i felt SO bad during my first campaign cuz personally i really like the emperor but my tav lotus??? forget it. they're an asshole to everyone. the way the rejection was handled made me laugh tho. i can't remember the dialogue fully but the emperor was just like "oh. yes. of course. forget i said anything." like NOOO dude im sorry </3
Don't even dont even get me started on how it was such a missed opportunity to connect the falling from the netherbrain to the falling of the nautiloid if romanced with the emperor. To have your lover, who caught you the first time, catch you again and you plummet together into the ocean that he loves so much... absolutely wrecked. It feels so obvious