So in the choices survery I just answered, in the last box I tried to raise every concern and improvement I want. So I'm hoping to start seeing some of these changes. Some of them will be easier than others and some I don't think will be done ever but thought I'd bring up anyway. Like I don't think they'll ever have a binder/top scars either for LIs or MCs and I don't think they'll have more trans characters honestly etc.
There should be more representation in types of NPCs/LIs, for example more trans & nonbinary characters, we only have 2 so far Aisha Bhatt and Andy Kang. If a customisable LI is trans we should be able to choose between pre and post-op for more representation but also it might make some trans people uncomfortable so it should be a choice. I would love to see a trans man LI that uses a binder etc. Only having post-op trans LIs implies pre-op trans people are unlovable.
There should be more butch women, we've only had kinda butch characters so far like female Mayor Dixon who was opposed to wearing dresses one chapter and ended up wearing 3 dresses.
There should be more clothing styles for LIs & MCs, masc outfits for women and a suit option for weddings. Also the opposite for male LIs & MCs, long hair and femme clothes.
There should be more book covers with f/f or m/m pairings.
We should have the option to be in a throuple or other poly relationships & the book covers should reflect that too. I love all of the LIs in Blades and paid for all of the premium scenes for all 6 LIs but I was disappointed that it was never reflected in the story and I was never able to have more than 1 in a premium scene. In Immortal Desires I can't chose between Cas and Gabe and I don't want to, I want the relationship to evolve into a throuple where all 3 characters are in love.
There should be more LIs & NPCs that are confirmed bi/pan/gay/ace etc instead of only being player-sexual. These can be from old books too.
I don't like having to play as a female MC as it is often dysphoric for me as a trans man, especially if something else has already made me feel dysphoric. I'm currently playing Guarded as if I'm the guard and the MC is my LI. So the idea of a universal MC that I can customise exactly how I want him to be that I can use in all books is amazing. Including an option for my MC to use a binder or has chest scars etc instead of always choosing a male MC that looks like a cis man. If that universal MC had unlockable clothes that would be good too, but I think 25 diamonds is too much for one outfit. I would also like book specific outfits if they help me out like the outfits in Wake the Dead, they were practical not just visual. There should also be fat body types for the universal MC, & non-muscular ones.
I also enjoy the erotic/smut books but often sexual acts I'm not okay with are included and I have no clue which choices lead to those acts. Sometimes those acts are even included in the scene without a choice first like in Guarded there was an oral scene I couldn't avoid. In Dirty Little Secrets, there was a choice to stay on the grass or move to the golf cart, I had no clue move to the golf cart would lead to a sexual act that would make me uncomfortable. There needs to be more choices so we're not forced to read any sexual acts and there should be transparency so we don't select a choice that we will regret. The flame in The Cursed Heart was a good start but that was also too vague.
Also in multi LI books, more often than not there's more male LIs, like in The Royal Romance which, yeah kinda makes sense for the year it was released but a 2024 book The Deadliest Game has 2 male LIs & 1 female LI. I was hoping Crystal Gao was a LI.
When writing about other cultures there's often things wrong. In A Very Scandalous Proposal a lot of the English culture is wrong. In Ship of Dreams Theo calls a scone a muffin, which isn't a big deal but it's still wrong and a quick google image search would fix it. I've been told by fellow choices players that some American culture is wrong and that the culture in The Promise of Forever has a lot of things wrong too.
What happened to the outfit changes characters had? Seeing Casey in a crop top and thin flannel shirt in the snow while telling MC to dress warm was very weird. There's also been premium outfits that didn't make sense for snow like a leather jacket. Also think it's weird if there's like a shower scene or sex scene and the characters still have bras on. If there was another way to censor the images like moving the text box up or something I think that would make more sense. I'm NOT saying breasts should be shown.
Something that would be fun but less important is, Villainous Vallentine was very popular as we finally got to romance Olivia after wanting to romance her for years, so more books where we get to romance more NPCs would be fun. Although the Ambassador being female only in the Astoria and Lewyn chapter was disappointing, especially because Immortal Desires is a GoC book.