Can I ask you something kind of intense?

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[westchesters]

briefly checked back in on Choices to go down memory lane what in the world is happening on that app 😭😭😭

[westchesters]

just thought everyone should know. ilitw turns 5 this year

[westchesters]

who else remembers the incredibly niche transgender teenager thrill of playing through that one scene in like chapter two when the book only had two chapters released so far and going "omg andy trans?????????"

[westchesters]

just thought everyone should know. ilitw turns 5 this year

[hell-chronicles]

A compilation

[westchesters]

So im replaying atv lately and just. I remember thinking this was one of their worst books at the time and tbh i would kinda kill for a book like it nowadays lmao,, was i actually too harsh on atv or have i just gotten that desperate

[pixelburied]

if you were here for the jake McKenzie height discourse, you are now eligible for an AARP membership

[ratanslily]

i love her so much i cant😭 im. i cant😭😭😭😭😭

[hell-chronicles]

Anyway Danny Devito Threep is canon now

I don't accept anything else

[hell-chronicles]

So we got an extra member to the posse

We had a full make out session with Zoey for FREE

Flirt option with poppy

Poppy being cute with dogs

Poppy and MC teaming up

[ratanslily]

Anyway i dont think chloe did this, she's too dumb for that, there's a bigger hidden enemy for sure

[thebenvoliobrit]

I know I bitch about genderlocked MCs and "down with the heteronormativity" but the exploring sexuality aspect is actually nice and hope bi and pan players as well as those exploring their sexuality (especially those around the same age as MC) get some nice representation in My Two First Loves

[zoey-wades]

Poppy dealing with MC has the same energy as:

[kaitlynliaoswife]

Straight person a month from now voice: “I can’t believe wlw judged my two first loves for being het centric ahead of time when you can clearly date a single sidelined woman in chapter 20. When will they learn?”

[hell-chronicles]

[lahelafam]

being a lesbian playing my two first loves like

[zoey-wades]

My Chelsa frustrations aside, I’m glad that they addressed how the audience influenced the writing. I’m also glad that they addressed the hair styles, the disproportionate screen time, and the stories that include PoC but don’t give them fully realized stories.

I hope that, going forward, we see more improvement. I chose Choices because I loved that I could be black and romance whomever I wanted. I know I’m not the only person who feels that way, and I know that black people like myself would be more than happy to spend money on good content.

It’s not like we want PB to fail. We just want them to do better, because we see the potential! And we just want to be included in a way that’s respectful to our identities. That’s it. It’s not hard.

[playchoices]

Here at Pixelberry Studios we want to celebrate Pride Month with you! Share your favorite Choices Pride photos with us and we’ll highlight them on our timeline tomorrow! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

[kaitlynliaoswife]

My favorite choices pride moment is when y’all constantly sidelined same gender love interests, continue to have uneven love interest ratios, repeatedly slip up with customizable love interests showing that their default gender is written as male, and refused to let any character actually discuss their sexuality since like the freshman 💖

[sciralta]

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how across 88 whole books, including side stories, you only have 4 trans characters! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how against every opportunity you still haven’t made the option for non-binary mc’s! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is every time you’ve paywalled the female love interests for wlw because they don’t matter! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how the majority of those paywalled female love interests are women of colour, proving that you guys are just really that horrible with intersectionality! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how the love between same-gender characters is heteronormative as fuck! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how male mc’s are never optional in books where the focal genre is romance, because apparently you can’t be bothered writing a romance between two dudes for an entire book! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how you very obviously reuse the dialogue from the female mc’s for sex scenes with gay male mc’s; as if heterosexual sex is the same as love-making between two men! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is how the LGBT community often feels like we were an afterthought when you were making these books, because hey—at least you can claim the sweet sweet representation while putting in the bare minimum! 😍 🏳️‍🌈

My favourite Choices Pride moment is the fact that I specifically started playing Choices because I was tired of seeing myself getting violently murdered, beaten, abused or forgotten in mainstream media, so I went looking for games and stories that portrayed positive gay romances with a gay man as the main character; but now when playing this app I feel like I’m being forgotten just as much as before. Congratulations Pixelberry Studios, you successfully baited the queers! 😍 🏳️‍🌈