Mine hero name was Luminescent, then became Halo for some obscure reason.
Is that a bug (because if so, I have no clue how it happened), or did you just change your name?
I changed it, no bug no bug (apart from me bugging yāall) though I have no idea why I changed it.
Got a darkness 2. No idea what this number is supposed to signify though.
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It signifies that you were almost entirely saintly but not 100% 
(Granting that saintliness is subjective, of course. You could also say it tracks how idealistic your characterās overall tone is.)
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I was told to report I got Darkness = 9ā¦that isnāt too bad is it?
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No way you play is bad, it just could end up darker. However the tale of your character sounds anyway rather light.
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The Gently Used Discount Knight
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Just finished and I like it. Got darkness 3.
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Thanks.
Hopefully I can finish it sometime soonā¦
(For those wondering, the current chapter is the longest Iāve written so far, and is still a way away from being finished. 
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Shh, shh, donāt cry, Iām sure itās gonna be great, particularly if it has more Phil scenes in it. 
So what are you planning to do with the actual money from the publication, fund mad science, blow it all on champagne oops, sorry, fruit juice, forgot that youāre a teetotaler there and rent-boys, or something else entirely?
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Iām back and I just used a fire extinguisher to killet a bird l. I feel awesome
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Decided to explore an alternate universe in which Damon Gant (my main) fell for Lani instead of Anara.
Disclaimer: I didnāt get time to read through chapter 9.
Justification: While in the original universe Damon was coldly logical and impassive to most slights, this version was very arrogant and egotistical, meaning that when he lost to Anara, rather than acknowledging that he was mortal and would lose every now and then, took it as a personal insult, thus making him unable to come to be impressed by her intelligence and form an attraction from there. Instead he became drawn to how Lani seemed to also hold the world around her in complete contempt and how she exerted her will on reality.
Yes, in order to make a romance with Lani possible, I had to turn my near-sociopath character into a full-sociopath just to have it make some amount of sense.
And my overall review of Lani isā¦meh? I guessā¦I mean, it doesnāt seem like a whole lot changed outside of her scenes. Sure, the changes I made to my own character to accommodate the romance made quite the impact, but that was my own dedication to roleplay, it didnāt really have anything to do with Lani herself.
I actually have the same kind of complaint that I do about Anara, in that the romance seems like a side project rather than a big turning point in our main characterās lives. They just met someone that they may potentially marry, after all, yet there doesnāt seem to be any change in them. If anything, this is even worse with Lani, since at least with Anara you come into contact with her a lot more, and thereās more build-up to it.
In any case, it was interesting to explore an alternate universe. Romance aside, I found it funny how little tweaks to a character could really alter the course of a characterās arc. While with Original Damon it was a case of āthis character isnāt exactly a good person, but he at least does things for a reason making him better than the other guys,ā this version lacked even that justification to root for him. He was such an unapologetic asshole that even I wanted him to lose! Iām not sure how that TV show writer is ever going to keep his job; if he almost got fired for killing Ivory Greengrass mid-way through, he probably lost his entire career when trying to make this waste of human skin a protagonist.
This is what Lani does to people! She ruins careers and turns good (kindaā¦semiā¦not-really-good-but-at-least-not-evil) men bad!
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Iām afraid Iām not exactly sure what youāre asking for here. Do you want me to force your character to be thinking about his girlfriend the entire time? Do you want me to tell you how much you love her? And, sure, with Anara youād been going out for a few weeks. With Lani, youāve only been with her for a few days (especially if you havenāt reached Episode 9 yet), and, letās face it, youāre probably not going to meet āthe oneā at sixteen. (Admittedly, at that age, I understand everyone is āthe oneāā¦)
Part of this is also the genre Iām going for; itās quite rare (and generally unappreciated) for the romance to be more than a side-story. This is going to be an anime-style superhero story with some romance, not a romance story set against a backdrop of anime-style superheroes.
I guess I could add a āhow do you feel about ${lover}?ā choice, and then, depending on your answer, add in more flavour text in scenes including the character (and even some not including the character). Would this help, do you think?
As a side note: you donāt actually have to be evil to romance Laniā¦ 
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I have no complaints about the romance so far. I havenāt tried shipping my MC with Lani yet, but all the ones that Iāve tried feel as if their plausible and believable, relatively speaking. I mean yeah the interactions do seem a little abrupt at times, but considering the army essentially screwed over a city just to create a band of super soldiers that theyāre not entirely sure of what they do, I think our loves are probably thinking the same thing when it comes to time and place.
Well, considering that Iām constantly reminded of Power Rangers whenever I play through this, I think youāve succeeded in that aspect. 
I think itās an acceptable trade off: the romantics are satisfied that their love has been acknowledged by the narrator, and youāll be satisfied in that romance doesnāt consume the story.
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Yup. I saw a commercial out for the newest power rangers and all I can think when I see it is: āTotem Forceā!
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Go Go Totem Force You Mighty online People!!!
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Well one of my childhood friends did marry his highschool sweetheart , so itās possible, although Iāll note there was an eight year gap covering college and some other things, during which they both dated others, so ymmv.
On the other hand, considering the circumstances of the game my mc finds himself in Phil may be his one shot at a genuine romance, cause whatever happens and whether itās gonna be ācelebrityā superhero or (very much unwilling in my mcās case) government agent those circumstances would make it very hard, imho to possibly ever find a genuine relationship again. 
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Actually, thatās one way Lani might be differentā¦ 
And the role-players wonāt be sad that Iām forcing them to love someone they see as a brief flingā¦
Totem Force the movie. I like it. 
Sure, some people are lucky (although, by the sound of it, they didnāt realise it at the time). And Iām certainly not going to force people to split up simply because āitās more realisticā.
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Youād probably have to age up the main characters by about 2 years to make it a blockbuster (in order for them to be played by 20-something actors with Hollywood casting) though.
Weāll see, Phil does have a reputation and I definitely would want him to be the guy my mc loses his virginity to, other then that, weāll have to see I guess.
Still I think that in either plausible outcome I mentioned above my mc would certainly share my fear of never finding another genuine relationship ever again. As in the world of celebs everything seems fake and in the other case it would be government handlers controlling (or trying to) every aspect of his life, which would make him highly wary of any cute guys the government throws at him.
True, those two are the luckiest people I know when it comes to romance, others are already divorced (with or without kids) and yours truly hasnāt yet figured out how to get a romantic relationship to last beyond that two year anniversary.
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