Incest in Otome games- Love, Hate or Neutral?

[laidy]

This is kinda a weird topic lol but I genuinely have an issue...

What's y'alls opinions on the "brother" or some sort of family relation route in otome games? Is it affected by your life experience? I don't have a brother so whatever I see in an otome game I take unusually seriously. As soon as the brother thing drops I start thinking about their parent's, how tf are they gonna get married, inbred babies...

I do not like the "brother/cousin/step-brother" route in most Otome games. MOOOOST. I hate when it's played serious and also kinda- ignored? Like the characters don't really resolve the issue (it's an issue to me ;;) of them being siblings or pseudo siblings or whatever, like in Shin and Toma's routes in Amnesia. But I wanna like them SOOOO BAD UGH. How do I get over it? Am I missing something? Has anyone gotten over this kinda thing or is it just a preference you're stuck with?

I like when it's either played straight, like in cinderella phenomenon when the MC finds out one of the LI's is her cousin, in that ending they hide their love from the world. Or when it's sorta comedic it's good too, like Onii-chan from Otometeki Love Revo being obsessed and overly supportive of his little sister.

I'm fine with basically all other topics so I feel like my particular hang up on this sucks the enjoyment out of characters I would've otherwise liked.

 

[vitanchlo]

Most aren't written to my standards but there's something I dislike more than that. I hate when MC isn't related to the love interest but instead it is him having a fixation on someone else; a brother, sister or his mother typically. They also happen to be the worst written routes in their respective games.

Edit: A proper answer to the title: I love the idea of it but it often doesn't work out for me.

 

[Daisy Magnus229]

I don't hate this type. I can survive a trash male lead, a yandere, or older guys, so of course I can survive this route too, lol. I mean, I have a brother myself, but never once have I thought of him or let it affect my experience when playing. Game and reality shouldn't be mixed.

how tf are they gonna get married, inbred babies...

They could elope, right? Parents sometimes give up after many failed omiai attempts, too. Like in Otometeki, where the brother turns down a marriage proposal and throws away all the photos of guys their mother wants to set Hitomi up with.

If the brother is a yandere (like a mastermind type), he can manipulating the parents too, like in Death Game Manga no Kuromaku Satsujinki no Imouto ni Tensei shite Shippai shita. This one features a stepbrother, but dear lord, combining pseudo-incest with a yandere is wild."