Favourite romance?

[Morty]

The title is self-explanatory. Which romance option do you like the most and why?

[Lucky Thirteen]

Bemelle. I feel that he's the most important to Kikka and their personalities go really well together. If Kikka falls in love with someone, it feels right for that someone to be Bemelle.

Also, I personally like Bemelle's character the most, we share the same opinion on the Guide

[Morty]

I actually agree with you! While I did like Lu's route in a rather weird way, and by that I mean feeling a strange mix of sad, confused, conflicted, and happy after his good ending, Bemelle's romance feels like the most likely to happen. It's generally very sweet and down to earth.

[Colluplino]

The default Bonus route romance got me wondering about the sanity and trolling level of the dev team.

Funny how it could actually be something happenning years later in the "Change" ending.

But really, Lu's best outcome is my favorite romance in terms of poetry, mystery and depth.
The "Change" ending is my second best romance wise. Somehow, I can see that ending evolving into some slow burn friendship+ with the Guide there. Granted that Nixi are naturally agender, and maybe not radically exclusive, it wouldn't have to end in a unrequited love triangle.

Bemelle's "good" ending was cute, but...the guy sounded too much like a child Kikka felt responsible for I think. Beside, I didn't like how callous he turns toward the Guide when there are three travellers on the second night. At that point, he has little beside of a vague hunch he can't justify plus a forceful self-righteousness to justify his deeds. Thought it turned out to be harmless fun rather than the ungrateful humiliation it looks like, in that timeline, with what the characters know of the Guide, Bemelle's deeds don't make his ideals so nice and altruistic anymore.

[Lucky Thirteen]

Originally posted by 5ilvara 💫:

The default Bonus route romance got me wondering about the saniny and trolling level of the dev team.

Haha yes, I still don't know what I'm supposed to think about that romance

[Tellah]

I will agree that Bemelle's romance probably makes the most sense... but I'm contrary and will tenitively say that I like Lu's romance the best, but (very spoilers) only in the branch where he actually -survives-, dangit.
I'm also a lot more fond of getting close to Margaret than I expected to be- I like to think that whoever she romances, Bemelle or Margret, all three of them hang around like an odd little family after the whole ordeal is over.
...tbh I'm wishy-washy and just kind of like all the romances for different reasons. ...did I fail to answer the thread's question?

...and I -do- like the Guide- his romance is just a little too bitter in the bittersweet in the best of outcomes for me.

[Morty]

@Tellah, well, while the thread's question is stiil here, but having a discussion is always great. This game has nice romances, it's really hard for me to dislike them. I am still playing through the Guide's romance, though...
I mentioned it earlier, but yes, I did like Lu's route a lot too, the one where he survives and spoils the lake's secrets along the way. The ones where he doesn't survive seem even more tragic after seeing his golden ending. I like the route's ambiguous writing. You think he is a black sheep in a human village and his execution takes place on land, but in fact he is a Nix! It's an example of really smart writing. His route is great plotwise and made me feel a lot of different things, but the romance part itself... I'm not so sure about.
Margret is also nice, I liked her romance.

[Lucky Thirteen]

And here I am, wondering all this time if the Guide is perhaps not a human, yet the non-human is the least likely one. This story just keeps getting more and more intriguing, me likes!

[Colluplino]

Originally posted by Lucky Thirteen:

Originally posted by 5ilvara 💫:

The default Bonus route romance got me wondering about the saniny and trolling level of the dev team.

Haha yes, I still don't know what I'm supposed to think about that romance :cwat:

I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a mock route for a Mr Dour—err I mean Mr Dirlt on the path of the Empty/Connection ending.
Heh. Either his appearance is different to Kikka, or the woman has drunk too much lake water and that made her lose her sense of sight.
When you play the tho other bonus routes, you get to wonder...

[eishe]

Bemelle is the answer for me, because I couldn't see anything romantic in all other cases.

Lu route is great, probably the best one, because it reveals the most of the scenario. But I would not call it romance, because I'm unable to see Lu as something else than a child.

Margret o the other hand feels more like a friendship than romance.

And I have to agree with the Guide: they don't know each other at all. He also does not show any true human feeling, except his care about his people. It is not romantic when you feel mocked by someone.

Only Bemelle is believable and in this case it feels like somthing what has been developing for long time and only got quickened because of the circumstances.

One more thing: the romance is only small addition to what this game has waiting for you!

Dear developers thank you for a great game!

[Colluplino]

Originally posted by eishe:

Bemelle is the answer for me, because I couldn't see anything romantic in all other cases.
Only Bemelle is believable and in this case it feels like somthing what has been developing for long time and only got quickened because of the circumstances.
One more thing: the romance is only small addition to what this game has waiting for you!

Completely agreed: Bemelle is the most believable romantic partner.
IHowever, I'll add that in Bemelle case there isn't anything purely romantic either, then. Otherwise, the beach walk + shell gift moment with Lu has to count. Whether it works or not, it's romantic by nature.
In every route, solid romance comes only later after the epilogue ends.
But that's just a feature.

[~Hime~]

The Guide route. Because LOL hahaha got me there :D

[springacres]

Definitely Bemelle. Even if he weren't the most obvious choice, what with being Kikka's partner as guard and all, he's sweet, funny, and respectful of everyone around him except the Guide. He and Kikka are a good fit for each other. (Plus, on Lu's route, if Bemelle survives the first night, you get hints that he's just a tiny bit jealous of Lu. That, more than anything else, made me suspect he'd had feelings for Kikka for some time.)

I haven't ever gotten all the way through Margret's route, but from what I've seen, hers does feel more like a friendship than a romance.

The Guide's romance was nice, but definitely on the bitter end of bittersweet. I found it almost as heartbreaking as Lu's.

Lu's romance was hard. His relationship with Kikka actually felt more like that of a surrogate son than a romance partner, to be honest. Even so, his romance was sad.

[Otterly Confused]

In terms of actual game content, Bemelle and Lu both are equal in my eyes. Though I cannot help but feel as if Margret's death at Lu's hands in his 'good' ending will taint their relationship. So it really isn't 'good' per-say, even if they're both there and she's essentially in exile.

I haven't played Margret's yet, but I don't really get romantic vibes from what I have seen.

As for the Guide, in terms of the game his is the most lacking of all the romances. He shows the least amount of himself and it's even implied that what glimpses we did see were him outright lying to foster the image he wished to convey. It's the most broken and uneven relationship we can obtain, and the one where this is no truly happy ending. Just sadness and the literal manifestation of the two different species and their inability to coexist.

However I'm not going to lie... I still prefer the Guide's romance. I'm a sucker for tragedy, and both 'endings' have so much potential for expansion that I felt the other romances, bar Lu's, just didn't have. Plus given Lu's 'good' ending, my headcanon is that in the 'bad' Guide end, Kikka is sent to the same island after she blacks out. Because for all his lies, I don't think the Guide wanted to kill Kikka. He did in the actual game, but ♥♥♥♥ it let me have my angst ridden eventually happy ending dangit.

[springacres]

Now that I've gotten Lu's "good" ending, I can honestly say I wasn't surprised by what it revealed about the Guide. I'd had my suspicions about his true nature for some time.

The information about Lu DID come as a bit of a surprise, but again, there were subtle hints.

Margaret's romance definitely feels like a friendship or sisterly bond rather than a romance, but it's sweet, and I like the glimpses you get into her character. When you first meet her, she comes off as brusque almost to the point of arrogance, but now that I've seen her romance it feels like her attitude is more a reaction to the Guide's attitude than a true reflection of her character.

[Meara Foem]

I'm gonna say the Guide. but tbf he was the first one i managed to unlock and did Lu's route last. the yandere betrayal at the end had me wanting to hurl the game if it was book out of my sight like, "WHY WOULD YOU TRICK ME INTO A HUG YOU JERK" And upon seeing Lu's was like, "omfg no waaaayyyyy" and any game story that can make me do that is *chef kiss* gg Devs