#like the ending'll be 'we ran away together' or 'he killed me out of love' or 'i freaked him out and became the yandere' or 'i can fix him' | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

my-thoughts-and-junk · 8 months ago

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hate it in yandere horror games when even the romantic path has flavor text like "he's so fucking creepy and i hate him but also he's so handsome" like no you're godmodding im hanging up

#random thoughts #listen there are three yandere love interest horror protags #the naive one who accidentally friendzones the yandere because their head is dense as brick #the normal verging on aggressive one who shuts down all advances and threatens to call the cops #and the one who is actually into the yandere #the third one doesn't have as much of a stable story structure already built in so a lot of games ive seen have trouble with it #like the ending'll be 'we ran away together' or 'he killed me out of love' or 'i freaked him out and became the yandere' or 'i can fix him'#or 'i can fix him (gets fucking bodied)' or 'my friend is trying to keep us apart so he killed them' cuz like #'naive and friendly' and 'good at setting and enforcing boundaries' tend to play off 'fucked up romatic interest' in very limited ways #like the dynamics ARE interesting but there's not much variation to be had #because yknow. those are personality traits.#unless you're actively trying to subvert the norm 'naive and friendly' usually lends itself to soft innocent characters #and 'good at setting and enforcing boundaries' becomes Generic Bitchy Main Character #the kind whose entire personality is being snarky and whose boundaries are usually challenged by the narrative #as though they are unreasonable and should be done away with #(not always but enough it is noticable! god)#anyways so the main character being established as being into the yandere love interest is . . . complicated #mainly because any personality traits of the mc would depend on the dynamic between the mc and the lo #which would depend on the lo's personality which varies WILDLY #(like imagine an mc who is in love with sunny day jack vs fucking. shuu iwamine. completely different)#(or like. shuu iwamine and the witch from cherrywitched! if you wanna compare characters with common interests)#but like the thing about dating sims is the mc is meant to be a placeholder for viewers like you #and any choice you make is meant to be 'in character' for you at any point in the playthrough #so a series of choices designed specifically for ONE ROUTE would stick out like a sore thumb #like those old creepypasta 'would you survive' quizzes where it's obvious which choices you were supposed to make #so ive noticed people tend to just... merge the aggressive headstrong personality and the lovestruck personality together #which honestly im not THAT mad about #because the main draw of yanderes is the idea someone can be in love with you no matter your flaws #and you can just lose yourself in the feeling of being loved #and a bit of protesting can keep you feeling like youre still the innocent while ALSO getting dicked down ran out of tags damn

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