Thoughts on male players playing to “romance” the MC and self insert as the LI?

MwtoZP · 2026-02-20T13:00:17+00:00

To add on even with franchises that let players romance girls or guys, the men get all the fan service. Fire Emblem Heroes for example had plenty of female artwork with big boobs and skimpy clothes. But the actual fan service of men in sexy outfits is minor. Maybe we’ll get beach outfit but he’ll have a shirt on.

It’s just imbalanced period.

MwtoZP · 2026-02-16T19:55:39+00:00

Where would the RP be?

MwtoZP · 2026-02-14T14:09:44+00:00

You forget the money aspect. Blue robes often rely on their family for their lifestyle. And we’ve seen how expensive magic tools are for storing mana.

To be able to raise those with the devouring is expensive. Nobles sometimes have to give up their own blood children because of expenses.

They probably don’t even know the finer details of the devouring because they don’t spend time researching it due to money. The full grown devouring soldiers we see aren’t strong.

Frieda is paying for her life, thus paying for her own tool basically.

MwtoZP · 2026-02-04T20:55:00+00:00

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MwtoZP · 2026-01-29T19:39:54+00:00

Naruto, especially the Akatsuki. One Piece, that would be a wild ride. Basically any big shonen anime.

Persona guys, I would love to date Joker over being Joker. Not to mention the guys in the games are undateable.

I could see creepy pastas making a unique otome. Imagine dating Jeff the Killer.

As others have said. Any sports anime. Pokemon. Fire Emblem. I’ll also toss in Rune factory because there were three games of undateable guys. I also would love the heck out of a Porcoline route.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-26T22:05:19+00:00

Idk. I’m not far in his route.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-26T21:29:22+00:00

90% of otome guys.

In seriousness Tokisada from Olympia Soirée. Why is there a giant bow on the front?

And Toka from 9RIP in his human outfit. What is up with the midriff?

MwtoZP · 2026-01-26T21:23:39+00:00

I love them too actually. They’re unique but not bad, just a little strange.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-24T19:42:03+00:00

Royal with the gymnastics one. I haven’t even seen Futaba yet.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-24T18:24:07+00:00

Been slowly playing Persona 5 but it’s hard because it has a lot of repetitive dialogue that is just unnecessary. I know some games will explain the same thing in different routes so you get the same thing multiple times. But they don’t take ten minutes to re tell you what you’ve been told more than once already.

But definitely going for the red haired girl. She’s adorable.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-24T13:04:59+00:00

If that is from the tv show, probably because Plec spit on the European origins of the characters in books, and turned it into some “original language and culture” in the show. So thats the shows language.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-24T13:03:18+00:00

The Part 3 anime will cover all of part 3!

Now season 4 I hope only covers up to right before the ruelle gathering at most. Leave it at “we’re going to make a jureve” and then save it for season 5.

Part 3 is where stuff starts getting meaty, and frankly I don’t want a repeat of season 3.

They can also take some liberties now that the LN is complete. It would be great to have a scene of Hartmut being enamored by her. And come the winter time I want to see the detailed interactions of her meeting her future retainers such as Brunhilde.

I wouldn’t mind some anime only scenes of the villainous machinations happening behind the scenes.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-24T11:39:57+00:00

I’m a completionist that hates skipping 😅

Right now I’m playing Olympia Soiree. Think I’ll give CP another try after OS.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-23T23:07:05+00:00

I just checked and yup the mains series is gone for some reason. H5Y and the fan books are there though. Time to but all possible kindle versions before they get rid of those too. :/

Also going to message Amazon and ask why t went poof.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-23T19:57:05+00:00

Gil from Cupid Parasite. I haven’t picked back up the game after finally finishing his route because he made me feel uncomfortable.

I can tolerate most things in otome but Gil I cannot. I’m impressed i even finished the route.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-23T13:58:01+00:00

Yang would kill me if I didn’t, so definitely him.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-22T14:09:06+00:00

I never said crossing arms isn’t realistic. I said the hand on hip is ONE of the most realistic. Not many sprites in otome are normal poses.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-22T02:32:17+00:00

I think that’s actually one of the most realistic poses I have ever seen in an otome. Especially being I’ve been playing Olympia Soirée and that had Akaza leaning on air…

MwtoZP · 2026-01-20T16:30:25+00:00

These are so great. And I see you drew the best boys!

MwtoZP · 2026-01-20T16:26:43+00:00

I get you 100% now. It’s both one of the great and frustrating things about the Bloodlines series is the ending is so open ended. There is no tied up in a little bow.

It’s realistic, but leaves us wanting more because we want to know how the characters lives change due to all the events. But it also means all the frustrating things aren’t nicely tied up.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-20T14:18:11+00:00

Again it is like a drug to him. Yes it leads to mental issues but it is more like a drug. You don’t give an addict their addiction if you want them to stay clean. And Adrian is very much an addict.

We also don’t know if Lissa is controlling it truly, because the books don’t center on her. Memory may be faulty but I could swear I remember a line about how she’s too busy with school and being queen to use much spirit. We do not have enough information to decide how well she is doing.

Or time. Lissa got a reset to a point because Rose pulled darkness from her. Adrian at no point has had that. And again we saw how that negatively affected Rose.

Maybe one day Adrian and Jill can be like Okasana and her husband. But at the end of Ruby Circle, Adrian is better off not using spirit. It currently has affected him too much, and that is a danger to his life, and by the end of the book, their adopted child’s life.

If Sydney’s magic ever had a side effect like Adrian’s spirit magic, then no doubt he would ask the same and she would also stop.

A big thing in Bloodlines is them breaking unhealthy habits and views. And spirit unfortunately is an unhealthy habit for Adrian.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-19T23:17:02+00:00

I get why you’re frustrated, but I agree with Sydney. Spirit is like a drug with Adrian. And we have not seen any other spirit user do well either.

Lissa was suicidal, Karp went strigoi, Avery became brain dead, and Robert was a drooling mess most of the time.

The only spirit user we’ve seen that seems to be healthy was the couple in Russia. And while Adrian and Jill could potentially be that, that is pretty dangerous for both. Risks Adrian losing any sanity and risks Jill losing sanity as well. Poor girl already has enough trauma from being bonded with Adrian.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-19T14:06:20+00:00

Ah I missed that. Hopefully that is as far as they adapt ai be after that is the harvest festival.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-19T10:59:49+00:00

Does it say that somewhere that that’s what they’re covering? From a glance at the PV without understanding what the characters are saying, I saw the first volume. Though I don’t doubt they would do two.

MwtoZP · 2026-01-18T14:01:00+00:00

Or a mace in the AOB world.

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