Why bother? It's not a real romance for Rook. Lucanis very obviously was not originally a romance option for Rook. He was meant to romance Neve and was probably opened up for Rook as an afterthought or for marketing purposes. Problem is they forgot to rewrite him to actually show interest in Rook :)
Actually Rook better for Lucanis bc the only way he try to work with Spite fully and find a better way to heal his emotional wounds (romance quest) Meanwhile with Neve he just consider to get rid of spite, what is VERY risky in many ways.
Also I agree one thing Lucanis and Neve romance is written better unlike HardinxTaash but that's BW's fault they didn't write the other couples relationship better.
I hadn't considered it that way, but that's a super interesting take. Tbh I'm not done with the game yet, so I haven't seen how it progresses, much less how Lucanis progresses with Neve if Rook is with someone else.
