I reformatted my wallotext, into a less novella size, but yeah. You can have several characters and not have them as LIs.
He's openly stated that at least one character was pushed by donors. For those who occasionally are saying well then why don't we donate as well? I'm not shelling out hundreds of dollars or whatever to compete with some memestocker/cryptokid. It's clear the amount of money being paid is worth more to him than upsetting the pool of his regular subscribers.
Could easily Make use of the cult, or any number of characters, like the office rival of Kari (name eludes me atm) fit these roles, but someone who wants to turn this into his own comissioned h-game made by togs is willing to pay for it, so... not much I can do about that. Sorry Kari and Lois, Kiki is new primary LI!