Oh, literally same. I completely get you. When I first found the game way back in the day, Blade was my first pick for a RO, and he seemed like the most compatible one for the kind of MC I was playing. Then I started following the author on social media, joined the discord, started supporting her on Patreon... and realised just how much favouritism there was for Blade lol. It all eventually just culminated into me being totally turned off by this RO entirely. I didn't think much of it at first, because I feel like it's inevitable that as an author you'd have some characters you like more than others, I mean I am a writer too and I definitely have some favourites lol. But it was becoming way too blatant and on the nose with Lena and Blade, like it felt the whole fandom was one huge circlejerk about how amazing Blade is, and then it started bleeding into the actual game as well
Also, while I quite enjoy other aspects of the game, I really don't like the romance system in the game in general and it's still very possible that I'm just not going to romance anyone for my canon playthrough. You're basically forced to play a pretty specific kind of MC for every romance, and the romance points requirements are kinda strict, so you'd better pick any romance option that pops up for whatever character you're trying to romance, even if you don't like it, or else tough luck! - you might end up getting locked out of the romance.
I especially hate how your MC behaves when you pick the romance options for Blade.... It felt like I either had to pick between 'sexual harassment simulator' or 'uwu blushing flustered otome protagonist' in terms for romance dialogue for him lmao. It felt so uncharacteristic for the kind of MC I was trying to play (more on the serious and reserved side) that it completely ruined my desire to romance him. There was some more normal options as well, but they were few and far between. At this point I enjoy the platonic friendship the MC can have with Blade way more tbh and find it much more compelling, especially with what happens later on in the story.But overall it's been a while since I played bc at this point I've replayed the game so much that I'm just waiting for the it to be finished, last time I played was around that chapter where you investigate some tree or sth in the elf quarter in the city I think?? So idk if there's been any improvement at all... but judging by what people are saying in this thread, it seems like the favouritism is going strong lol. I myself am now a Red and Ayla enjoyer, but I'm pretty sure the author doesn't remember they exist anymore
EDIT: Oh, also honourable mention to Chase who is clearly the author's second favourite, as some people already said. I already find the kind of character trope he embodies very repetitive and annoying, so he was insufferable to me as it is. But the author's clear bias towards him makes me hate him even more
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