Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[Vanya]

Reading these posts I'm actually glad I went with asexual, aromantic MC lol (there was Leland, but he's not RO so). The story is so far enjoyable for me without any romantic nonsense. We'll see what kind of dramas come later... after all the band broke up for some reasons

By the way, what do you all think about the interview format? The characters talking about what's already happened. On the one hand, it's fun to read, but on the other, I have some concerns that it will negatively impact the overall, I mean that we will only have insignificant choices in the game.

Oh! Leland is so nice, it's a shame he's not a RO.
I'm also so excited to know why the band broke up.

I think it's very original, but you're right about the 'interactivity' part, I've thought about that too, but at least we can chose some things during those parts. I just find it kinda boring sometimes (with the managers mainly which I don't really like, and I don't really care about their relashionship with eachother). Also some things said sound out of character for 'my' MC, but overall I like it, at least I don't remember another IF who've done it.

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

Honestly, even as someone who is into poly, I'm rarely into any poly routes in IF. Mostly because the characters in many IFs are written to be tropes and not characters. I could barely understand why they'd be into MC, much less end up with each other. Another thing that makes poly options suffer is writer's obsession with making everyone involved romantically and sexually into each other. Sometimes these 'poly' routes are better off as friends dating the same person.

 

[CQ2205]

And also, I hate that in the New Year's countdown if you don't go after Lincoln, and don't want to kiss Angel or Stevie you have to watch the two kiss, your two bffs who've never shown interest in eachother, it's awkward and yeah, not for me.

Seriously? I didn’t know that. Since I’m on Angel’s route, I got the kiss scene, but I had no idea the two of them kissed if the MC didn’t kiss either of them. And yeah, it’s weird, like, two seconds ago they had zero interest in each other, and suddenly they’re making out. You know what that smells like? Exactly, that’s basically a hook for a poly route

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

Though let's be real, the only reason these relationships exist is so the writers could engage in making the characters they like kiss without breaking the MC focused romance.

 

[Vanya]

You know what that smells like? Exactly, a setup for a poly route!

Yup, that's what I though, there's even an option for you to say you're into it. It's awkward as f***. There's some moments in the game where you can chose the two to cuddle and whatever but that's your option, in that moment tho, not so much, and you're not even involved.

Though let's be real, the only reason these relationships exist is so the writers could engage in making the characters they like kiss without breaking the MC focused romance.

In Press Play specifically I'm totally seeing it.

I don't even understand why do we need so many polys in this IF, some doesn't even make sense. Lincoln likes Stevie but if you show interest in him Stevie calls him a creep and even seems disgusted when she founds you two making out. Also she and Angel have zero chemistry, and I don't even see Zima interested in anyone else, but whatever, I guess the author thinks they're all good for eachother. I don't understand why can't at least some of the polys be a V poly but yeah, guess I'm not the author so...

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

In Press Play specifically I'm totally seeing it.

I was thinking Sword of Rhivenia when I wrote that. Hoping the rewrite corrects this, but the poly relationships there make no sense beyond just having them, and it's not like you can just romance any two characters for political purposes either.

 

[Vanya]

I was thinking Sword of Rhivenia when I wrote that. Hoping the rewrite corrects this, but the poly relationships there make no sense beyond just having them, and it's not like you can just romance any two characters for political purposes either.

Oh, I can totally see it!

I can't really remember the original book but I remember romancing Xavier and Jarean and then beeing presented with the poly option out of nowhere. I don't know about the other options, I always play as a gay male MC so...
In the rewrite idk, it does feel awkward sometimes. Specifically Xavier and Jarean, their friendship comes out of nowhere since Jarean is just in the castle to be a beer maker or whatever I don't even understand why he would help Xavier dress for a party or take a bath or whatever but yeah. Also just two interactions with eachother and if you show interest in both they'll flirt when they're alone, even if you don't want to be in a poly and are just exploring your options. Idk, I just felt unconfortable so...

The other poly I think it's Clara/Lena, and I don't even understand how that will come to be.

 

[CQ2205]

Yup, that's what I though, there's even an option for you to say you're into it. It's awkward as f***. There's some moments in the game where you can chose the two to cuddle and whatever but that's your option, in that moment tho, not so much, and you're not even involved.


In Press Play specifically I'm totally seeing it.

I don't even understand why do we need so many polys in this IF, some doesn't even make sense. Lincoln likes Stevie but if you show interest in him Stevie calls him a creep and even seems disgusted when she founds you two making out. Also she and Angel have zero chemistry, and I don't even see Zima interested in anyone else, but whatever, I guess the author thinks they're all good for eachother. I don't understand why can't at least some of the polys be a V poly but yeah, guess I'm not the author so...

From what I remember, the author said Angel’s romantic attraction to the MC came from his admiration for them and their ability to sing, plus their mutual love for music. And even though right now he doesn’t feel anything romantic for Stevie, in the poly route it would basically be for the same reasons, like their shared love of music and so on.

As for Lincoln’s poly, at first I thought it was gonna be a V-poly, because honestly Lincoln and Stevie have nothing to do with each other, and their interest is the MC. But then the author said everyone is gonna fall for each other so…

don’t know if one of the reasons she decided on that was because her inbox was flooded with poly requests, but my god, it’s actually annoying to even look at her tumblr asks. Like literally ALL of them are about poly (partly because I looked it up, so of course that’s what showed up, but yeah, you got what I meant). I just searched “poly” on her tumblr real quick to double-check the reasons she mentioned for Angel’s poly, and what came up was just endless poly requests. Always the same justification like “I like one but I also like the other, can we get a poly with them?” And I’m just sitting here thinking, can’t you just play one route and then the other?

Yeah, I know I’m getting more annoyed than I should be about this lol. Poly really isn’t my thing. It just frustrates me when authors start adding a bunch of poly routes just because people asked, or even when nobody asked. Because it almost never works, for all the reasons I’ve already mentioned. Anyway, I’m gonna stop harping on this before I keep annoying myself lol.

 

[Parallax]

Funny how sometimes authors get so angry when someone makes a suggestion about the game (and provides a constructive explanation as to why they think it would be good to add/do something) yet sometimes so willingly give in to ridiculous requests. Just because some people on Tumblr want.

I don't understand what's the deal with the poly thing these days. What if a game doesn't have any poly routes because the writer isn't comfortable with it and doesn't want to write it???

They have the RIGHT not to add it. It's not mandatory... But apparently it's becoming the norm, just like ROs became the norm. Who cares author is awkward at writing romance and would rather focus on different topics.

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

Oh, I can totally see it!

I can't really remember the original book but I remember romancing Xavier and Jarean and then beeing presented with the poly option out of nowhere. I don't know about the other options, I always play as a gay male MC so...
In the rewrite idk, it does feel awkward sometimes. Specifically Xavier and Jarean, their friendship comes out of nowhere since Jarean is just in the castle to be a beer maker or whatever I don't even understand why he would help Xavier dress for a party or take a bath or whatever but yeah. Also just two interactions with eachother and if you show interest in both they'll flirt when they're alone, even if you don't want to be in a poly and are just exploring your options. Idk, I just felt unconfortable so...

The other poly I think it's Clara/Lena, and I don't even understand how that will come to be.

Low key find it funny that the guy who brings up having a threesome doesn't have a poly route. Both Xavier/Jarean and Clara/Lena just feel like they come out of nowhere in the story. Especially in the rewrite since

Spoiler

the political marriage plot line got scrapped

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[Vanya]

As for Lincoln’s poly, at first I thought it was gonna be a V-poly, because honestly Lincoln and Stevie have nothing to do with each other, and their interest is the MC. But then the author said everyone is gonna fall for each other so…

I just checked the COG forum and the author said she will never do a V-poly. She also said you can see the beginning of Stevie/Lin poly if you invite Stevie to go with you an Lin to the club. Idk what happens, and I really don't care, but it's awkward either way. How does Stevie, who's always calling Lin a creep, starts to be interested in him just because he's into BDSM is just strange, but whatever.

Also, apparently the author is gonna scrap the all RO poly, the Angel/Zima (because she can't see them together), and the Angel/Lincoln (because she's not feeling it) I guess Angel is not a favorite, but I think it's for the best, I can't see him in a poly relashionship anyway. Lincoln is not even into him, he only likes MC and perfect Stevie (who he praises more than MC), I can't even see Lin and Zima together! I asked Zima to the club with us and it was just awkward tbh, Zima was not even a little bit into him. I guess Lin/Zima/Stevie are fan favorites (and author's too) so they can all be paired into poly.

And as I predicted Stevie is the only one who's gonna be in all the poly, because she "can get along and be tender with just about anyone" and "she has this inherent interest in people , and she wants to understand them and be surrounded by them" (author's own words) Idk, I'm very tired of Stevie by now! I genuinely liked her but this favoritism is getting really tiring. At this point I'm starting to think she's just a self insert or something.

This is such a shame, because I really love Press Play, but the romances are starting to be such a mess. And for someone who was so mad about people only wanting to know about the RO a while back, all the author talks about nowadays is romance.

I know I’m getting more annoyed than I should be about this lol. Poly really isn’t my thing. It just frustrates me when authors start adding a bunch of poly routes just because people asked, or even when nobody asked.

Same. Every IF lately has a lot of poly routes and it's all the authors talk about and it gets so annoying to the point I had to block the tag on tumblr. lol

Btw, the author of God Cursed was asked about it a while ago, and even though she said she's not gonna add it, a couple of days ago she answered a bunch of asks about it again and she said maybe she will add it in the future and I was like ok, but why? It doesn't even make sense, the two characters (Oswin and Duri) don't even make sense together. Why would she add it just because people can't decide between them? And of course it needed to be Oswin, just my luck and the RO I like

I don't understand what's the deal with the poly thing these days

Always the same justification like “I like one but I also like the other, can we get a poly with them?”

I guess that's your answer.


(OMG! This is so long! I'm so sorry guys )

 

[CQ2205]

Btw, the author of God Cursed was asked about it a while ago, and even though she said she's not gonna add it, a couple of days ago she answered a bunch of asks about it again and she said maybe she will add it in the future

It’s kinda a running thing now. You find an IF with no poly, you’re chill thinking “okay, no drama with ROs crushing on each other.” Then outta nowhere, boom, poly crowd shows up asking over and over. Author says no, not gonna add it, but they just keep going like “oh but these ROs would be perfect in a poly” blah blah. And then suddenly the author is answering nothing but poly questions and the next day it’s like “surprise, here’s 300 poly routes” because apparently the more poly the better.

 

[Lyul]

This poly **** annoy me so much I feel like a old grandma from the 70's whenever i see it in a IF. I know the overall audience of IF's are more on the "woke" side, but dear Lord, it is so ****ing annoying. If i wanted to see other people crushing on each other i would read a book or watch a movie and not play a goddamn IF. I long since stopped to follow tumblrs of authors, i prefer to keep my sanity intact

 

[Parallax]

I just checked the COG forum and the author said she will never do a V-poly. She also said you can see the beginning of Stevie/Lin poly if you invite Stevie to go with you an Lin to the club. Idk what happens, and I really don't care, but it's awkward either way. How does Stevie, who's always calling Lin a creep, starts to be interested in him just because he's into BDSM is just strange, but whatever.

Also, apparently the author is gonna scrap the all RO poly, the Angel/Zima (because she can't see them together), and the Angel/Lincoln (because she's not feeling it) I guess Angel is not a favorite, but I think it's for the best, I can't see him in a poly relashionship anyway. Lincoln is not even into him, he only likes MC and perfect Stevie (who he praises more than MC), I can't even see Lin and Zima together! I asked Zima to the club with us and it was just awkward tbh, Zima was not even a little bit into him. I guess Lin/Zima/Stevie are fan favorites (and author's too) so they can all be paired into poly.

And as I predicted Stevie is the only one who's gonna be in all the poly, because she "can get along and be tender with just about anyone" and "she has this inherent interest in people , and she wants to understand them and be surrounded by them" (author's own words) Idk, I'm very tired of Stevie by now! I genuinely liked her but this favoritism is getting really tiring. At this point I'm starting to think she's just a self insert or something.

This is such a shame, because I really love Press Play, but the romances are starting to be such a mess. And for someone who was so mad about people only wanting to know about the RO a while back, all the author talks about nowadays is romance.


Same. Every IF lately has a lot of poly routes and it's all the authors talk about and it gets so annoying to the point I had to block the tag on tumblr. lol

Btw, the author of God Cursed was asked about it a while ago, and even though she said she's not gonna add it, a couple of days ago she answered a bunch of asks about it again and she said maybe she will add it in the future and I was like ok, but why? It doesn't even make sense, the two characters (Oswin and Duri) don't even make sense together. Why would she add it just because people can't decide between them? And of course it needed to be Oswin, just my luck and the RO I like



I guess that's your answer.


(OMG! This is so long! I'm so sorry guys )

I would like to see one author who for the asks like "I can't decide between ROs, maybe poly pls???? "
replies: "You can play two separate routes with each RO".

 

[Vanya]

I would like to see one author who for the asks like "I can't decide between ROs, maybe poly pls???? "
replies: "You can play two separate routes with each RO".

Actually I just remembered the author of Paved in Ashes answered that a couple of times, and even then the anons keep asking for the same poly even tho they've been told no and that one of the RO would never be in a poly.

 

[CQ2205]

Actually I just remembered the author of Paved in Ashes answered that a couple of times, and even then the anons keep asking for the same poly even tho they've been told no and that one of the RO would never be in a poly.

Yeah, I know which ROs you mean. The best friend and their partner. I follow this IF too and I saw that those two are a couple. I was actually one of the anons who asked about it, because I wanted to know how their route worked since they’re already together, and I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t walking into a poly thing without realizing.

The author replied saying it’s not poly, that the best friend would break up with their partner if you go for their route, and the partner is kinda whatever about the whole thing (apparently they don’t even care about cheating, since they’ll flirt with the MC right in front of the best friend). So I was relieved after reading that response… and then literally the next question was “but couldn’t they just be poly? ”

I swear, I wanted to throw my phone out the window

 

[seneya]

Polys (polies???) are the next step in the eternal downward spiral, it seems. I wonder what will become The Thing to demand of authors next.

 

[Gone_Dead]

Polys (polies???) are the next step in the eternal downward spiral, it seems. I wonder what will become The Thing to demand of authors next.

Beastiality? Sexual and Physical Abuse?

I cant think of anything more than this lmao.

 

[Vanya]

Beastiality? Sexual and Physical Abuse?

I cant think of anything more than this lmao.

To tell the truth, I've seen it before. If you follow the tumblr for Can't Save Your Love from Dying there's a couple of anons who asked if the author could add it to the game so they can beat the RO who will cheat on you. Not exactly what you were implying but there's that. lol
Actually, pretty sure I've seen some sexual abuse asks before on tumblr too. And I've also seen some rape asks too!