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You're missing the point entirely. Jaye IS your step sister, so like I said, keep her that way. That's my point on Mallory is that it should stay at an option only level and not the main part. You can befriend her and keep her in the loop as far as all the court case goes but to make her the ONLY OTHER choice is just stupid. I would be more adapt to believe in a "Jaye/other woman" choice than just the two that are presented, and nooo I'm not talking about a possible harem either.
The game is already bogged down with all the backstories taken place. Also don't forget the part where the MC has the option of suggesting Linda leave her husband.
If you would have read my statement I wasn't trying to get them to change anything just trying to figure out why Mallory so if you want to bash on someone then find someone else.
I think you're right.
I would think that the devs made that choice as a plot twist, you get two main options, your step-sister or the mother-clone, of course in the beginning of the game, without knowing much about mallory we wouldn't know that..but there is also the third hidden option which is neither of them.
I think in the long run we would not be locked into choosing either of the 2 main LI and stick to some of the side characters e.g Lisa, maybe the daughter/mother blondies or Fiona (meh, i don't like her), the "crazy" mallory friend or even the woman in glasses that we met in the pool (forgor her name)
For the whys of them not beign a main LI, I think the devs chose to show a side of a real life man who did some travelling around, met some nice girls, got a good time and then moved on.
Although I wish Tara would become a LI in the future cause she is has a very likeable personality and as with Jaye you spent a lot of time together as friends, so I think it would not be too if some feelings got to spark there, but she is a loyal friend to Jaye and as she knows her interest in the MC she would not want to betray that friendship, so that door is closed it was only a one time thing.
TLDR: I think mallory was chosen to be the main LI just because the devs chose to go with the cute girl in the beginning that developed into a plot twist mother-clone thing, but you aren't locked to choose either jaye or mallory and can become some sort of womanizer along the way
It's explained in the primer at the beginning of the game, but it's also a measure of the mutual state of love and trust between two characters as well. So the point total can improve or suffer even if only one party is aware of a change.
In general, building love points should not be considered "leading a girl on" with a backlash later if you choose another path. You lead a girl on with your choices.
Of course the devs present them as step-sister or step-mother for legal reasons but they are still family. And the writers come up with plots to make them more "distant", LOL.
You could imagine millions of beautiful women but somehow the MC of a AVN end up ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ his family.
To me it seems pretty clear that both primary LIs represent complex relationships that lean towards being taboo. They navigate an interesting social-acceptance dilemma and it is the tension of said dilemma vs the Heart That Wants element of the respective relationships that's so gripping. Perhaps you don't find Mallory attractive, but I find her so wonderfully written that I can't help but find her ridiculously attractive. She's full of moxy, pretty and has no problem taking the p!$$ out of MC on the Bunny Hill. Snowball fights and kisses in Boston? IRL, a Mallory would steal my heart very, very quickly.
As presented thus far, her genetic make-up offers a very awkward social situation with which to deal. That said, I don't quite grasp the concept of questioning why she'd be a LI based on information we discern about her only after a good number of chapters into the story. One would naturally expect attractions to develop as they play out ... before either character knows what's what. And I, as a player, interact with my game's characters with the same sense of who they are as MC can have at a particular point in the game.
FWIW, if her genetic make-up bugs a player once finding out about it, just click on that Appalled button and be done with the romantic aspect of the relationship. Or Angry, which no doubt has a different relationship trajectory. Likewise, it's possible to resist being overtly sexual with Jaye and resolve any tensions with her as family only.
I would like to see opportunities with Tara and Rikki. I'm not sure whether either would go anywhere significant, but MC firmly putting Sis in the Fam Zone might allow for a Tara path to be realized, along with all the angst that would introduce among MC, Jaye and Tara. Erica is interesting if MC friend-zone's both Jaye and Mallory. The cabin scene was superb and her character is just a fireball of a lady who I hope we see again.
While that may be true, CS presents MC and Jaye as essentially having a romantic attraction from the very beginning when their parents were still dating. There's just no way to paint this picture as "actually being brother and sister and using step- as a loophole." And whether Mom and Dad tie the knot has essentially no meaning for the kids involved. As pointed out in the story, once the parents are dead, the kids have no blood tie and essentially just share a last name.
All that said, your comment points out the essence of what makes the story compelling: It's the struggle between the principal characters' lifelong attraction vs the taboo aspect of a relationship. Once once the parents are dead, are they really family? That's exactly what the title explores.
I expect other secondary story lines, e.g., Linda, Erica, Chef Tanaka, etc., to be present to complicate MC's life choices should he choose to go a certain way. If MC tells Linda to leave her husband, one presumes she is likely to visit MC and try to rekindle what they had in days past. Similarly, Erica may show up with that firecracker personality and newfound sexuality to cause MC to think with his other brain.
Ultimately, I think the secondary LIs serve to add complexity to the story arcs shared by MC, Mallory and Jaye. And Mallory is a very complicated potential partner for a long-term relationship. From a 100% practical standpoint, kids are out of the question due their shared genetics. The most MC and Mallory can ever be is a couple. That realization may be one they have to face in a future chapter.