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How do you feel about LIs who still have feelings for someone else?

Nooooooo I really dislike that kind of trope :frown: it makes me feel like the mc intruding on someone else's relationship ...
 
Girl screw that LI LOL, he can continue chasing his obsession for all I care, I am not gonna be second best. I remember playing a Rune Factory game with this kind of thing and it just pissed me ooooooofff
 
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Not a fan of LIs with this kind of conflict, but I'd still play the route to see how the drama and angst plays out. Can't think of a route where it's not frustrating to play, though
 
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Cove said:
Girl screw that LI LOL, he can continue chasing his obsession for all I care, I am not gonna be second best. I remember playing a Rune Factory game with this kind of thing and it just pissed me ooooooofff
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was it reinhard from rf5 because if so, i agree LMAOOO it's actually one of the reasons i dropped the game because i didn't make any back up saves so when i was locked into his marriage event i couldn't back out anymore, all i remember is one of his events making the mc be geniunely upset and cry over him not prioritising her and it made me feel SO bad
 
It depends on what part it is,if it's on the beginning of the game,I think it's ok. But if it's the ending of the game,
Then definitely a no no.
 
I personally don't mind it if it's just at the start but overtime they see the MC as their own individual person.
 
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A big no. I will never be a second choice. Plus, LIs who still have feelings for someone else are rarely written well
 
it's one of my least favorite tropes/conflicts tbh. i don't mind too much if it is only during the beginning of the route, but if it starts to drag out then it just feels like the MC is a rebound/replacement. i don't think this trope tends to be written very well though so it usually ends up feeling like that in my opinion
 
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Very ick. I would avoid it like the plague unless that particular guy's route is very, very important to the story somehow. Even then I would still be reluctant. I don't wanna give myself the headache with that kind of trope.
Otome game is supposed to be about love between MC and the guys. If they honestly *still have feelings for someone else* they're better off being some background NPC. Don't make them date-able it's just weird
 
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ohhh i don't really like that type of trope, especially when MC is often compared to someone they are not (like resemblance with the past love). It's… frustrating to me.
 
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If the MC could face off against the person LIs like, it might actually be a relief. But if we keep having to be the ones to show respect, it might start to feel frustrating.
 
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in my candy love, there's the popular and terrible episode where lysander has an accident and loses his memory. he forgets about the mc in all the routes, but the worst is definitely his route, where he forgets the mc is his girlfriend and... he thinks rosalya, his brother's girlfriend and mc's bestie, is his girlfriend!

and this is still a big deal in the fandom till today; there's always some joke, or complain about lysander liking rosalya, or still not forgetting her even though he's dating the mc.

i think even the game's creator had to make a statement on this? 😭
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Oh my GOD, you just reminded me of this entire disaster. (⊙ _ ⊙ ) And I loved Castiel -> Lysander too...
My Candy Love feels like a fever dream to me now even though I pretty much played it obsessively as a teen + engaged a LOT on the forum in my native language... I feel like that was my gateway to otome games now? LOL. It basically (still) is an otome game.

As for me, I feel like me (adult) and me (younger) would have different takes on this... Feeling like you can 'win' someone over and be 'chosen' is its own seductive framework but the adult me would be like 'no thank you, please sort your stuff out and then we can talk' and then the game would just... end there. ╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭
 
I absolutely hate it! Why would I stay with a LIs who's obsessed with someone else?! It gives me a bad feeling, like my character is just a substitute. (╥﹏╥)

There's also the case when it's a past love and our character resembles them; I don't like that either. Either our character is the only one for the LIs, or I'm not interested! (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑)
 
Nope and I absolutely can't stand that tropes.😣😣
Being treated as a substitute for someone else is a total dealbreaker for me. If a route goes that way, it's an immediate goodbye! ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°)
 
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oooh i had mixed feelings just reading this. I dont think i would like it very much, though. I think the few times Ive seen this trope, the LI ends up being too obsessed with their ex to the point of projecting the ex's image onto MC, which is interesting story-wise, but makes me feel icky...
One game I played teased something like this, where a LI was still caught up on his old police investigation partner, but in the end it turned out it was another guy and they were practically brothers. Still made me shrink away though, so I think in general its a turn-off for me ....
 
I don't like this trope. Though I also haven't seen it pulled off well either in otome.
 
I don't self-insert, but anyway, that type of character doesn't really make a good LI for the MC, because the "love" he develops for her usually doesn't feel believable. It feels more like he's using her as a replacement, and that's a trope I hate. Since I'm a shipper, I usually end up hoping he goes back to his real love, if possible. So yeah, I don't like this type of LI.
 
I don't like this kind of setting either, so I just skip over this type of character
 
I don't think i played a story like this, but i wouldn't like it ! What is my role in all of this? Why would I play something that will upset me and take my time for the ML to change his feelings for the heroine?
 
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If it's done right, it's okay i guess....
But definitely he will not be my favorite LI for sure lmao
 
I generally don't like it, but can bear with it if there is a development with the LI where they'll begin to see and love the MC as their own person and not a rebound. Love the angst sometimes lol it's fun yet gut wretching to read the emotional scenes that come with this trope.
 
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