Maybe its just me but the difference between male and female routes in shepherds of haven is starting to **** me off...... Lena doesnt even act like she cares anymore ugh its everywhere from other characters' reactions to story progress....
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I'd recommend to just use con sole cheats so you'd make the story actually good, but also, since I haven't played a female route obviously, how is it different? I'm genuinely curious now that you've pointed it out
It's not even that. Lena is a Blade fangirl, and as someone who thinks that Blade is as romantically or platonically attractive as a piece of cardboard I am kinda mad about it. It's Blade, then Chase (because he is female readers' fave), then Tallys\Trouble depending on her mood. As a Redmancer I am always shafted, too. Can't even imagine how Briony or Lavinet crowd feels... Or are you saying it's gender-biased for MC?
I mostly read Blade and Briony's routes
which makes the difference SO obvious when it comes to how much content they got... i dont dislike his parts just not my fave and now im extra annoyed because of the extra attention he gets...Why don't you like Blade though? Hes sort of a fan fave too afaik not just the writers (and you are so right about that)
Simply the amount of content they got... interludes... for example Blade gets moments where other characters talk about him and the mc which doesn't exist for others and most of all other female ROs... or none of the female routes got a confession while 3 out of 5 male ros got it...
I'm a Blade fangirl too but gotta agree lol poor Lavinet got like...minimum story (which......ngl...does anyone even like her?)
Ok, so the whole 'stoic and emotionally unavailable\not in touch with their emotions' thing is a huge turn off for me for romanceable characters (sidenote: compare him with O from infamous. O is stoic but they are not stunted; they are single mature&professional person in a circus). That, combined with overabundance of Blade compared to any other character + Lena's constant reminders that 'um, acshually, when SoH was a book Blade was a cannon RO for MC, hehe' and him always getting more content waaay ahead of the others gradually turned me from being neutral about him to disliking him lol, He also has the most tropey and cliched personality, imo, because most of the other chars have bits and pieces that graduate them from being tropey.
that's so interesting bc i like to compare them (plus A) too n i always thought Blade was way more emotional and complex compared to other two ~ he's kinda a character archetype yes but there s a reason its a popular archetype
i find trouble or chase way more cliche (or Tallys/Lavinet tbh) (thats my opinion.jpg)
I adore her!
And hearing this is actually bullshit, but I suppose I can be a touch understanding; writing many routes and whatnot, but focusing on some more than others is not good in my opinion.
One should focus on all at once, or don't release content until they have the same amount of content for every route/character
I just hate it when authors play ro/oc favourites...
There is, but, to me, the most-fun-to-romance characters are those that are either emotionally mature\aware (that's why I vastly prefer Red and Riel over other male ROs in SoH) or have enough rizz\outer drama to pull off being immature (hello, Dragon Age Zevran and BG3 Astarion).
tbh I think A's reasons for limited emotionality are very diff from O and Blade. I also wouldn't call A cold as much as introverted + neurodivergent. As for O, I wasn't talking about emotionality but about maturity lol E.g. take his one-sided beef with Red. Some commander you are, dude...
Agree to disagree 
but u were talking about emotional availability, not maturity there.. I find the fact he's like a badly socialized guard dog endearing...i wouldnt expect Blade to b mature..he s rlly stunted and weird in some ways but thats what makes him fun to read
And A is like...the coldest character imo.....i was going w them first n ....just didnt enjoy at all....M on other handddd
but u were talking about emotional availability, not maturity there.. I find the fact he's like a badly socialized guard dog endearing...i wouldnt expect Blade to b mature..he s rlly stunted and weird in some ways but thats what makes him fun to readAnd A is like...the coldest character imo.....i was going w them first n ....just didnt enjoy at all....M on other handddd
So true btw...normally i pick the character who got the least attention/content this is pretty much an exception
Blade is an otome isekai male lead. Literally cold Duke of the north personality.
I guess that explains it, she just copy and paste her old notes then
