What do you think it would look like for an MC to complete Ray's route in a platonic way? Do you think its possible to do it and still have Saeran be happy? (Maybe he realizes he likes the ideal more than the reality?) I love Saeran's route so far because no one dies, Saeran chose to get away from Magenta and he looks so happy, and the issue with the Choi twins father is finally resolved. And i feel like there defintely is some way to spin it platonically--you can hug instead of kiss ray, for example. idk. do you think it can work? (personally--very personally, i prefer saeyoung but his ending leaves so many people unhappy--plus v is dead : ( )
I think it’s possible. You don’t have to be romantically in love with someone to be close to them or mean a lot. Friendship is nothing to scoff at or shake your head to. It’s something that Saeran has never had before and honestly, it would be a very natural progression for him to start with a friend instead of rushing into a relationship.
You don’t have to kiss him. Honestly, if you take out the kisses that happen in the route and just add a sprinkling of fewer romantic words, you could read into it as a friendship path if you wanted. There’s a lot of caring for another person in this and that’s all that means.
Saeran has never had a friend before. If you’re his first friend, then he’s done something that he’s never been able to do before and you show him that he can start over and change. You don’t have to be in love with him to want to help him or to stand by him. He cares about you greatly and he would be happy to have a friendship. One where someone holds his hand and tells him that it’s okay to be hurt over what happened and that he has a right to find and chose his happiness for himself.
Not much would change, really. I think so much of the route already has elements where you reach out to both Saeran and Ray in the hope to be close to them and the hope to be friends. He would still be happy. Romantic love is not the only love in this world. Familial love is real love. The platonic love of a strong friendship is real love. So, yes, I think you can be friends with Saeran and it still works out for him.
He just wants you close to him, no matter what that means.















