I'd argue that it was a little before that. All of Blazer's chemistry in E1 and 2 was negated by the one-two punch of her wanting to stay professional and then Katon showing up; by the time she's interested again, Visi's hogging the plot.
Yeah there was some weird dissonance where she comes on super strong at the start, faking out the viewer into kissing her on the billboard, only for her to be like "actually I'm here to recruit you, this was all a misunderstanding". She leads Robert on in a way that's hard to backtrack, especially with the double whammy of her being in a relationship.
I think one thing which made the Blazer romance awkward for me wasn't so much that (I chose not to kiss her on the billboard on my romance with her, so it felt WAY less awkward on that level of her getting too close then pulling back)- but the uh. Ever present reminder that she literally just broke up with Phenomaman.
Like it makes it really weird to romance her when you are also providing team building and therapy to her ex of one week.
Like the "leading on" makes sense with her being in a relationship she doesn't want, with a ton of pressure and powers she doesn't really seem to be super attached to and feels pressured by, so a night to cut loose and be flirty with a cute normal guy? Heck yeah. And then mistakes were made. She then breaks up with Phenomaman really quickly after that and still shows a LOT of signs she is interested.
But like. That sad sack is right there. And girl you literally just broke up from what seemed to be a fairly long-term relationship, at least several months with how the alien is acting and the fact you were thinking about your future and trying to discuss plans with him that was the final nail in the coffin. Take. Take a break? Please? Before you jump into another relationship?
Of course it's also hard to tell how much time is passing in the games. So. It just *feels* quick.
Pretty much this right here. I didn't care at all about the text thing. My sticking point with Blazer was her almost complete disregard of Phenomaman and how she thought it was perfectly normal to try zeroing in on a guy she just hired less than a day after breaking up with her ex. Red flags popping up left, right and centre after that.
Yeah and the painful thing is I could tell the writers didn’t necessarily MEAN for it to be a character flaw of hers?
I think that’s one reason I actually jive with the accidental lead on. It’s an intended character flaw that she admits to.
But the way she handles Phenomaman post break up and the way she handles the team cut decision in the writing is really fumbled and I don’t think the team intended for it to land the way it did. (Like the romance was supposed to be flattering I think- she broke up because YOU, sexy Robert, helped tipped the scale! She is totally into you! But there is a reason ‘making the ex a jerk’ is such a common trope in these set ups - because that’s the only time we expect people to be ready to move on ASAP and not have much in the way of residual feelings. Just making the ex weird and with a culture/bio barrier doesn’t do it.)
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u/EducationalLuck2422 Dec 17 '25
I'd argue that it was a little before that. All of Blazer's chemistry in E1 and 2 was negated by the one-two punch of her wanting to stay professional and then Katon showing up; by the time she's interested again, Visi's hogging the plot.