While playing v0.4a with the girls incorrectly getting heartbroken and pissed off at you dating someone else/themselves without telling them has been a trip, it has gotten me to thinking...
See, I contextualised it as them getting angry over a misunderstanding and being to stubborn to admit they were wrong. And as this type of thing happens with irl relationships too, it felt like a interesting opportunity to explore this other side of the girls' personality without having to be a jerk to them. Would be even better if there was a way to apologize and smooth things over faster instead of just waiting. (Aside from Laura heartbroken that I'm dating Laura without telling Laura, I got Rogue devastated that I'm with Jean after she's been saying how cute me and the redhead look together. Feels bad man.)
I got to thinking it would be interesting if the girls' moods could be affected by other factors, like bad grades or the danger room being out of order or something. Or like, have them misunderstand you hanging out with someone not in the harem or a rumor about you. Giving you the chance to earn / lose tons of points for how you handle them at those points.
I don't know, I'm just musing on having them feel even more like normal, flawed human beings we want the best for.