User blog comment:StoryGirl83/Walkthrough Guide Discussion/@comment-3452092-20190708200619/@comment-37915141-20190709180024

Hmm, yeah for books with romance points it's pretty self-explanatory. But you get those points for flirting too and that might make some uncomfortable enough to not take the (or regret taking it).

What about books with no romance points that have options in the non-diamond path that prompt flirty dialogue whether or not they actually have an effect (like in BB1.4 you can tell Adrian that he sounds sexy when he says he wants to show you something and dialogue is quite flirty but it never comes up later). I think that should be indicated too then, although most of the times you can guess what it'll be like if you're playing while following the walkthrough.

What if it's not like that? Kind of like having nothing written after the option vs (No effect). Sometimes you would think all scenes will be inevitably romantic in a choices but there are exceptions. Like you said the one with Shreya. Also, in BB1.16 in Lily's scene if you chose to only play video games the whole scene is platonic (well maybe not if you took the threesome scene although they just refer it to their hottest night but it could be taken as some friends with benefits stuff) making her the only LI whose last scene isn't necessarily romantic. And there's BB2 where literally every scene with an LI is romantic, except for Cal's AND Kamilah's in BB2.6 where you help her get the artifact from her office and I was pleasantly surprised because I thought it'll sure be romantic again no matter what since they're alone in her office but it wasn't. So should everything be labeled as romantic vs non-romantic or what? Or only for choices with diamond scenes and choices within diamond scenes? I think that'd make the most sense because of the exceptions I mentioned. There aren't really any non-diamond choices with only romantic options (well, except for that hand-holding in BB2.7 but they fixed it now).

I experimented a bit with SK too and in Nate's scene in chapter 1 after they return to the lifeguard tower they're leaning against it and I think MC wanted to step closer but Nate pulls himself away with a smirk. In another playthrough Nate was leaning closer but MC ducked under his arms but threw another glance back at Nate which maybe wasn't that clearly platonic. I think it's related to the romance option inside that scene because for the first I picked all of them but for the second none of them. Unfortunately, I don't remember whether I picked non-romantic options in the non-diamond path for the second one but I definitely did for the first one, perhaps I'll do another test run. But what if MC is like that in the scene if you pick zero romance options? It's like she's flirting but doesn't mean it, just playing with him, yet there's still that glance and I don't know what to think of it. And I think Nate still pulls closer while they're in the water and that "You're making it hard to swim." "non-romantic" option can seem a bit coy. Maybe even that would be enough to call it romantic for some?

Eliana's case is somewhat similar in the first chapter's scene. If you pick flirty option she'll tuck a stray curl behind MC's ear "with surprising gentleness" or something like that then leave but she'll simply leave if your choices were platonic. Yet there's still narrative that implies some stuff and I guess wants to get the player to choose romantic options but the non-romantic ones really are platonic with her.

Actually, I started collecting these diamond scenes a few days ago in SK and labeled both of them inevitably romantic because of this narration.

Anyway, despite what my previous answer and concerns would have you believe, I still think it's a good initiative. Perhaps you could put the definition for a romantic scene at the beginning of the walkthroughs too, so people will know what it means. Or sometimes may elaborate, why is it labeled romantic, what happened that made it so.

If you decide to implement this how would it look like? I was thinking of having these notes under the options or next to the option like "LI will inevitably flirt with you." and the like. (should it be mentioned if MC reciprocates too?) Or "You will inevitably kiss." and "You'll inevitably get romance points (if your MC is interested in that gender)." But I think these might get rather lengthy and/or too many of them under the options... I don't know what kind of templates can you create her on the wikia so I don't really have ideas. I guess it'd be nice if you could have something that indicates the level (flirt/kiss/etc) and maybe explain it too?

Also, there are scenes where you at least kiss/make out (should we even differentiate between those?), or hook up. Like in BB2.1 all 4 LI scenes have 3 paths, one is a kiss or make-out and the other 2 are two kinds of hookup scenes. So I guess in that case we could either say "You will _at least_ kiss." or maybe "You will inevitably kiss." is enough.

(Yeah, inevitably, inevitably everywhere. I just find the word fitting.)

Anywho, I could already fill it in for BB1 and some of BB2 (but not all because still haven't set up my playthroughs so I couldn't run enough tests yet).

Ah, so that's what you meant by former LI. It shouldn't matter whether you've romanced someone in that case, you start clean when you replay (and don't import if it's not a first book), if a scene is romantic no matter what it will be regardless of who you romanced. But you can only know this if you either run different playthroughs on several accounts at once or replay the book. But since it's a community I think people can contribute in the comments at least.

Yes, my TE MC is aro/ace and I didn't get the option with the 4 LIs, she just hung out with Zeph.

"For example, I have 4 playthroughs going on in TRR/TRH . . . which is kind of low for me" If you think that's low, remember that I have 7 FB accounts connected to Choices and play 6 different playthroughs for BB2. I always play all routes after a new chapter and sometimes wake up until 6AM then edit the walkthrough lol. I also have like 15K+ screenshots of the series. Rest assured, I will always be lamer. XDDD

Yes, I shall use my trusty editor for longer comments from now on, just in case.