#youcanjustnotpickit

Okay @msrinran I know it’s you :) So let’s talk properly without hiding behind anon okay? This is going to be a long post and this will be the last time I’ll interact with you:

Let's talk about double standards. Since you really want to go there.

Yes, my game includes two poly routes. Yes, it also includes four mono routes. That's called giving players choices which, last I checked, is the entire point of interactive fiction. You pick your path. Someone else picks theirs. Not liking poly is okay and nobody's forcing anyone into anything.

And when I responded that love is love and different players have different preferences here you are now calling me a pervert. Telling me polyamory is a mental illness. Calling me gross. Signed off with "babygirl" to what…demean me?? Then posted about it here in a subreddit dedicated to framing polyamory as a psychological disorder to get some sympathy… wow. I think that says everything about you, so I won’t comment on that.

I agree that asking "will this be mono?" should carry the same weight as "will this be poly?" You have every right to know what you're walking into before investing time in a game. That's not trolling. That's a fair question. But that's not what this was and you know it.

You sent the exact same ask to multiple authors. If you had genuinely worded it in a direction like: Hey quick question how will the routes look like? Are the routes mono or poly? I would have given you a way different answer and you could have decided privately for yourself to play it or not instead of making me aware of your preferences. The I hope gives that sentence an entire different meaning and I know you know that.

I want to be really clear about something before I continue: I am monogamous. In real life. Not poly. I personally have zero interest in sharing a partner or being in a multi-person romantic dynamic. That's my preference and it's valid.

You know what else is valid? The fact that some players are poly in real life and do want that in their games. And as a developer who is comfortable with writing poly, it's not my job to gatekeep which romantic stories deserve to exist in fiction. It's my job to tell a good story and let players shape it the way that feels right for them. Mono players get their routes. Poly players get theirs. Everyone goes home happy. This is not a radical concept.

Now here's where it gets genuinely rich (not even talking about your pinned post which is hilarious tbh)

You, Rin, calling poly "a mental illness" and people "perverts" openly list on your blog that you’re into omegaverse. Male pregnancy etc.

Content that, let's be honest, a significant chunk of people find confusing, weird, or outright off-putting when they first encounter it. Would I ever judge that? Call you disgusting? No. Because that's completely fine. These are niche preferences but niche doesn't mean wrong. It means it's not for everyone, and that's okay.

The mask of "I'm just speaking for myself, no drama" while actively being mean isn’t a good look. And you literally wrote this in your pinned post:

"I don't impose anything, I don't prohibit anything, I hope for a calm reaction without disrespect in my words" but then coming to ME asking: Hello. Are all ROs mono? I hope there are no poly routes in your game? (that is imposing if you didn’t notice), calling me a pervert, calling poly a mental illness (basically forbidding it) and calling my players gross. That’s hypocrisy 101 so look in the mirror first :)

My game has something for everyone. If that bothers you, that's okay, not every game is for every player, and you're allowed to move on. But you don't get to demand authors reshape their creative work around your comfort while calling my players disgusting in the same breath because you have different opinions on a topic which you can literally avoid the entire game if you don’t feel comfortable lol.

Hello. The way you’re wording it pisses me off. There will be both mono and poly routes in the game. Love is love, and different players enjoy different dynamics + have different preferences.

You absolutely don’t have to pursue a poly route if it’s not your thing. But maybe don’t shit on other people’s preferences either. If consenting adults understand the dynamic they’re entering, then everyone can simply chill and enjoy the story the way they want.

Everyone say thank you nonnie, I hope you like these small snippets :)