I don’t think they’d be supportive at all. Orion? Yes. August, probably. Maybe Devyn. But the others? I think both Iris and Rowan would be pissed and feel betrayed.
That said, I hope it happens. Karma needs to kick the band in the ass for that decision.
I do think they might get messy or at least Rowan will if his reaction to the bus arrangement is anything to go by.
I still believe that the band vote was way more than just “MC and Seven aren’t compatible as a duo”. I still stand firmly behind the belief that Seven and the band had a falling out that MC is not aware of. So if they realise that MC is the Beyoncé of the band then yeah we might have a re-up of what they did to Seven. Just a theory though.
I’m out of likes or I would have liked this. 
But I actually love this idea. It would also make things with Seven’s upset with the MC make more sense (did they think the MC knew?). It’d make things a whole lot more interesting…
Avina was a big fan before the break up. They contacted seven after and asked them to join the band. At the end of the update, when Seven reaches full peak pettiness on stage, avina is looking at him like a parched person would look at water. So yes worship is involved.
Xiulan would probably be best friends with Anna - they’re both mixed people with Chinese heritage, incredibly secretive and quiet mindset behind the masks they wear and a lot of pent-up anger in their hearts. Anna is a golden child, but her riches don’t make things better, Xiulan is extremely competent and professional, yet keeps being pushed aside… Ivan would quickly befriend Lara. They’re both equally messed up, and for all the faults Ivan has, he understands how badly it feels when your mind is screaming at you to stop it, yet you can’t, you’re in too deep. Ivan is clinically depressed and has suicidal thoughts, Lara has near-crippling PTSD and anxiety no one really seems to care about. Their mind is their worst enemy.
It’s a pretty old mecha game I dearly love for its MC and certain romances. If you’re willing, I can walk you through some very nasty hurdles it can throw at ya.
Given how they act when MC dares to complain that barging into his room is real bloody poor manners, I think it’s going to be very volatile. MC seems to be one of the few reasons the group is succesful aside from Iris and Rowan’s guitar skills and Jazzy’s drumming, and the band members really feel to me like they try to mold him into a perfect little part of the group that asks no questions and never complains about their treatment.
This sounds very logical. Seven, as we know him, is pretty abrasive and isn’t known to tolerate shit he hates or break under pressure. I think that maybe he was concerned about the way MC was becoming and wanted them to ease up on the peer pressure, and they, of course, lashed out. This grudge kept building until they wanted him out - poor influence on MC, all that shit.
any theories on what Blake and Seven are so secretive about? it’s been brought up twice in the story so it must be important
I love this… it would add so much flavor. And I’m glad my take wasn’t too weird, because at this point I’m leaning toward the “they would be pissed if what happened to seven happened to them” because hey some people just don’t see evil until it happens to them directly.
Plus objectively I do think that giving MC the chance to go solo would be great for the narrative, because again: added flavor. Lots of possibilities there, rather than only the friends forever stuff… Imagine after all this shitstorm you go back to doing duets with seven, making avina and everyone else seethe as you become super popular lol.
Oh! I can finally talk about how much MC’s convo with their dad hurt my feelings. And I fear I was right about their dad being worse than their mom. That conversation was so dark-sided, my goodness. The cheeriness and surface-level supportive words while he berated MC about being an embarrassment — it was so, so mean. Mom was blunt, but she at least kind of tried to spare MC’s feelings? She knew when to step back and just disagree. It’s like MC’s dad has all the trappings of, like, your stereotypical TV dad with none of the warmth and unconditional love. I felt so bad for MC.
The rumor? I think Blake and Seven know who started it.
From the very beginning, my MC knows her voice is far superior to anyone else, and she has no doubt the band knows this as well.
Y’know for all the noise made about Avina being the worst and shoved down our throats, they really… Weren’t. They were kind of just there, really, with Seven and the rest of their band. Which is exactly where you’d expect to see them. Even in the route where I routinely chose the Seven centric scenes, it never felt like they were being forced on to us or taking the spotlight.
Even the comments about Seven being some golden child, Gary Stu (and good lord do I hate that term and it’s gender inverse), or whatever, doesn’t really seem to hold water for me. The narrative never really treats them as some messiah for rock and roll who can do no wrong and more just… raw emotion at all times, and more than a bit ill suited for the off-stage public front. They’re kind of a mess, with the narrative and a few characters having to routinely point out that this is reality tv and a business that isn’t gonna allow the closed off front they want to put up. Like they’re a talented vocalist and lyricist, yeah, but they’re not some flawless, always right even against narrative logic sort of thing that being a Gary Stu implies. More than anything they just seem like an open wound, barely holding their stitching together.
I am liking the way the G and Victoria polycule is shaping up, but I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for that sort of thing. Just… disasters, don’t know how to talk to each other when it’s not following the script that a marriage entails, love those two to bits. I do feel the genuine affection from both of them, but both of them are too stubborn to have an honest conversation yet, in spite of them both kind of being on the same page about their grievances. Like same page, seperate paragraphs. They both kind of hate what fame has taken away from them, what they’re able to do, and they’re both grappling with it poorly but in ways I understand. G just does what they want, damn the consequences, and Vic is so hyper aware of their image that it’s grinding them down. It’s delicious, my crops are watered and I’m thriving.
Honestly I’m vibing with basically everybody, even Blake is growing on me. They’re such a heel and just needlessly dickish and honestly it’s kind of amusing. I still gotta do a run where they and the Mc share a bus, but I’m thoroughly amused. Orion surprised me with how open he was when you’re sitting on the curb together, on the secret crush route. Just genuinely blindsided me a bit, charming stick in the mud he is. August is cute and I need to go through his scenes, he’s just so chill and a breath of easy air. Also Team Shitty Parents Club™ united.
Also boy would having a dad like the MCs would’ve killed me growing up. I’ll take my own dad being completely absent over that sort of insincere and flakey, jesus. I can’t believe they made the mother the more appealing of the two, but good golly, no wonder the Mc can be a bit of a wreck. Can’t wait for the inevitable call to Lucy, I’m dying to see that dynamic
Yeah, that shit was nasty. But to be honest, both parents can kiss MC’s ass because they aren’t fucking parents. My mom shares some of the traits with the one MC has, and it’s not better because she’s blunter and more “honest”, it just hurts like shit when she tries to act nice despite saying the nastiest shit before.
I can see Rowan being pissed because out of the og three, he seems the most fame-hungry. Iris and Devyn I don’t know, even though Iris is more driven, it seems that as long as they can be together they don’t care much about anything else.
I never thought about that but now you got me thinking. That would definitely explain some things.
Huh interesting…
Christ, if MC wins this current contest (?) Blake will lose it.
They’re both the worst in different ways, but MC knows what they’re getting when they interact with their mom. MC’s dad builds them up and then destroys it all three words later.
Spoilers! Go play the game.
not the cheating allegations. there is another rumor about MC that has not reached MC’s ears yet
Seven is avoiding said rumor and Blake is itching to tell MC, or anyone else that will listen. first mentioned during the photoshoot scene by Blake, Seven walks out (partly) because of that. also mentioned when they are having a secret convo at the party. Seven tells Blake to not tell MC.
Yes, but why? How seven’s rumor would affect MC? Why so secretive about it that they more or less beg the person they hate to not say it .