What a Brilliant Existence! (NOW ON TALES!)

Hey guys! Just a quick post to let you know I’ll be writing snippets over the weekend to celebrate over a hundred followers on the Tumblr (brilliantexistencewip.tumblr.com).

If you’d like, send in a suggestion with your favorite(s) RO(s) and I’ll write a little something! :slight_smile:

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So I know your’e on the fence on having poly routes, but I’m one of those people that if they see a harem ending they’ll go straight for that(unless one character outright grabs all my attention). After playing around with the idea I came to these pairings if you do decide on poly routes (I’ll still love this wip even if you decide not to):

Summary

Dani will be a factor in most of them
Sydney/Dani-They’re already friends, Dani will be the one to suggest it, Sydney might figure it’ll help both Dani and MC’s problems and give herself an excuse to further their relationship with us.
Dani/Max- After breaking Max’s walls enough Dani suggests it and while Max is hesitant, but between Dani egging her on and the MC been open to it Max decides to atleast try dor a while.
Max/Alex- Not really a poly relationship more of a sibling rivalry that Dani encourages in hopes that it’ll help them make up.
Sydney/Alex- This one is the easiest or the hardest, they might just go along with it so that the MC doesn’t have to make such a hard choice.

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hm i wonder why :thinking:

Thanks for the suggestions! Poly is definitely on the table right now. It’d definitely be interesting to see what pairings work and what don’t.

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No problem, I excluded the last 2 pairings since from what you’ve posted they seemed too at odds to work.

Max/Alex would be… weird. Poly means they are all three together. I don’t think Alex would fall in love with Max and visa versa. But a love triangle with these two would be fun indeed. But who needs two ROs if they can have Sydney.

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Or Dani! I can’t be the only person here who likes Dani. :worried:

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Tbh I like Dani, too. Did I say “too”? I meant more like “two”. I will probably play the book a second time with Dani as RO.

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Something i recently realized was a bit odd is that, despite being sexist and homophobic, Celeste still refers to a NB MC as her “child” rather than her son or daughter. I understand this from an outside perspective, but it seems out of character for her to do given what we know of her.

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I’m not sure if I’d call it a “love triangle”, but, if you try to go for both of them, there’ll definitely be some type of rivalry going on. It’s definitely gonna be fun.

Eh. Not sure if I’d call it out of character. I believe it’s even said if you play as non-binary that she eventually gave up on setting you a specific gender, the same way she gave up painting f!MC’s nails if she’s a nail biter, for example. Obviously those are not the same exact things, but, I mean, you only know so much about Celeste yet.

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It’s not out of the realm of reality for an abusive character to treat their victim kindly at certain points only to hurt them later. In fact, I think that’s a pretty common abuse tactic: show them love to keep them co-dependent, which gives you the opportunity to hurt them later.

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Gotta say, Celeste gave me pretty strong Gothel vibes from day one. Someone hurts you but acts like a martyr about it? That’s the universal sign for “run away.”

I do like how she’s written, though. Thoroughly awful person, but awful in a way that makes me want to know what makes her tick. Looking forward to a potential showdown at some point.

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Oooh I really like this! It’s a very different MC than I am used to, which is super interesting…and I already dig the 4 side characters (who are also very unique in their own ways) making me even more invested! Great job, can’t wait to read more!

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Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far. Please stick around :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Will be chapter 2 more about the world or are we getting more of the ROs?

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Played the demo and really enjoyed it! I want to spend more time with the characters, and it is interesting playing an MC like this. It all seems really interesting!

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Little column A, little column B. It starts off with the MC bumping into some pretty important people in the Elemental world, but you’ll eventually get to visit Sydney’s clinic and there will be a few more RO scenes (it’s one of the points of the game, after all!). At the end of the chapter, there’s a choice planned for the MC to visit an RO. Don’t take my word for it, though, because what I plan and what I write always changes :upside_down_face:

Thank you! :blush::blush::blush:

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This is really great. :smiley:

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I’m definitely keeping my eye on this one!
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Hey guys! Hope everything is going well. Writing has been slow, but steady, and I can’t wait until I can finally show you the next update.

I’m just popping up here to show you the amazing drawing @SmolPirate made of Dani! It’s WaBE’s very first fanart and it looks so cute!!
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Please go check out The Vanished Project if you haven’t already. It’s a great game that definitely played its part in inspiring me to write WaBE! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Now I know I made the right choice to romance m!Dani. :heart_eyes:

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