tlaero wrote:Re: Rita. I don't fully remember the conversation, but I'm pretty sure I convinced Mortze not to have an actual Rita sex scene and make it a daydream instead. I don't think those two actually having sex is in character for either of them (whereas I think the dream sequence is completely in character for Kean). All that said, if people feel strongly about this and Mortze would like for me to change it, I'd be happy to change the few sentences after the scene happens to make it have really happened and Rita admonishes Kean to not tell anyone. Mortze, it's up to you.
Tlaero
Absolutely not. The way it's written now is great. Kean is still a little overwhelmed by the kiss, hormones and imagination running wild, she locks the door (at least it's what he thinks he saw) and then she mentions the kiss again, he gets his hopes up, way up, and the daydream is just inevitable.
Actual sex would be too awkward to actually put there. For Kean it would be over before it started. There's just no way it could happen. Weltmeister also brought up a valid point -- Kean would not be virgin anymore, and it would require rewriting the rest of the game.
Weltmeister wrote:But if he cares for opinions of player: maybe you could do some small hints for a sexual relationship between Kean and Rita in future games. There is no need for an explicit scene but maybe we could get the conclusion by how they treat each other or how they act around each other.
You already see the two lovebirds (Kean and Maggie) cuddling in the hot tub by the end of the game. There's no way to introduce a sexual relationship between Kean and anybody else.
But if I could write the story by myself: Maggie is not a young girl but more like an ancient god in disguise so Keans and her relationship will have no future. Kean is depressed and Rita somehow notices that she does have feelings for this little lad. And Farik lets her go.
That is just... so... no.
xsandman78 wrote:Personally I find the whole notion of building up a connection with Rita whilst playing as kean and then handing her over to be fucked by one of the other characters jarring.
I'd punch you if I could. "Handing her over"? Is Rita some goods to be handled and traded? Rita and Kean never had any chance as a couple. Rita isn't interested in a relationship with Kean and just sees him as sort of a little brother.
lucaskent123456 wrote:I do agree in two points with the comments I've seen. I didn't like Kean very much, specially in chapter 2. I mean, he was like super duper nerdy, I think even some nerds can find that offensive.
I found Kean's behavior silly at times, but never offensive.
I'm a nerd and in some parts of the game I was like "Oh come on, man up!" hahaha and the second thing I didn't like it's that the Rita way didn't go anywhere. I actually wanted to be with Kaori haha but I knew she was out of the question.
Did you notice how you interject your sentences with "haha" that doesn't add anything to the message, but boosts your confidence a bit?
That's the same thing with Kean. The reason why he throws in a random Star Wars references or how he daydreams, or how he behaves like a nerd at times is due to the fact that this is a confidence boost in a stressful situation. A defence mechanism, he switches to what's natural for him so that he's more comfortable with himself.
Mortze wrote:Thanks for your comment
I'm also a nerd, and Kean has many aspects of myself. But it's time people stop get offended by everything and start being proud of themselves and love who they are. He may have all the nerd cliches but he has the most beautiful human qualities. He is a far better person than many other games' characters and a far better person than many other real world persons. What's wrong if he has funny hair, some fat, glasses, bad skin, nerdy tastes? That doesn't define him as a decent or not human being.
People getting offended for everything is getting really annoying.
Thanks for that point. Very valid, very true.
JFR wrote:Dolphin-BR wrote:... At those moments one shows what he's really made of, there is no choice, no pretending, nowhere to hide, you just show your core.
Maybe with the large experience in similar situations JFR must have seen or heard some cases when I man hid behind a woman to protect himself, and he was not a criminal using a person as a shield. I doubt it thou.
Well, I only have two comments here and then I will be done. It serves no purpose to discuss this kind of thing on a game site.
In the game, Kean did not "hide behind a woman." That is a complete misstatement of the scene. He froze. And then Rita stepped in front of him. The artwork is quite clear about that. The action then resolved very quickly so there really wouldn't have been much time to do anything else. Maggie got to her father and the crisis passed.
Seconded. I replayed that scene twice to see if I missed anything or if my impression was correct. I didn't want to post before because maybe I was still wrong about it, but it's also clear to me that Kean just froze. He just wanted to be anywhere else and was deathly afraid, but he didn't want to put anyone in any danger.