That's cool! The way I got into the game was SO weird. Honestly, Vexx is the one that truly is "my type", and under normal circumstances I would have played his route first, and maybe only.
What happened is that I first saw art from Star Crossed Lovers, and I thought Vexx wasn't a love interest since he wasn't listed on that page (I didn't know it was merely because it was a DLC released prior to his reveal as a LI). So I was thinking we saw a lot of him on other pages because he was an important character and that's it (really dumb but eh). I thought I'll really like Damon the most from the LIs when I was thinking Vexx wasn't one. And Calderon was actually the ONLY guy I wasn't interested in, from looks and aura alone.
Then I started playing the actual game, and I fell in love with Calderon after only a couple of moments with him on screen, unexpectedly. So I went for his route. Then I realized Vexx was, indeed, an option. That made me happy, and I decided to make it part of my traveler's BG that they were romantically involved in the past anyway, but I still stuck with Calderon as my first playthrough.
So yeah, the character I thought I'd like the least became my second favorite. I can't help but see his romantic path as something that was "meant to be" in a sense. On the other hand, as total opposite, I see Vexx's romance as something that truly "shouldn't be" - as in, after all the stuff that happened, the traveler shouldn't be able to still love him. My traveler is a sweetheart that wants to help him anyway, but the fact that love can't survive what happened will stay true for most of the routes. I like that "love that shouldn't be" trope, so it's also another reason for me to leave that route for last. It'll be that one exceptional timeline where that first love would be stronger than anything.