[ SECRET POST #6384 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6384 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Midsomer Murders]



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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

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~47

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01. https://i.imgur.com/lcYQ9le.png

[(Anonymous)]

I can understand that. For me that would be satisfying and really work in an rpg/storytelling sense.

But I also got really sad and angry when I was playing a female Inquisitor and couldn't romance Cassandra.

I guess I'm just both contrary and easily pleased. Let me romance everyone and I'm happy. Let me romance only certain characters and I get upset but am also happy and respect the NPC's sexuality.

[feotakahari]

I’m remembering a game called I Miss the Sunrise where you could be locked out of romances based on your multi-axis character alignment.

[(Anonymous)]

Except it adds exactly zero replay value for people who don't want to, say, play as a purple haired male dwarf with the urchin background just because that's the only way to play a certain romance. That limits the player immensely in their choices and that's just about the opposite of what you want in an RPG. The only thing I think is reasonable is if it's based on alignment (and afair, there have been several games like that). But everything else just sucks, yes, even gender locks.
And seriously, nobody is stopping you from headcanoning that a character you're currently not romancing is not interested because of your character's gender, race or alignment. Most games are not like BG3 where just talking to people three times will make them want to aggressively jump your bones.

[(Anonymous)]

You can go make that game then and I shall never play it.

[(Anonymous)]

Playersexuality is only going to increase. Any "choice" based game always struggles against the reality that players will usually favour one route over others, and so any time and money put into other routes will be seen less. So, why put that time and money into a route and then intentionally lock players out of it?

[(Anonymous)]

See my issue with the games that already had restrictions for the NPC's is that I wanted to romance the women/men I couldn't and none of the men/women I could. Which is why I prefer player-sexual because I don't choose based on looks before I play the game, I choose based on who I grow to like while I play so slamming the door shut in a video game where I can do what I want is irritating and dumb to me.

I'm all for those more restrictive RPGs existing for those that like them, but they're not for me and I didn't like it when I played them.

[kamino_neko]

I feel like this would encourage nothing but modding - there's already mods to change the sexuality of gender locked characters in multiple games, I wouldn't think adding more arbitrary gates would encourage different.

Personally, I wouldn't mind romanceable characters having more preferences, but the number of romanceable characters would have to rocket up. ESPECIALLY if you're going to put more locks that can't be changed after character creation, and don't want to lock people out of even the possibility of romance before the game even actually starts. And even if you've provided 2 or 3 options at the end of every possible gate-path, you'd still get people modding popular characters (or characters like Jack in ME, who have significant character moments only happen on-screen if you romance them) to be romanceable by PCs who can't, otherwise.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you secret!maker. This is an awesome background!

[(Anonymous)]

HONESTLY, agreed. If I can romance every character on the first playthrough then where's the fun?

[(Anonymous)]

The only way I can see this working is if the player characters are all pre-made and each come with an assigned love interest. Otherwise, you'd need tens, if not over a hundred, romance options to account for every minute decision players make in character creation. And at that point it'll be impossible to have these LIs be fleshed out, meaningful characters. Alternatively you'll end up with players locking themselves entirely out of any romance because of something dumb, like eye colour.

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02. https://i.imgur.com/lFrvLr6.png

[(Anonymous)]

Some Body once told me

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03. https://i.imgur.com/vK5CJHB.png

[(Anonymous)]

That little goober is the best thing to come out of TikTok <3

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04. https://i.imgur.com/lMTHTar.png
[Midsomer Murders]

[(Anonymous)]

At least Sarah won't ever be nicknamed the Angel of Death by fans.

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05. https://i.imgur.com/4YC86Cn.png

[feotakahari]

I don’t go here, but everything I hear about Vetinari makes me want to see what happens when he dies.

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06. [SPOILERS for Godzilla Minus One]
https://i.imgur.com/GmKxg8s.png

[(Anonymous)]

I felt like the chair was super well foreshadowed. The line in the speech, the German text in the background, the general hopefully vibe. Or are you referring to something else?

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07. [SPOILERS]
https://i.imgur.com/ojb6Eqe.jpeg

Transcript by OP

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I might be able to tolerate this book being adapted as a movie to revive romcoms.

It shows the protagonist learning that getting the guy isn't everything and that she has her own worth. If an adaptation stays true to this notion, it'll help shake things up a bit.

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[(Anonymous)]

What characters do you wish had died?

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