Talk:Open Heart/@comment-38496860-20190406034253/@comment-38496860-20190407041302

@Lynossa I get where you're coming from as well. And I don't hate being touched; it's just something I reserve for people I'm close to. And we definitely read the arm touch differently. I found it an affectionate thing, different than a tap on the shoulder, but I understand if you didn't see it that way. BTW, when I was in sixth grade, I tapped the shoulder of the girl in front of me in class... I can't remember why, but she bit my head off, and bullied me throughout the rest of middle school. Holy overreaction Batman, right? But, some people apparently do that.

Anyway, I totally respect that you want different things from the story than I do. That's why we have more than one option. :)

I do hope we can get some time to get to know the other LI's the way we have with Ethan.

ETA: I really don't think he's like Victor Montmarte. I think the writers are just kinda making the assumption that most people have been flirting with him and including it in places where they shouldn't have, because they didn't think it through fully. I find Ethan interesting as a character, and I like him as a mentor. I'm just not thrilled with the flirtation without me choosing it. And that, I fully acknowledge, is an issue that arises with LI's in lots of these books. It's not exclusive to Ethan.