It's hard to consider SG offtopic when it's a continuation of the same world,
That's fair.
One of my
frustrations with SG has more to do with pacing. And I'm not trying to be funny, but it's too fast for me. Nika hasn't really left the house or socialized for years, but then suddenly turns into a social butterfly. I wanted to see more of this depression explored. Making plans but not showing up, finding excuses to just stay home. And maybe, if your points with an LI are high enough, they'll get worried and come to find him.
Maybe I missed something, but it didn't seem like Nika paid a price for (what I see as) him overextending himself that way.
The gigachad appearance is off-putting; I can't identify with that. Yet the longer we play the less that has to do with his insecurities
I think you're right, and his appearance has more to do with not wanting to be a victim anymore. Though, from what I gather, he didn't mind getting into fights, and was a bit of a thug. Also, a body like that takes dedication and perseverance. It's not the body of someone who quits or runs from challenges, so I also wonder if the body is the consequence of his mental growth.
people assume he's a meat head, and underestimate him. He also plays with that at times; his intuition about Donna, and the way he worked out things are going on at home (Helen being okay with Leia's businesses for example) show he is reading between the lines. Some of his asshole nature is simply to deflect. Some at least.
At the diner it was made clear that William was an asshole, just not a racist one.
The rest you're describing, I haven't played through yet, but I'm getting eager to see it. (Stopped playing right before they're leaving for the farm.) I just hope that William reading between the lines isn't a further abstraction for the player, but seeing how it's about current events, I suspect the player will know as much as William.
Most of WIlliam's personality is the coping mechanisms he developed in the process of running away and avoid resopnsibility, so we'll see how well he can humble himself, or subvert the situations. We can already see how he's struggling to deal with consequences when he calls Daphne; I think the game will go more into that territory, where the choices aren't clear cut.
I think you're partly right here. While William did run away, I don't think his parents and Leia are innocent in it either. One of the first things we learn about Helen is that she taught William not to be jealous and to separate sex from love. A weird lesson to teach a young teen. Constantly having to worry about setting off Helen's explosive personality is another factor that could've stressed his youth considerably. So, it's not all up to William, and I hope we'll be able to set boundaries. Mostly in the case of Helen, because up to now, William has been behaving very submissive towards her to appease her.
I kinda feel we'll get to see more of William's internal conflicts as the situations continue - he's just gotten back and the tensions will force a lot of internal responses. THe interesting thing will be what choices we have for confidants, and how that creates unequal power structures - because I think the power structures will play an important part, with William and Miru being the catalyst or wrecking ball.
I'd love this. Though for me, it's Miru all the way. I brought up poly once and dropped it when she wasn't interested. Though my main worry here was more meta. I suspect that Miru will go along with anything the player decides, which would diminish her character. So if she has an opinion, I'll respect it.
Lastly, the nature of what happened in the past is likely to remain opaque, as the official roles in the official release will always be the canon. Leaving it ambigious means it is more open to interpretation, even though that is frustrating, it is what it is.
I'm not sure that the catalyst for William running away was sexual in nature. And in some cases, the canon relationships don't make sense socially. For instance, William would've deflowered Monica at the birthday party of Katarina, who is a few years younger than him. Though I have no clue how old William actually is, I'm guessing he's in his late twenties. Katarina would be 20 22 (still in college). Without the family tie or some sort of social obligation, it makes no sense why he'd be there. What would a 15/16-year-old do at the birthday party of a 10/12-year-old? (Except fucking someone out of boredom, I guess.)
