Speculation about rivals...
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:17 am
I was just working on a script for a story of my, and I just realized something about Katawa Shoujo while writing that. There is no competition what so ever for the girls.
In an actual school setting, that's just plain unlikely, especially for someone like Lily. There should be all sorts of back-stabbing and conflicts and stuff. Not that Katawa Shoujo needs it. High School teenage bullcrap drama's not the focus. But that won't stop some good speculation, now does it?
So, let speculate. What types of rivals would each girls attach, and how would Hisao (or you) deal with them. How would they tie into the story. Etc etc...
I go first, having the joy of the opening post and all.
Lily- Lily is the idea of the prefect woman to many (hell, even the blindness would get people going. "Oh, look, she has to be dependent on me!". Why yes, I do have a low opinion of most other people. Why do you ask?). Trying to list all of the ones would be mind-boggling.
Hanako- I think the scars are too off-putting, through I do know at least one guy (who is a major White-Knight.) who would probably go for her. Of course, in a sense of story, having a White Knight rival would probably make Hanako too hard to approach for Hisao. That, and it make the moral a tad too obvious.
Rin- I can't think of any. No, Nomiya doesn't get to be a rival. I refuse to have that mental image.
Emi- Hmm...probably just some typical sport jock. Then Emi punts him/her/it/hir/other. Yeah, I don't really see anyone being a rival for Emi, since she would push them away. Unless the person was a stalker.
Shizune- ...If you already played the route, you know speculation about this is pointless.
In an actual school setting, that's just plain unlikely, especially for someone like Lily. There should be all sorts of back-stabbing and conflicts and stuff. Not that Katawa Shoujo needs it. High School teenage bullcrap drama's not the focus. But that won't stop some good speculation, now does it?
So, let speculate. What types of rivals would each girls attach, and how would Hisao (or you) deal with them. How would they tie into the story. Etc etc...
I go first, having the joy of the opening post and all.
Lily- Lily is the idea of the prefect woman to many (hell, even the blindness would get people going. "Oh, look, she has to be dependent on me!". Why yes, I do have a low opinion of most other people. Why do you ask?). Trying to list all of the ones would be mind-boggling.
Hanako- I think the scars are too off-putting, through I do know at least one guy (who is a major White-Knight.) who would probably go for her. Of course, in a sense of story, having a White Knight rival would probably make Hanako too hard to approach for Hisao. That, and it make the moral a tad too obvious.
Rin- I can't think of any. No, Nomiya doesn't get to be a rival. I refuse to have that mental image.
Emi- Hmm...probably just some typical sport jock. Then Emi punts him/her/it/hir/other. Yeah, I don't really see anyone being a rival for Emi, since she would push them away. Unless the person was a stalker.
Shizune- ...If you already played the route, you know speculation about this is pointless.