Charlie & Dahlia's Relationship Dynamic Is... Odd
Okay, so- been a major fan of this game for a while. Absolutely love the new song and Dahlia has quickly become a rival for Prophet for my favorite band member. Boss fight is dope as well, lots of excellent animation and choreography. Her backstory is also great, and I love that they let her be bitter, angry and also still in grief.
...there is one thing that bothers me though, because while the dialogue implies that these two have a sibling-like relationship... uh. The boss fight itself would struggle to be more sensual.
As someone who has a sibling that I love (and love to fight with, we spar often), Dahlia 's actions and expressions towards Charlie in the boss fight do not match up with that narrative. Before speaking to her in the bar, I was convinced by the end of the fight that she was Charlie's ex. So the sudden "oh we're like adoptive siblings" angle took me off guard, to say the least and makes the boss fight itself have a very strange undertone running through it.
To be clear, I'm not saying that it's impossible to view the interactions in Dahlia's boss fight as anything other then romantic, but... I doubt I'm the only one who saw it that way.
And tbh, between Dex and Benny I was already assuming that Charlie dated a bunch of the band at one point or another because, well, bands. I definitely think that if they want to keep this sibling angle that they maaaaaay want to change some of the animations in the boss fight.
But that would be a lot more work then just changing the dialogue, and honestly, I don't think you'd have to change much. Just have Dahila's dialogue be about how she was bitter her boyfriend got more attention and time from her dad, ect.
Or maybe I'm just crazy? I'm genuinely curious what other people think about this.
None of the above is a complaint per say, just something I do think should be addressed in some way before the full release.
EDIT: So I'm an idiot and didn't think to, you know, research the style of dancing that Dahila does and wow boy do I feel stupid. Thank u to everyone who shared resources!