Perhaps natural was the wrong word.
There's an ideology when writing character relationships that can become sexual in that the sex scene itself should be a marker for the relationship dynamic changing unless it's literally just written for porn. If it doesn't accomplish that, and it isn't porn, it's just not needed in the story. The only other thing that gets held to this standard is death, which so far the game handles quite well.
In Dean's case, the presence of Dave's expectation of sex moving forward is what I wanted to mark and when we get to Dean's next proper day we'll see his evolution of that. Orlando in the same regard has this metamorphosis if a bit slower because of the other themes his route is tackling.
So when I say natural, I mean more... Is that the appropriate plot point to spur the relationship dynamic to change? Roswell possibly given he's brought up the idea of love, Hoss potentially because of his secret, Tyson is probably a good contender now but struggles due to another theme of his route. Sal's probably the least sexual because... his problems and relationship with Dave aren't really needing to go the route of sex to advance.
Again this is entirely separate to just writing it as porn, which if people want a midnight romp with Tyson, or an outdoor fling with Dean, or something more raunchy with Roswell, that's something else that I'd just have to see if it can be worked in and if people want it.
Thanks for the clarification. In that case I see where your point comes from: if they are to be there, there must be a meaningful reason for it. When it comes to writing quality that seems the most appropriate way to handle them, as it helps cement these moments as the relationship changers you wish them to be. A case of "less is more", to put it simply.
I support your approach wholeheartedly, but then again I'm not the only fan of this story. Still, I'm confident you can come up with something good regardless. You seem a good enough writer to pull it off.
Okay...That’s good to hear....I feel kinda dumb for asking that because of how much thought the writing has put into it already...I know that each character has their issues, but I was thinking of other VNs like Blackgate’s Alin to the point of “oh he’s sad? Sex now” or Repeat’s Owen (to a certain extent). Thanks for clarifying!
That sounds interesting but, if I may add my two cents, I don’t think it’s that serious to NEED sex scenes [like that]. Like it’s been said multiple times, the focus of the game isn’t sex....if people want that, play Amorous or The Smoke Room. If sex is the goal for some of y’all, then you really shouldn’t be playing this game, or just play Dean’s route lmao. Or write/draw/animate your own smut or look on Wattpad or whatever. Just quit making unnecessary demands; he has repeatedly and respectfully made it very clear what his ambitions are for the game, so just chill out.