User blog:ArtisticLoner/Pet Peeves I Have with Choices

-Reusing character designs: I'm not too annoyed with this, but it's still pletty lazy. It doesn't get too bad since they're normally for background characters, however it gets too obvious sometimes. Why are there three different character designs for Jiro? It didn't bother me too much when it was in 'The Crown and the Flame' too much since you could just say it was a distant relative, but why would it be in 'Home for the Holidays'? They could've just used the same character name or say that was his twin. That goes the same for Camilla too. This is epecially noticable since there aren't many children in the games.

-"Nice Guy With Bad Girlfriend" type: This is my least favorite type of love interest in these games. There's Sean, Caleb, Liam, Mark, and Chris. They're all the same! A friendly guy who's dating someone terrible and it takes until the end of the book to seperate them. When you take out the girlfriend, they really have no personality. Nice is one character trait. There's no real character development. Why do they like them? Why are their girlfriends so obviously mean? Why is it always a girlfriend? If Choices is so LGBT+, then how come they're usually the same with the genders in characters? I get that if they changed the genders, it could be a bit more controversial, but it gets boring There's not a subversion I can think about. All I here is "Oh, I'm so sorry about her! She's nice! She's kind! I love her!". Plus,

-Diamond options: Not much to say.

-Unconfirmed LGBT characters: Almost every love interest is LGBT+, but it's never mentioned and is taken lightly. I do give credit to when they make characters like Seth or Hana bi despite being unnecessary because it's a nice small touch, but I just keep on seeing people being like "Oh, I'm gay. Eh, whatever.". Wouldn't it be a bit more interesting to have some LI be exclusive to your gender? This is more for books that let you pick your gender. Wouldn't homosexuality be focused on in some books that deal with schools, or royalty, or impressing others? It gets a bit boring when your gender doesn't affect the story at all. It seems off to know that any of your LI is fine with dating either gender.