IIRC i think the only LI which didn't like Diana is Aelina. The reason was cause she is the richest person in the empire and thinks of the benefit of her family before the sake of the empire (or the royal family) and she doesn't like how she treats her daughter.
Which is kinda rich coming from Aelina, seeing that she puts her own wishes before the sake of the empire too and is pretty determined to do anything to become the queen.
There are also rumors she poisoned her former husband, which Aelina treats as a truth, but at the end of the day that's just a rumor and seeing she is very successful as a woman, good chance it's out of spite.
Who knows, probably she resembles Aelina just too much of herself.
Right before you go and see her though it is brought up again, and you hear the "rumor" from other people too. It's repeated a lot. It might be a Red Herring, but it could also be a Chekhov's Gun.
Though i went full harem route, head cannonwise, i think adding Estrid along is the best decision for the mc. She throws a spanner and shatters whatever plan Aelina and her assistant (forgot the name lol) have on the crown after consolidation. Plus she seems loyal. maybe too early to see if she's as loyal as valentina, but atleast she respects the mc and has arms and men so...
(i went from really wanting to kill Marius to maybe sparing him cause of his mother to "ok, marius is going, but-i-need-to-make-it-a-boating-accident-in-no-way-or-form-connected-to-me")
though it feels like if the mc gets rid of cassius, might lose cassius and muh queen.
I assume you mean getting rid of Maruis, might lose you Cassius and the queen?
I honestly think Marius might be happy to just let MC take over since all his family is on board and he'll get to live in his little villa with his boytoy then. He could be a figure head still if needed but MC really has the power.
Estrid is up there as one of my favorite girls in the game. Val is my favorite of the princesses though Cass is a close second. I wish the MC would stick up for Val more if you are on her love path, it bothers me that *everyone* but her friend gives her so much shit and I wish we could stick up for her.
It is a weird choice, but I guess we will see how it goes. I do like Dinah more too though, so I will also choose her if we have to.
I also go for every girl, but I believe you typically get a second chance before total rejection. For example, with the other general's daughter, there is a variable called "kaylan_late_addition" for her.
Here's hoping I can get Dianna in too later then, but I'm not passing up two scenes with Dinah (who I like a lot more) just for her mom.