Ava’s maybe be the slowest burning romance I’ve ever played through. Loving it.
Also, my reaction to Rebecca flirting with the Mayor for the mission’s sake is less moral outrage and more “Eww, mom, gross. Please don’t ever do that in front of me again.”
Considering the man still has a wife, disrespect our dad (while still flirting with our mom), that’s undestatement
You are right and you should say it.
I can’t remember now, but I think the closest response that resembled my disgust was, “Better you than me”, or is there one that I missed?
if not, @seraphinite pls, give me an option to barf
actually just gimme an option to barf any time the mayor is in the scene, i’ll even pay extra if you wanna make it a dlc 
I get that feeling as well. The narrative is slanted in a way that, in my opinion, makes the MC seem like an ass for not giving Rebecca what she wants. All of the sympathy is with Rebecca, and that’s from the MC’s POV. So it definitely seems like it’s a choice of bowing down to Rebecca or being an unreasonable ass, regardless of the fact that the MC has plenty of reason to not give her a chance.
It’s more than a little grating. What I’d really like to see is a chance to call Rebecca on her unprofessional BS–fussing over the MC in front of UB, making comments (again, in front of UB, who the MC is supposed to be building a trusting working relationship with) like “I’ll protect you” to a grown ass adult, showing up at the MC’s place of work to all but demand a chance to be besties with them.
My main MC wants to call her on this stuff, more so than the fact that Rebecca was never around when she was growing up. Hell, my two MCs who actually like Rebecca want to call her on it, too, because it’s affecting their jobs and could easily result in UB losing respect for them.
Considering the mayor just outright insulted the MC’s dad, I’d like to see a response to Rebecca that slams her for it: “For someone who claims to miss my father so much, it’s disgusting that you were just sucking up to a man who insulted him not five fucking minutes ago. And you wonder why I don’t trust you? You can add that one to the list, mum.”
I paid cash to see that option in game 
It’s poetic that the ice queen’s romance (I’m looking at you, A) is such a slow burn.
Yes. My MC is just like, Adam please throw me on the wall already and get on with it!
In real life, some people take years to realize their feelings for someone. Denial sure doesn’t help, but it’s realistic and it’s so rare in game to find this kind of sloooooow burning romance.
A is a beautiful little diamond just needing billion of years and the mc to not be a sad rock anymore.
I agree so much. I have a really sarcastic MC who has a bad relationship with Rebecca and I hate that all of the less serious responses tend to be warmer and friendlier. I would like to have some sarcastic biting responses.
You can kind of tell that the push is to have a closer relationship.
I’m so excited! I’ve played all ur VNs and both WHC! You’re awesome and I’m a die hard fan!
Ahem, I was lazy to do this but here. This is from close relationship then it went downhill:
So excited when I saw this! It’s off to an awesome start. Really like this start and am excited to see what happens next.
I picked the option “I bet he would like more than that” and she’s quite adamant that it will never happen.
I personally have no issue with it. She’s doing her job. Different people react to different stimuli. The mayor is an egotistical pig, so she plays it along the lines. And while it may be morally gray, what else is she supposed to do? Tell him that he’s a creep?
What would that accomplish, other then him feeling offended and likely making life for the agency, the captain, the MC and the team more difficult or trying to sabotage it.
If the efforts of the agency were to be hampered, that would put the MC at risk and furthermore, people in Wayhaven. So, from my point of view, she does what needs to be done, to ensure things run smoothly.
Whether or not one likes Rebecca or not, it’s the most logical thing to do.
Now, for the A route, I find it interesting that people speak of emotional abuse. I don’t agree.
A is so unsure about the situation and so utterly terrified of the implications that they are torn.
They’ve known only loneliness (romantically) for centuries and this is a massive shift for them. Also - A is the ONLY one, who consideres the dangers, a relationship could put the MC in. Not only due to what they are and the world they have been drawn into, but I think what this emotional shift could mean.
Intense emotions have the tendency to make anyone irrational in stressful or extreme situations. A has known and fulfilled duty above all else. What would happen, if an emotional attachment would lead to such an irrational choice, that could fail a mission and impact the grander picture, or could backfire and get the MC hurt or killed.
Think Harry Potter and the Sirius situation, if you like.
Anyway, just my thoughts on the those two points.
Oh no, I don’t have an issue with Rebecca flirting, I just don’t like Mayor Friedman, hsjshdjhjhs.
Agent Mom can fake flirt with him all she needs, I just want an option where my Detective can start dry heaving at the sight of him lol.
Hahaha, oh, I agree. He’s a slimly… insert random insult. 
I do hope, that at some point we get to tell him. And his wife should really go for a divorce.
probably just me…but that tiny miniscule line where Ava stammer (at the beginning) is…new . There is hope in the horizonnnnn…
Why? because Ava can’t stand to see the mc hurting, so she’ll cave in to protect you from her…hummmmmmmmmmmm…stuck-up-feeling-from-being-a-bachelorette-for-900 years- virgin (let me dream she is
hey, I’m gonna wait for her even if the story span a 100 books…Oy… 
@Chaneyi the mayor is married…? Ewwwwwwwww
Yeah, he’s a disgusting pustule of narcism and egosim. I hate comparing horrible people with animals, as animals deserve so much better.
well Mom can handle him, and I’m pretty sure when he isn’t needed…she’ll pull rank on his butt and turn him into crisp…
He’s a solid second for me, nigh-on tied with Nate for me. Especially when you are considerate and kind to him, wanting his input, even in the first book it is clear he is not used to that. A little cuddlebug, he is, cute as a button (once you get past his overt flirtatious, hmm, ‘defence’? 
). 
Not to mention when you get to express your solid beliefs in his abilities to help.
From her standpoint, it’s logical. From the MC’s POV, however, it’s easily disgusting, gross, and can leave the MC with an even worse feeling about Rebecca (it cements the fact that she’s a liar and a sneak for two of mine, actually, which makes her just as untrustworthy as Bobby–hell, one of those two would trust Bobby more!).
The emotional abuse part (for me, as a reader, and for my MC, to an extent) is in the hot and cold treatment of the MC.
I get that A is uncertain, and also resistant. I get that A fell in insta-love and absolutely refuses to give into it. That’s fine. But to go back and forth between treating the MC as a precious treasure and treating the MC like they have the plague, with very little in between, is not fair to the MC. If A lived in a bubble, then all the weird swings in behavior would be fine, but A has to remember that how they act affects others.
Personally, I think the A path needs another set of options for each time A pulls this shit. The option to call him on it in the demo was a good start, but there needs to be a point where the MC can flat out tell A they’re done (without actually being done, of course, because soul mates, slow burn, blah blah blah). It would give the MC more agency, and it would place the requirement for action solely where it belongs–on A. For those MCs that still want to chase after him without getting anything in return, they would still have that option. For the shy flirts who quiver at his looks and the handful of moments that he actually shows some sign there’s interest, they would still have that. But the MCs who aren’t into the quivering or chasing someone (and feel like they’re freaking sexually harassing someone who has no interest in them) need a way through this path as well.
I feel like we need two different paths to go with A:
Personally, if someone were treating me the way A is treating the MC, I’d think they were sociopaths and I’d get the hell away from them because there’s a difference between slowly falling in love and having someone fuck with your head all the time.
My MC with Adam doesn’t go that far, and she’s only recently understood what’s going on between them, but she doesn’t appreciate A’s mixed signals because they hurt her. And the MC should be able to shove that in A’s face and let them choke on it.
Like I said, I get the slow burn and I get that A is emotionally constipated, but there’s a delicate balance between letting A slowly pull the stick out of their butt and it turning into stomping all over the MC’s heart. For some, this can be remedied through choices offered in the game. Telling A off after the werewolf thing is a good beginning, but there needs to be much more of it. If you want a comparison, it’s much like MCs who refuse to have sex with M while M keeps trying–A keeps flip-flopping in their behavior and the MC shouldn’t have to be forced to swallow the mixed signals. JMHO.
Edited to add: It doesn’t help that the MC is supposedly part of the team, yet A can’t deign to speak their name and, instead, keeps them at arm’s length with the “detective” title. Of course, they claim it’s to keep things professional, but they don’t do that with anyone else on the team, which makes a point to the MC (romanced and otherwise) that they are not part of the team at all and are, instead, an outsider. A’s people skills suck, but this is entirely intentional.
