This is exactly why Corrinne was the wrong choice to head up this project. What a tone-deaf, absolute mental gymnastics response.
Of course, the matter of why he pursues Neve, i.e., why she's given carte blanche, is not addressed. Nor will it ever be.
But also, we did learn that the reason Rook doesn’t participate in the book club is because they didn’t want to force a reaction on the player that might clash with how they’re roleplaying their Rook.
With that dedication to respecting roleplaying in mind—Don’t forget to hit that big, invasive exclamation mark that stops you from hearing any other Lucanis lighthouse banter for as long as he’s trapped in the kitchen, so that you can congratulate Lucanis on pursuing his passions for Neve.
Never mind if you’re playing as a Rook that might be upset about it, and never mind that it’s a little off to ask the person you rejected for dating advice. Also never mind that Neve presumably knows Rook was in a fledgling flirtationship with Lucanis and got shut down because Rook saved Neve’s hometown. If you ignore aaaalll of that, then you can see that Lucanis is just a complex guy. The kind of complex that doesn’t have time for romance with one person, tells them so, and then spends the rest of the game telling that same person that he didn’t have time for romance with all about his affections and concern for their mutual friend lmao
The defense made it worse. I had been viewing Lucanis as the victim of missing content. Now he’s toeing that Jacob “Let me name my baby after you” Taylor level of insensitivity.
It just will always rub me the wrong way that he's apparently the only character this "complex". Like...imagine if turning Emmerich into a Lich meant he had to forsake mortal connections and locked him out of further romance? Or having Taash continue to side with the Qun locked them out of relationship progression? Idk - it's not my preference, but at least it'd be more consistent. At least then Lucanis would have parity with the rest of the team.
