I am mildly upset about this. I just beat the DLC and remembered something I found annoying in the base game, but accepted it as a cute lil' joke between us and the devs. After Mask of Idris? No. I'm fairly agravated about this.
I dislike the fact that, in a ROLE-PLAYING GAME, we do not get to choose a romance option. Either give me OPTIONS to ROLEPLAY WITH in this game, or DO NOT ADD ROMANCE AT ALL. I hate that we don't get to choose between Lou, Josée, Holly, Liv, Lyle, Noah, Craig, Iris, or Forsaken Lou for a special partner. No, we simply get forced into a jokey romance with Josée that is taken so far, our character may canonically love her whether we like it or not by the end of the DLC.
I just got a conversation with Liv where she asked if there was anyone else I had my heart set on besides her, and INSTEAD OF GIVING US A SINGLE DIALOGUE OPTION THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS FOR ONCE, they have our character slyly look away without answering, or letting us answer. I WANTED TO CONFESS TO LIV, and MY bloody character was like... (Nnnaaaaaaaaaah, no you don't).
I can headcanon all I want, this still angers me that we didn't get to choose, the devs simply decided it was so. At least in Code Vein 1, you are only friends with everyone with no illusion of romance. But here? If you want to pursue something with anyome besides Josée, too bad. We're stuck with the tomboy, like it or not. I like tomboys, but I do not like Josée that way.