#friendzone

Come on sit down, you’ll love him!

Just look at those arms! what a man, am I right?

Why are you so quiet suddenly?

Oh I know! You expected to see a dick pic! Omg you’re so bad!

We seriously need to find you a man at this point.

Theres a girl (because your protagonist is usually a boy) who is pretty. And excited to spend time for you. Shes like super friendly, once you get past the minor wall of nonchalance she tries to put up in the first few.

There is a catch.

If you ask her out, her social link reverses.

Because she trusted you. She wanted to be your friend, without any ulterior motives. And she likes spending time with you, talking with you, but was not intrested in dateing you, and became worried when you asked her out that all the time spent was to build up to that.

And it's happened before that people only spent time with her cause they wanted to date her, and she really hoped you were diffrent. She likes you as a friend, but not as a boyfriend.

Thats of course only revealed if you work to upright her social link.

Or later in the social link, if you never ask her out. With the later being the reveal that she appreciates that you only wanted to be her friend.

This of course prompts a question to ask her out. Say no and the link will max. Ask her if she's changed her mind about dating you over time and it will break.

Why? Because you missed the point. She just wants a friend. You spent all this time and money on eachother because you were friends. And you can accept that and keep the social link, or walk away from her and the connection you had with her.

-Why do I want this? Because I'm tired of the "every girl wants the protagonist" stick, and want one girl at least who spefically does not want the protagonist, and not for the reason that she's into someone else.

-She's pretty and nice and intrested because that builds its own history of this being a problem she has had before, and she tries to be nonchalant at first because this has happened before.

The protagonist is not the first friend of a diffrent gender who has walked away from her upon being friendzoned. And shes scared of it happening again, and then really hopefull when it looks like it won't be the case.

Why does gender have to make things complicated.

I think she would be a star.

- Would I ever expect to see this? No. Persona is so tropey, and anime coded that I wouldn't expect to see an aromamtic story well represnted in it. Or an extended exploration of problems with being a pretty girl.

Look at what they did with Ann.