I think you both got it backwards! It is N and F that are like siblings to one another. 
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F winds up with the second most friend points in pretty much every playthrough, so we’re hella friends. Hella.
To be fair I really disliked M until not all that long ago and now they’re tied with A for first place, so things can and will likely change my opinion on F in the future. 
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Not this chica. 
I love F. 
He’ll be my 2nd go after Mason.
@EvilChani Glad to see you finally played Sera’s other games so that you have a better feel for what she does. Hopefully that alleviates all the worries you had.
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M’s! Then N’s, F’s, and then A’s last! As for the love triangle I still gotta work up the courage to do that one.
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I’m going Mason then Adam. Then I’ll deal with the two happy/easy guys. Then do the other two again several times.
That’s my order, exactly. I love Nate, but he’s my last choice as LI. I have certain characters that are more drawn toward him… the softer types. I couldn’t deal with a ballsy character with him–she was way turned off, lol.
Masochist!!! hypocritically says that as I await the M route, which is masochistic as well
Why? Granted, how I picture him for my main MC is best friend in the whole world (he’s so much fun!), but as far as a RO, I like him better than Nate, save for Nate loving dogs so much. Nate is just too much of a prude for my tastes. IRL, he’d likely complain constantly about my foul language and that’s a good way to get on my nerves and be flicked off.
I love M’s aggressiveness–you never have to wonder where you stand with him. And yeah, I don’t think he’ll ever lose his rough edges. He’ll likely be an ass to the MC even after the relationship is finally started–thankfully, my MC is snarky right back and will tell him to suck it. But then Sera has put stuff up like this, which just makes me love M even more…
M, lol, probably not as subtle as the others would be. Likely stride up to the MC’s side, arm draped over the MC, glaring at Bobby. I’d imagine Bobby would shift it pretty quick, M can be pretty terrifying when they want to be!
Which is another reason I like him more than N as a RO. Also, the detective I have paired off with him envisions herself as F’s protector, too, since he’s the weakest of the vamps. Since F’s go to move is running, and she’s combat oriented, she figures between the two of them, they make one normal vampire, lol.
It hasn’t entirely alleviated my worries, but I’m fine with it now that I know how she writes and what ‘angst’ means to her (I pictured GoT angst or worse). The angst in the two VNs I’ve gone through of hers is the acceptable kind of angst for me. It gives you the feels, but isn’t so intense that I start bawling or something. I just have an innate distaste for anything that makes me cry, because then I end up pissed off that I cried, so I’m both sad and mad at the same time, which just makes me want to break things, lol. Of course, I am also the type to find some angst so ridiculous that I laugh at it (think Titanic with Rose on the log scene… I made everyone around me mad when I started laughing my ass off at how stupid it was).
That said, I don’t think I will ever play through the triangle. I get the feeling that is a ‘make you cry’ kind of angst, because hurting A is just unacceptable to me and hurting N is like kicking puppies. Ugh!
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Right? They try to be fun and emotionally available and this is what they get.
I never could see F as a sibling. They are way different than my brother.
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I’d too say F feels like a younger trickster sibling that you always have to keep an eye on 
It’s really hard and weird to imagine my MCs getting into a relationship with them, at least not by what I’ve seen of F in book 1. A great friend to have, however for something serious I’d need a few more mature insights into character, so they wouldn’t feel like younger sister/brother.
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Assuming someone is a prude this early on seems kind of judgmental. I don’t mind people having problems with foul language. Not really that annoying it’s understandable and I even swear like a sailor.
As for F. I just don’t know. I’ve read their stuff, I tried doing their route once or twice. I just can’t stand the idea of them being a romance option. They don’t strike that cord with me in any way.
(I also feel like N might be rather lewd in private. Call it a heavy feeling I have. They just might be more reserved about it compared to the others.)
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I’m just going to set these here. I don’t N is a prude. (To be honest, they came off very intense to me.)
Probably inching towards NSFW
http://seraphinitegames.tumblr.com/search/sex+drive
http://seraphinitegames.tumblr.com/post/172391858724/hello-i-must-say-i-looooved-your-book-and-cannot#notes
http://seraphinitegames.tumblr.com/post/170263909739/would-mbravo-team-trudge-through-the-warzone-that#notes
And you have to remember that N and A both came from a very different time–centuries ago when ankles and seeing a woman’s hair were scandalous and A Doll’s House was considered raunchy because of a single scene that hinted at roleplaying. They’d probably rather keep it to the bedroom rather than in public. Which is fair enough, I think.
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I assure you buddy that i’m 100% a sadist 
I like the triangle route simply because it was the first one i played and the one that got me into this fandom (i heard Sera had started this story as a book with the LT at the centre and i was there like “show me what you’ve got”…it showed me alright )
Also watching A suffer a bit as they try to bury their feelings amuses me (because they are characters, not real people. It would not be fun with real people who have real feelings so don’t attack me for how i choose to play a game 
)
Sweetwell in the streets
Swavewell in the sheets
cough I might have sent most one of them cough
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Okay, then let me rephrase: N seems like a prude to me. I put an aggressive/bold character with him and he was all but dumping ice water on her when she was just being a bit forward in her flirting. To me, that’s prudish. To that MC, it was a flat out turnoff, so I had to restart (she had no interest in a romance with him after that and friend zoned him).
Throw in his constant complaining about Mason’s crassness, and the fact that my MC in question is fairly crass herself, and it comes off even more prissy and prudish to me. Your mileage may vary…
I don’t care if people have a problem with it. I curb my cursing when I’m around people who get their panties in a wad over it (and around ‘new’ people, which is why people who just meet me think I’m quiet and standoffish, because I’m afraid I might say something to offend), but that means I’m forced to constantly evaluate my words when I’m around said people, which makes me less than comfortable with them and less than open.
That’s the fun of this, isn’t it? F’s not your cup of tea, and N’s not mine–I have an inappropriate sense of humor at times (often, but I really do try to hide it), so N just is a bit of a turnoff to me. For me, it’d be like trying to start a romance with my mother or something, since he gives off that judgey mom vibe. Not to say my opinion may change later (I wanted to smash A’s face into the cement by the time I was halfway done with the first play through, but he grew to be my second favorite character behind M), but for now, my opinion of N is that he’s a prudish drag and too prissy for my tastes in the romance department. As a friend, he’s great, but for ‘fun’ I think F has him beat, hands down.
As for N being lewd in private, I suppose it’s possible, but I can’t see it yet. I kinda picture N as the ‘gentle’ type all the time, for fear he may hurt the MC… no “wild” night with that one, I’d guess, only the sweet, roses and gentleness thing.
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I respectfully disagree with everything that you’ve said. As respectfully as I can. Which isn’t very respectful tbh. But I tried.
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You make a valid point about the different time thing, and how that affects their views on intimacy and its place. And Sera’s comments do indicate N’s not as prudish as I believed.
Oh, and I didn’t mean to imply N didn’t have a sex drive, though (it does surprise me that he seems to have more of one than F, even if by a little!). It’s cute that he likes lingerie, too, lol. I guess I just have this picture of him in my head as… well, so sweet and tender that it would get boring when you get him in the bedroom. I could be wrong (and likely am), but it’s just the air I get from him given his extremely laid back/calm demeanor (nothing seems to ruffle the guy) and him basically calling down a bolder MC. What you said makes sense, though, that his take on romance is affected by the time from which he came.
Duly noted. 
Lol. Gotchya. And I wasn’t attacking you! I was jokingly calling you a masochist (and calling myself one too for going after M, though I kinda meant that one!). I went through the triangle in one game and just felt… bad. Because N is the one who seems to ‘be there’ while A just stands back and looks like he wants to be elsewhere, lol. The whole introverted thing works against A in the triangle, and throw in his propensity to pretend he feels nothing ever and it’s just painful to watch.
That said, I do wish you could smack the hell out of A and knock those defenses into the dirt. Romancing him is going to be as bad as romancing M, though at least A’s the type to understand he has feelings. M, on the other hand: Feelings? You mean like being pissed off you’re annoying me with stupid questions like this? the thing he’d really say is NSFW, so I went with this, lol
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[dramatically enters from the pit that is Finals Week]
I’m gonna have nothing but biology classes all through summer and fall, so I’m gonna romance N first as a pick-me-up.
RPing as Charlotte is pretty good at putting me in a good mood.
[leaves just as dramatically]
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I know. I was just saying ahead of time to avoid any kind of friction
I start them in a week…Kill me now…
Not surprised. I, too, have started to love Charlotte…
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And Charlotte loves pizza! 
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A big part of the allure for M and A is that I get to experience something I’d never put up with irl. M more so than A (m would scare me off immediately.)
Part of the reason I don’t like N as much is that I’m not a huge romantic. Some scenes just make me feel kind of awkward.
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It comes down to preferences but N has always been the perfect mix for me. Speaking just of Nate and the male UB, when a guy comes on too strong it’s a turn off for me. Like they already establishing that they are the alpha of the relationship and they’ll dictate how things play out. That’s why Mason’s first impression and even Adam to a certain point had me turning another way. They treated my detective like she was unimportant and refused to listen. The reason I got over it with Adam is that he flusters so easily and visibly regrets things after he’s said them. I get none of that from Mason which makes it impossible to romance him.
Then you have Nate who is confident and considerate. He is outgoing but not overbearing. And he’s still hiding some secrets and fears which makes me want to learn more about him.
NSFW bedroom talk just in case
And I don’t see him as gentlemanly and prudish in the bedroom so much as affectionate. I think both Mason and Nate will do everything to make the bedroom experience as amazingly memorable as possible, I think Mason will do it more in like ‘I will make this the most unforgettable night of your life’ while Nate is more like ‘whatever you wish. How do you want me?’ That’s just my opinion though, I could be completely off base
When it comes to F, I think they are a little too spunky and outgoing for me. I think I might be too chill for F. Maybe when they get into more serious territory in later books.
And I’m playing Nate’s route first, probably a few times.
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You managed to hit the nail on the proverbial head with this statement. It’s basically what I was trying to say, but didn’t say it well enough. Like you, I’m not a huge romantic, and am uncomfortable with syrupy sweet crap, in general. It’s a personal quirk, I guess, but I always end up feeling like that stuff is forced unless it’s a one-time thing or on a very very very rare occasion.
So N makes me really uncomfortable. I put a character with him, but it’s another softy type, like him. I think the time I like N the most was the scene with the dog. He is really good when he’s friend-zoned, but as a LI, he’d
make me want to run for the hills as quickly as possible. He really is suavewell, and I just don’t dig that.
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Same, friend, same. (F is a close second)
I can appreciate A and M intellectually as characters and can create detectives that pair well with their personalities, but my canon run is just myself as the MC, and I myself prefer nice boys who are nice to me. Someone like A world just get punched in the face 
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