thank you so much for the kind words on ckofntac! \o/ reading through your commentary was awesome. also, thank you for mentioning nabokov's works here — i love horrible, unreliable narrators and i've heard lolita is a masterclass in that. (i also want to read pale fire.)
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stories (and fiction as a whole) are a complicated sandbox. what might be comforting for one person might be violating/upsetting for another. on the whole, though, how you behave towards real people and their boundaries will speak louder about the type of person you are.
case in point: i cite harlan ellison a lot throughout this visual novel. his commentary in xenogenesis towards fan/creator relationships is spot-on for the thesis of ckofntac... but he was also one of the most vocal supporters of ed kramer (founder of dragoncon) when he was convicted of heinous acts of child abuse. i don't see a lot of people talk about this when they mention him (most people remember him for being cantankerous.)
coming back to ckofntac though, im glad you noticed the transition from neutral to horrifying. i think horrifying situations only come across that way if there's an established normal prior to it.
and i'm glad you noticed the Big Twist with sunny and how she relates to anita. the info was always there. you just had to piece it together.
once again, thank you for playing my game!!