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[imepro]

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[diesifkilled]

In the case of characters from series with multiple routes or other kinds of branching events, is it okay to have them regain memories from different routes or should we stick to just one timeline?

[imepro]

Players should pick one route/canonpoint UNLESS
1. by nature of the canon it already makes sense for the character in question to have experiences from multiple routes (canonical time-looping, for instance)

or

2: You au some timespace fuckery into the canon so that it makes sense for the character to have experiences from multiple routes, since we do allow apps from AUs. This would count as an AU rather than a canon character.

The mod team's reasoning is as follows: Typically in VNs a character may develop differently in different routes-- in a lot of otome games the characters behave/develop differently depending on if you court them or not. So if a guy is being a major villain in one route but on a redemption arc in another, it would be clearly awkward to have both sets of memories. Bad end vs Good end characterization can also be pretty vastly different, and while there are games where it wouldn't matter too much to include multiple route memories, like... someone apping from Hatoful Boyfriend, but if someone did that with like a Gekka Ryouran Romance character where the routes do make a huge difference it'd be strange. This also helps the player better keep track of the character's characterization and what's happening along those lines.

In summary: stick to one route, unless you're playing from a canon that already integrates all the routes or you're apping from an AU that somehow or another integrates things from all routes.

[diesifkilled]

That makes sense, thanks!