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All good theories!

Zane make sense, even if it's weird that a bunch of 18yo would all call a 21yo (I assume he is Erynn's age) Mr., while calling Gabi (who is older) by her name (or is it just the man who call her that?). But it kinda make sense in the game to keep the reveal. Was he one of the surfer when we go to the beach with Nikki? I don't remember if the one paying was named (or if he look good enough), but he was with a group of people. I feel like Zane is beeing teased way too much to be a simple character/rival. Maybe he is MC half-brother or something like that, it would also give a "reason" why Erynn was attracted to him (seeing MC in him).

Val's mom would make sense too, but I think she would recognize MC at the restaurant after seeing the picture + waving at him on the sidewalk. Or did she say to Gabi that she recognize him from somewhere? I finished my main route in the last week and I feel like my memory is already giving up on me. But it would feel a bit weird that she saw her daughter ""boyfriend"" 2 times and can't recognize him a couple of days later, especially since Val is very close with her mother. Like I said with Zane, it make sense for the reveal, so I wouldn't mind, but those small "dumb" details are piling up. I also don't remember seeing anything about her and Andres, maybe I didn't get that scene?

I also feel like a couple of smaller characters won't necessarely be connected, but at the same time, some connexion are very minimal, to the point where they will probably be, they just won't make a big deal/big reveal out of it (like Zach and his sister the secretary). If Darryl or Tory mother is the other teacher, or if Sienna brother/father is the guy working for Emily, those are just small details that fit the thematic of the game without taking any time to connect.

And for Ethan, we will more than likely see who his father is, because it will probably connect to the bigger story. But I also feel like we will have the opportunity to have some revenge, so fucking a sister/cousin/mother would make sense.
Yes, Donovan is the same guy who made a pass on Nikki, if you have a save where they met he mentions her.
He's not a full teacher but a intern, still doing his graduation, this gets mentioned in the Val path.
Gabi is suppoused to be called Mrs Ramirez at school, the boys often break this, Layla in particular gets pissed off when the MC says Gabi instead of Ramirez.
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And Donovan has a small cameo on the Erynn path, she doesn't mention his name, but from her deer in the headlights reaction it's someone that means something, not some dude she ahs talked once or twice.
So i'm fairly certain that's him.
He's suppoused to be Brooke's sister and looks nothing like the MC and Santiago, so i don't think he's gonna be related on that level.
I think he's already pretty well connected, Ex-BF of a LI, sister of our coworker, teacher in the school... certainly has met Ethan, Alexis...
If you want even more... if somehow it comes to light that he also bagged Alexis years ago would make for an interesting parallel that her and Erynn always end up going after the same guys lol.

Ximena does think the guy reminds her of someone.
She's not talking about seeing him with Gabi at the club here btw.
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Memory of a goldfish, famous actress who takes pictures with tons of people... she doesn't quite recognize him as Val's BF, but comes close.

And she recognizes the name Moreno.
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It looks like she was going to say Andres, but the MC interrupts saying he doesn't use this name anymore.

For Ethan's dad it can't be the perfume guy, since he's not from the agency, he's the guy who owns the perfume company.
His identity is still a mistery... maybe he gets invited to the Monroe BBQ, i mean the guy must be rich, he probably knows the Monroe family in some way.

The minor characters we might get some connections just to follow the game's theme, but i don't expect anything earth shattering.
 
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I have only played Valeria's path so far for this update, Layla and Elena will be this weekend I think.
I love this game, but the one thing I really don't like is Ethan and the whole plot around him.
Not because he is an evil bastard (he is), but because I just don't find the plot particularly interesting. He isn't interesting. I suppose he is there to add drama and tension to the story, but I wish Nyx had come up with something else.

There, just wanted to get that off my chest. I feel better now. ;)
 

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I have only played Valeria's path so far for this update, Layla and Elena will be this weekend I think.
I love this game, but the one thing I really don't like is Ethan and the whole plot around him.
Not because he is an evil bastard (he is), but because I just don't find the plot particularly interesting. He isn't interesting. I suppose he is there to add drama and tension to the story, but I wish Nyx had come up with something else.

There, just wanted to get that off my chest. I feel better now. ;)
how dare you Ethan is a loveable person. You just want to hug him like a teddy bear then you start to squeeze harder and harder until he can't breathe. Then you squeeze so hard his eye pop out of his socket right before his head pops while the rest of his body is crushed and you are left with a lifeless corpse of Ethan to get rid of.
 

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Just like choosing to be with Lexi instead of training with Layla causes the mc to lose his training camp race badly,
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You can mostly do both. Lexi's path and finish first. I've done it twice. If I recall correctly, Lexi is a bit annoyed in text, but you don't lose any relationship points. So you can mostly have your cake (finish first) and eat it (Lexi) too. You just miss out on one Lexi scene.
 
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how dare you Ethan is a loveable person. You just want to hug him like a teddy bear then you start to squeeze harder and harder until he can't breathe. Then you squeeze so hard his eye pop out of his socket right before his head pops while the rest of his body is crushed and you are left with a lifeless corpse of Ethan to get rid of.
Yeah, I could do that. Wouldn't have to see more story about him then (though I guess his dad might come after me if he cared enough)
 

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You can mostly do both. Lexi's path and finish first. I've done it twice. If I recall correctly, Lexi is a bit annoyed in text, but you don't lose any relationship points. So you can have mostly have your cake (finish first) and eat it (Lexi) in the race. You just miss out on one Lexi scene.
I think the only thing you lose is meeting Iris earlier? Isn't that around the same time period as the wig/Adriana scene too? I've ran so many paths everything blends together.
 

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how dare you Ethan is a loveable person. You just want to hug him like a teddy bear then you start to squeeze harder and harder until he can't breathe. Then you squeeze so hard his eye pop out of his socket right before his head pops while the rest of his body is crushed and you are left with a lifeless corpse of Ethan to get rid of.
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I love this game, but the one thing I really don't like is Ethan and the whole plot around him.
Not because he is an evil bastard (he is), but because I just don't find the plot particularly interesting. He isn't interesting. I suppose he is there to add drama and tension to the story, but I wish Nyx had come up with something else.

There, just wanted to get that off my chest. I feel better now. ;)
Not to mention that, as the good Maviarab said, it's a stupid plot. Erynn does topless photo shoots, the possibility of becoming a teacher is as good as dead. Plus with all the laws for revenge porn, stalking and blackmail; Ethan is professionally dead
 

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We need some sort of flowchart to keep track of all the paths and relationships. And I'm only playing a few
 
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Not to mention that as the good Maviarab said, it's a stupid plot. Erynn does topless photo shoots, the possibility of becoming a teacher is as good as dead. Plus with all the laws for revenge porn, stalking and blackmail; Ethan is professionally dead
Not even just that Dr, even if tastefully done...she is also escorting (albeit without sex but no education board anywhere would care about that). All it takes is one wrong person being in that room at the club....see her leaving...etc etc....
 
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Not even just that Dr, even if tastefully done...she is also escorting (albeit without sex but no education board anywhere would care about that). All it takes is one wrong person being in that room at the club....see her leaving...etc etc....
There's that part as well
 
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And the whole thing distracts from all the fun things in the game, the relationships and connections. The different characters etc. Sweet, sweet luvin.

Anyway, I'm too sleepy now and off to bed
 
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We need some sort of flowchart to keep track of all the paths and relationships. And I'm only playing a few
I didn't redo my saves yet just did speed runs to check out the update but I plan to replay this when I can get a break from AVN's I been wanting to play for a bit. When I do that gonna keep track of the saves in a spreadsheet. I think I have something like 20 + planned combinations of saves. Now not gonna play all of that probably just redo all my solo saves and a Erynn / Val , Erynn / Alexis , Alexis / Val save at least. Might include a Erynn / Alexis / Val. Maybe when the next update gets closer might do some combo's with the Nikki and Cara but I don't think we will see them for at least a few updates don't think they are coming to town for at least a few days.

If the Erynn surprise is what we assume it is probably will wait till after the next update to do some Erynn / Layla / Gabi saves.
 

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Not to mention that, as the good Maviarab said, it's a stupid plot. Erynn does topless photo shoots, the possibility of becoming a teacher is as good as dead. Plus with all the laws for revenge porn, stalking and blackmail; Ethan is professionally dead
Unless I missed something she ain't showing nips which is all a school cares about, unless she's trying to be a religious school teacher which I doubt.

Not even just that Dr, even if tastefully done...she is also escorting (albeit without sex but no education board anywhere would care about that). All it takes is one wrong person being in that room at the club....see her leaving...etc etc....
At best, all they have is her hanging out in a club. A school would legit get sued to shit for firing her for that.

My big problem with the Ethan storyline is that he legit isn't a threat. We've beaten the shit out of him numerous times and there are a lot of legal ways to deal with him. He feels forced in the game. The game does fine without him. If he and Zach were to vanish, I doubt anybody would care. Unless his Patreon customers love that story, we'd have to suffer through that story, but I doubt they do.
 
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How I see it Ethan was there to give Erynn a reason to have some issues and create some character deveolopment for her being a slow burn character. But as of this update and the last he has served his purpose and is no longer needed for her character
 
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Unless I missed something she ain't showing nips which is all a school cares about, unless she's trying to be a religious school teacher which I doubt.


At best, all they have is her hanging out in a club. A school would legit get sued to shit for firing her for that.

My big problem with the Ethan storyline is that he legit isn't a threat. We've beaten the shit out of him numerous times and there are a lot of legal ways to deal with him. He feels forced in the game. The game does fine without him. If he and Zach were to vanish, I doubt anybody would care. Unless his Patreon customers love that story, we'd have to suffer through that story, but I doubt they do.
You've never had a dealing with a school board I presume? Those cowardly mofos will run for the hills at even the slightest hint of controversy. Sex tape being leaked, history of escort work there's no way she's being taken on as a teacher. It could even ruin her modelling career, especially with any big name brands.
As much as I would love the Ethan storyline wrapped up as soon as possible, it's not going to be.
 

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How I see it Ethan was there to give Erynn a reayson to have some issues and create some character deveolopment for her being a slow burn character. But as of this update and the last he has served his purpose and is no longer needed for her character
The initial setup of his abandoning her over a misunderstanding and dealing with the consequences upon his return could've been explored. It would've been a better jumping-off point than the forced revenge porn plot, where you have to throw your mind out the window to accept.
 

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Unless I missed something she ain't showing nips which is all a school cares about, unless she's trying to be a religious school teacher which I doubt.

At best, all they have is her hanging out in a club. A school would legit get sued to shit for firing her for that.

My big problem with the Ethan storyline is that he legit isn't a threat. We've beaten the shit out of him numerous times and there are a lot of legal ways to deal with him. He feels forced in the game. The game does fine without him. If he and Zach were to vanish, I doubt anybody would care. Unless his Patreon customers love that story, we'd have to suffer through that story, but I doubt they do.
I'll join the party and say that i agree that Ethan is a poor antagonist too, he's a punching bag and even his henchman know he's pathetic.

In a game that gives us good believable characters... we end up having to tackle this blackmail plot that obviously should be handled in court, but since this is a game we have to play hero in a silly plot that only serves to slow things down.

I can't express how much i would rather be done with this and focussing on relationship drama instead.
Nyx knows that's what people like, her show within the show "Entanglement" being all relationship drama, cheating, pitting friends vs friends... yet can't bring herself to put an end to this.

Ps:Zane is already a better antagonist without even trying.
 

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The initial setup of his abandoning her over a misunderstanding and dealing with the consequences upon his return could've been explored. It would've been a better jumping-off point than the forced revenge porn plot, where you have to throw your mind out the window to accept.
I agree besides blackmail rarely ever works well at least in AVN's. It's one of those plot points id stay away from in a AVN either it gets drawn out to long or plot holes.
 
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