u/Standard-Metal-3836

Most authors would introduce 2-3 potential love interests and then choose the blandest, most basic one. I want the opposite.

I want an MC who falls for his maid even though his family thinks it's inappropriate. Or for the queen (not princess, that's cliché) of a neighbouring country despite being a peasant. Or gets involved with an assassin that was sent to kill him. Or a woman he considers evil and maybe tries to change? Or someone with scars, or a disability...

Just give me anything that is more exciting than the oh so very original "pure, innocent, fair skinned, black haired, beautiful daughter of the sect leader who may be a little thusdere at first".

Image: Karen from Overpowered Sword

Doesn't matter if he is married, has a girlfriend or two, visits brothels, or whatever, anything but the typical "I am too cool to be interested in women, even when dozens are throwing themselves at my feet" or the other option "romantic relationships do not exist in this world".

Just looking for some more realistic human interactions.

I personally like the new changes to the elites (and bosses), finally starting to make them worthy of their titles. I understand the second game is much more popular and mainstream now, but it should still preserve what made it good in the first place: pain and suffering.

EDIT: This isn't my screenshot, it's from the web, just wanted to show Repto's max DMG in turn 2.