Talk:Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1 Choices/@comment-3452092-20200527194839/@comment-37915141-20200527231229

I don't really get the romance system in BOLAS yet. But I don't think it's just the kisses that prompt it because those variables are only "activated" if you kiss the LI in that choice. And I'm not sure the flirty options that give you "Score Up" even matter much. I think there are certain social quests that count as having "romanced" the LI like whose room you visit, who you dance with, and who you slept with and like that's it maybe.

Also, when multiple LIs can react it doesn't really seem to be based on how many times you picked this and that. I commented this earlier here but there is a random order in each case and it's probably enough to "romance" them once (so pick any of those social quests if my theory is correct). Probably that's why people got Mal instead of Tyril in some cases despite having "romanced" the latter more (with Aerin's reaction he's the first in that order).

I'll run some tests once Book 1 is over and I have time.