User blog comment:StoryGirl83/Walkthrough Guide Discussion/@comment-3452092-20190708200619/@comment-3452092-20190709020532

Essentially the way I would define it is if you have no way to avoid getting romance points with the character in books that have that and in books that don't have that, there is no way to avoid kissing or further.

By former LIs I mean in a completely different play through. For example, I have 4 playthroughs going on in TRR/TRH. . . which is kind of low for me, but anyway, two different characters, three different love interests. If I were to have purchased the scene to go for a walk with Maxwell in book 2 when he was my MC's LI, but then when she's with the king the next time I get to that choice, I'd want to go for a walk with Maxwell, again, but keep it platonic (which I think is doable with that specific scene). But if for example during my playthrough with Catlyn and Drake I got the scene where they leave the party to make out (which I'm probably not going to get for exactly this reason), I'm pretty sure that there is no way to keep that scene platonic, because the whole point is to make out (I could be wrong, but I haven't checked), so the next playthrough which would be with a yet to be identified MC and I think the king I would have to skip that scene because there is no way to keep it platonic.

I am super awed at all the information you have acquired. That's amazing.

So another example of what I mean: In TE2 Ch5 Choice 13 you get the following options:

Choice 13


 * Beckett! (💎 20)
 * Shreya! (💎 20)
 * Aster! (💎 20)
 * Griffin! (💎 20)
 * No one.

Off the top of my head I have no idea what's going on, but looking at the info about the scene below it appears that you can keep Shreya's premium scene platonic, but all of the others there is no way to avoid getting a romance point with the LI in question. I'm not sure if that is accurate since it seems odd that you wouldn't be forced to get one with Shreya when you are with the others (and this is an instance where you are probably going with whomever is your LI unless you don't have one . . . and you probably won't get any choices if you aren't interested in anyone), but that's what the guide tells me.

In the next chapter there is the following choice:

Choice 14
 * It's time for a spa day! (💎 17)
 * Maybe some other time. (No effect)

If you go on the spa day with Shreya it appears that you get romance points no matter what (as long as you are interested in women). I've done the scene, but with a character only interested in guys and thus didn't get any romance points, but is it true that there is no way to avoid romantic points if you are only interest in Aster? I don't know. I actually was trying to figure that out before I took the scene (because I remembered my MC wasn't interested in women, so of course she wouldn't be romantic with Shreya). That's the kind of scene I would like some sort of tag on, but your right. It's complicated.

As a side note: I hate that when long responses don't send. Been there. Hate that. Hope to never have to deal with it, again, but I will, because I will.