sister's just above for very different reasons (though I haven't gone through Allison's as a matter of principle*). Selene as a character/LI I came to like, but in her ending she just needed to get over herself--how much convincing do you need that MC's really into you?** Yes, he knows what you were in a literal past life, and it's obvious it doesn't bother him in the least. But I guess he gets to play Archon one more time...
Anita and Marisa were my #1 and #2 in the Interim, but traded places in their endings. I'm not entirely sure how to account for that, though I do like Marisa better with the longer hair.
* "Letting go of attachments to the past" is the entire point of the game/story--for MC to end up with Allison completely defeats the purpose.
** I'd have been fine if she'd needed to be convinced to be into him--"OK, we worked together OK in the Interim, the sex was good, but do I really want to be with you long-term?" But that wasn't her issue; she was too hung up on "her" past (in a literal past life--it was a different person) and what she thought MC ought to think of it.
Well I may find the ending depressing but that doesn't mean i dislike it or even disagree with it. You spend the game getting ppl to overcome their hardships and emotionally prepare them to move on so they can be reborn. The ending was expected.
I don't really take issue with Allison being an option, while moving on may be the point, some might not choose to. Just like some might just choose no one and move on completely lol If the game was Kinetic and the MC decides to go Allison then yeah id take issue with it but in the end, you have to account for the player. So yeah, it as an option is fine even if I won't pick it.
Selene did take a bit to come around but it was nice that she finally confronted her issues and by the end she did grow from it (despite actually decreasing in height)
I don't know what ending I'd prefer though. I get that they needed to get through their trials and tribulations and by doing so they get reborn in a life where events never happened. Kind of making the lesson learned from Allison pointless. But the LI's aren't really the same characters. Hell we don't even get a small titted LI because Kaitlin didn't even have to overcome that lol so when I go to pick, I get depressed because MC doesn't really end up with the character we romanced in the interim. Except Polly, Mira, and Selene. We end up with their end version but without the flaws or history.
To be clear though, while we might disagree on LI's because of preference and maybe MC's actions, I don't disagree on your overall take. I understand it, but that doesn't mean it wasn't bittersweet even if I can rationalize it lol I'm fine with disagreeing though, open's me up to different perspectives.
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