Well what can I say...I dont want to ruin it for other people, but I really didn't like it, I knew it was coming, I saw the drama, I was just expecting it to be overblown, and it was, but I just didn't enjoy the characterization and scene plus overall where the route is going, no amount of "you can opt out of it" will fix it either , especially when it leads to 2 different 'routes' so it's better that I just drop the whole route, Will is my favourite character but I'll have to leave it, it left a really bad taste in my mouth, just some rando's opinion so who cares ig
Same opinion here, I feel you. This last update was a huge disappointment, to say the least. The whole scene in the barn turned my stomach upside down, especially because of how Will is treated and how his character is portrayed. I felt betrayed.
I was given an answer to my rambling below, but once again I was met with a disappointment. I know now that TSR will not have good endings, nor will end in a good way overall.
Such a great game turned out to be corrupted with random, unsollicited and disturbing sex scenes. Some were good, some other were terrible. The one in the latest update might be the worst one, as Will is also my favourite character.
Thankfully, there's still hope since we can choose another route (that has yet to be implanted), but yeah, same as you, it left a really bad taste in my mouth.
To me it feels a bit disingenuous to say that the scenes are random or unsolicited when you have to have 4/5 points between sam and will, have to select that will is open to bottoming, and have to agree after a convo with kane for you to even have the chance to access the scene.
Basically, you would have to go against any impulse or notion that will wouldn't bottom or would not want this to get to see the scene in the first place.
You can't get that scene if you are not making those in-game choices.
I think if you didn't care for the scene, or the themes of the work I'm writing, that's fine and valid.
But I've also seen so much misinformation about this update from people that didn't read it closely, or just didn't plain read it at all.
Mostly, I wrote a scene about a closeted man overcoming his past trauma from his father and getting a second chance to explore his sexuality through a fun but intense hookup with a rowdy dom. I don't particularly regret it nor think it's bad development for Will, who actually wants to do things like this, but has a lot of past baggage about it.
At the end of the day, the writing speaks for itself, so if you don't enjoy the project anymore, my condolences, and I hope you find the stories that resonate with you.
-George