Actually, I could see the Shizune we ended up with as a femme fatale. Certainly more so than any of the other girls.SpecimenSix wrote:If I'm being honest, going by the descriptions I'd probably go with the deaf girl, because she's the one where it pointed out she's got big boobs.Seeing as how I've never written anything romantic before and really wouldn't have a clue where to begin, I'd probably choose instead to focus on drama or tragedy. It would probably be very far from romance and would probably read more like a Noir, with the deaf beauty acting as a femme fatale of sorts.
Anyway, If I were to attempt such a thing... Hmm...
My version of Alt-Rin probably would have been a very quiet girl. Not shy, just quiet and introverted. (Basically going off the description of her as "The most difficult one to get.") I probably would have done a scene similar to the one in the atelier where Hisao feeds her oranges, but it would have been more of a proper meal. (And I probably would have gotten rid of the thalidomide thing, since otherwise this game would have to be set in the late 70's.)
I might actually still have made Alt-Lilly and Alt-Hanako friends, because of the whole "girl who's self-conscious about her looks and girl who can't see said looks" thing. And if I was going to make one of the girls a cloudcuckoolander, it probably would have been Alt-Lilly. She just looks a little spacey in that image. To me, at least.
As for Alt-Emi, the accident probably wouldn't have been a fatal one. I might even say that she'd been hit by a car while walking, rather than while riding in another car. I also might have made her and Shizune friends, since they both come across as go-getters in the original descriptions.
I probably would have allowed the player to attempt "gigolo play," but like the description says, it would end badly.
Assuming I gave the protagonist a medical condition, it might or might not have been a heart condition. I might have gone with hemophilia, severe asthma, or something else that, like a heart condition, is potentially life-threatening but relatively invisible.
Side note: I would probably have a character with cystic fibrosis, as a nod to a friend of mine with that condition.
