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

if its treated properly in the narritive, then it can be fine. but most of the time its not. It can make the story more realistic than the usual, but i don't think it gets executed properly most of the time! it needs have a purpose, you can't just do it for the drama factor without proper setup and resolution, character motives etc. There is not enough deviation for me, Also it should impact the mc appropriately, she can't just be in stand by mode, until he just falls for her magically...
 
Hard skip. Unless we are *actually* the past lover (memory loss, reincarnation etc), I am not interested.
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I'm fine with past relationships, but I'm playing an otome game...you love me now. (⁠๑⁠˙⁠❥⁠˙⁠๑⁠)

Though that comes from a self-inserter POV, so I can see where it's nice juicy drama for character players. (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡
 
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I don't like it. it feels like the MC is begging for affection from someone who doesn't care
 
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I feel like I'm watching Kagome and Inuyasha's relationship, where they haven't moved on from their deceased partners, and it's really annoying.
 
Definitely a no for me. I am playing a romance game. The LIs to be dedicated to the MC. If they like someone else, I am going to pass on them.
 
It's a resounding NO, and it's not just me; I think it's a general thing. For example, when my friends and I play Bloodborne Games, and obviously, whenever the topic comes up in otome games or series, the main character always seems to resemble or be the same as the ex. I hate it, I hate how they portray it, so I always skip it.
 
It could be angsty and some nice drama if handled correctly I think, but I'd rather not have any ex-girlfriend or ex-crush involved at all!! Like comments above said, LI now loves ME so like. Noooo.
 
Trying to win over someone who's still hung up on someone else is just way too emotionally exhausting, even in fiction. Didn't know that's even a thing in otome ( ˙꒳ ˙ )??
 
That's too bad, but is there any games have characters like that? Some games there is an character have some "pass" but it's already "passed" and he has no feelings now, or sometimes it's a misunderstanding that the feeling is more like "family" or "friend", not "love". If there is a character have feeling with others usually it's not one of the main characters, so really not sure if there is actually a game that has a character that bad~
 
Basically, I want things to end happily, so it's fine if the past has been properly put to rest; however, it's a real turn-off if they're still hung up on it or comparing the new relationship to the old one.
 
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luvsubaru said:
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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Ah, Lysander...my boyfriend who was run over, lost his memory and got sent to the farm 💔. He was so perfect that they had to make his whole arc nonsensical.

Maybe it's just me, but I do think people exaggerated that time. During the whole game I never got those vibes especially because Lys was shown multiple times being exasperated by Rosa's brash and meddlesome personality and, seeing as he didn't even remembered his brother dating her, I thought it was clear that his crush was from a long time ago, before knowing her well. Besides him assuming that he is dating her makes sense when only family was allowed in the hospital, idk. Also, people where soooo mad that in his Alternate Life he names a bunny Rosa, but he does it because the rabbit won't stop eating!! To me, that is so sibling codded, it's like sending your sibling a photo of something ugly and saying "That's you"

I do think that the trope is not worth it, it's impossible to pull through in a satisfying way and there is always people that are gonna be mad, no matter what. Best not include it.
 
Depends on how it's handled! I actually think stories of getting over a lost love, or an unrequited love? Are very compelling; it's a source of drama that's very realistic, yeah, we're not getting into these fictional worlds for the sake of realism most of the time, but sometimes I do personally get the ick when everyone's world revolves around the protagonist, it's a little too much for me.

Sometimes it just sucks though; even putting aside actual romantic feelings, something like loyalty and orders of priority if used to beat you over the head over and over again can take me out of the romance entirely. I'm looking at you, Rune Factory 5, had to swap who I settled with because they handled that so horribly.
 
It just makes me feel awful and completely out of place, like I'm the third wheel intruding on someone else's relationship. No matter how hard the heroine tries, it feels like the LI will never truly choose or care about her. Because of that, I almost always rate routes with that kind of setup much lower.
 
Honestly, I'm not really into it even if I'm not really a self-inserter. While it makes for good drama, it would suck playing basically as the other woman and the second choice lol. And while it can sometimes be realistic, I don't really play games for their realism.

Like if they moved on from their yearning, fine. But I usually don't like the trope since it usually comes off as "I like this person because they resemble someone I yearned for". Would prefer it if a character liked someone based on their own merits rather than another person's.
 
I dislike it and will skip any routes like that. Even in Ozmafia my fav Kyrie route was ruined for me. I didn't felt he loved MC. Also if ex and Li stay friends.
 
Completely hate it. The LI should only have eyes for the MC. If he has feelings for another woman, then I have absolutely no interest in his route.
 
It depends on the story, but I generally find the concept interesting. However, I'm not a fan of situations involving cheating, especially when the MC chooses to forgive it ⊙︿⊙
 
that's a big NO for me. call me selfish, but if I'm playing an otome game, the spotlight needs to be ENTIRELY on the mc. plus, having to constantly one-up his ex/crush gives me the major ick. i would never do that for a guy in real life.
 
I guess it really depends on how the story is written -- if executed well and presented in a way that feels convincing and realistic (because this kind of thing does happen to people in real life, too) and not overly shallow or gratituous just for the sake of *~drama and angst~*, then I don't actually mind. And I feel what's important, too, is how self-aware the LI is about his own lingering feelings for that someone else who is unattainable or no longer in his life for whatever reason. If it feels like throughout 90% of the entire story/route he's just using the MC as a convenient replacement or emotional crutch without a smidge of guilt, then suddenly towards the end he decides he really does love the MC, then yeah... I must say that's not quite convincing. I mean, I know some scenarios have the LIs subconsciously doing it; they're not entirely aware of the hurt they might be causing, and that's fair enough. But yeah, generally speaking, if the LI's struggles and emotional turmoil are depicted well, then it's not a theme I necessarily dislike. Anyway, if the story is a good one, I expect to be fully convinced at the end that the LI has, indeed, fallen for the MC. Stories that have a sort-of open ending i.e. it remains vague whether or not the LI actually likes you for real is a nope for me.

I'm talking only about scenarios in which the LIs get rejected by, or cannot get over, someone who does NOT physically resemble the MC, though. If the MC and whoever the LI has lingering feelings for are similar, particularly in terms of appearance, then I hesitate a lot more to actually read/listen to that story or play that route. Because what are the odds that the LI will truly see the MC for who she is when she pretty much looks exactly like his current/former crush? I'd be doubting him from start to end, haha.
 
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