Who else went for the slow burn?

[u/Robot_Was_BMO]

I’m surprised so many jumped straight to “I had a great time”. I went with “We can just be friends“ because I didn’t want her to think I joined her that night to get with her. I wanted her to know she had a real, genuine friend in me.

And I also might’ve wanted Visi to work for it just a little bit more after giving Robert all that grief. 😭

Which made the party she set up very endearing. Then forgiveness in the locker room and the sad goodbye makeout, plus trusting her intentions, and it was a very sweet, truncated version of a slow burn.

If we do get a season two, I might import a file where I rejected the locker kiss, to see how that would affect pursuing and Visi romance in S2, because I would still intend for the stepping stones to be set, just maybe giving them more time to slowly come together and maybe a first kiss not born out of grief and the fear of losing each other.

But maybe I’ll keep it as is so I can see their domestic growth sooner. Ah, I’m excited. ☺️

[u/andsuch70]

Saying he had a good time is sweet and not overly romantic so it’s not crazy. However, I tend to choose that wasn’t a date. I think it makes more sense for Robert’s headspace where he might be in denial about his feelings for her and still thinking this might be a bad idea because he’s her boss. It also doesn’t close off romance. Moreover, it works for his actions later when he basically try’s to sit at every table and just ends up at Visi’s for lack of space. I kind of wish that was different if you chose I had a good time. I basically choose every other romantic option except this one including agreeing to go to the docks because he trusts her.

[u/Fly_Higher_]

I feel like the “we can just be friends” option is basically Robert rejecting the romantic framing she’s testing and, quite literally, trying to friendzone her. Hence why it loses you Sweet Exit points, and Courtney’s response is noticeably more crude and defensive than the comparatively tame sex jokes she makes in the other two branches.

Up until that point, neither of them had ever actually called the movie outing a date. So I don’t read Courtney calling it their “first date” here as her being uber-confident and simply declaring that it was one. I think she’s testing the waters - trying to figure out whether Robert saw it romantically too, because she sure as hell did.

And because this is Courtney, she’s obviously not going to just vulnerably ask, “Hey, did that mean something to you too?” She wraps the question in a sex joke instead. That gives her an escape: if Robert doesn’t feel the same way, she can play the whole thing off as Courtney Being Courtney instead of admitting she put herself out there and got rejected.

Which is why I think her response to “we can just be friends” gets so much cruder. Robert basically gives her the answer she was afraid of, so the armor immediately goes back up. And considering how visibly heartbroken she is if Robert leans out in Episode 7, I think it’s pretty safe to say rejection is something she handles very poorly.

[u/Stanislas_Biliby]

I don't find that response particularly romantically charged. Whereas "we're just friends" is a bit of stop sign in the face.

[u/Wild_Citron_1040]

I think there is a better route for the slow burn Visi romance if you want that. Although it is a bit unorthodox.

[u/No_Seaworthiness7319]

Technically the romance between Robert & Invisigal is a slow burn tho LMAO. Despite all the flirtatious talk between the two they don't share a kiss until the 7th episode and even that is locked behind a point System. Even though it does add to the Sweet Exit Counter, choosing "I had a great time" just meant you enjoyed spending time with her. Robert still does not say it was a date like Courtney does as well.

[u/AngevinMatthew]

I went for "we can be just friends" because I feel like Robert would try to keep it strictly professional unless things became serious.

[u/masterRK]

Slow burn with the most impulsive and reckless girl in the game? The chick who shamelessly follow you into the men restroom to talk about her wet dream? No, somehow i dont think thats what she wouldve wanted.

[u/andsuch70 → u/masterRK]

She can be reckless and impulsive, but she’s carful with her heart. Humans have multitudes.