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princepotatosack · 3 months

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What If Choices' Race-customizable LIs Had Surnames Reflective Of Their Ethnicity?: An Experiment Just For Fun (Part 3/3)

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THE PRINCESS SWAP

Derya

This is a special case and not only because Clarke doesn't have a canon surname: the top row of face options are described in the asset files as "Middle Eastern" and the bottom row are described as "Caucasian". Caucasian is used in the U.S. interchangeably with "white" even though the Caucasus region is in east Europe/west Asia and can be interpreted to encompass parts of Turkey.

Clarke's family members (including parents of both face options) all have Turkish names and if I’m remembering correctly, it’s heavily implied in the text and art that their country is based on Turkey. Which makes the name Clarke really confounding. I wanted to replace it with a Turkish name but I couldn’t find anything that sounded remotely similar. So I chose the unisex name Derya because I like how it sounds!!!!!

Devin Rhee

These face options are described in the asset files as “Asian”. The masc face option’s haircut leaves me no choice but to headcanon him (and by extension the fem face option) as Korean. What the extremely common Korean surname Rhee lacks in being spelled similar to Wright, it makes up for in sounding kinda like Wright. If you were hearing it spoken from another room. Lmao

QUEEN B

Ian Wang / Ina Wang

These face options are described in the asset files as “Asian”. As discussed in Part 1, there are not a lot of sound matches in Asian languages or Spanish for King(sley). I did read a theory online that this LI’s name comes from the fact that they’re the counterpart to the MC who is the titular queen of the series, so I went with the thematic route and chose the surname Wang, which means “king” in Chinese and Korean. The fem face option reminds me of several Korean women I know so I headcanon these face options as Korean, although Wang is a rare surname in Korea whereas it is one of the most common (if not thee most common?) surnames in China. So I guess they could also be Chinese?

Ian Reyes / Ina Reyes

These face options are described in the asset files as “Hispanic”. Same as above, not too many Spanish sound matches, king/queen themes and motifs, etc., so I chose the Spanish surname Reyes which means “kings”.

ROOMMATES WITH BENEFITS

Drew Yáñez

This one was so hard lmao. These face options are described in the asset files as "Hispanic" and there were not a lot of Spanish-language surnames that are a sound match for Young.

Drew Yadao

Also a hard one! These face options are described in the asset files as "Asian" which is really broad, and they don't look "typically" East Asian to me or like any East Asian person I know. The masc one reminds me of someone I know who's Filipino so I'm going with that for my headcanon. Again not a lot of sound matches for Young just like in general, and I decided on the Ilocano surname Yadao because it was one of the only Filipino surnames I could find that started with a Y.

SHIP OF DREAMS

Theodore Kassavetis / Theodora Kassavetis

These face options are described in the asset files as "Mediterranean", although the wiki does note that there's a scene where they say they're Greek. So I initially decided on the Greek surname Karakostas since it kept the "K-AR-T" sound pattern from Carter but then I changed my mind and gave them the surname Kassavetis because I like John Cassavetes the Greek-American director.

SURRENDER

Reagan Tong

These face options are described in the asset files as "Asian". The "th" sound in Thorne that's found in very few other languages like come on now don't piss me off. These face options honestly give Vietnamese to me but I couldn't find any Vietnamese surnames that matched Thorne and the Cantonese surname Tong sounded closer in my opinion.

UNBRIDLED

Ryder Villanueva

The face option on the left is described in the asset files as "Hispanic", and the one on the right is described as "Filipino". A unique situation here as many people in the Philippines have Spanish-language surnames and some speak Spanish due to Spain's historical colonization of the Philippines, meaning "Hispanic" can sometimes apply to Filipinos. We're touching on a complicated issue of using "Hispanic" as an ethnic descriptor but this post is not the place to discuss that. Sooooo since Spanish does not traditionally use the letter W (?) there aren't any Spanish-language surnames starting with W, and the only surname from a Filipino language starting with W that I cound find was Wenceslao which I didn't think was a good match for Wilson. So we're going with the Spanish Villanueva which has the initial "il" sound . Also means "new house" which I think is thematically appropriate for this book? Idk I don't have VIP so I can't play it yet and I just read the summary.

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choices-binglebonkus · 2 years

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Old Choices book endings:

Modern Choices book endings:

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playchoicesconfessions · 2 years

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Sent by anonymous

'I don’t think any of the VIP books are anywhere near good enough to justify having to pay for them.'

POSTS/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT MOD'S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

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becca-davenqueer · 2 years

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TPS but I try to make the MCs on the cover

Thanks to @robintora for the request, hope you like it!

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#playchoices #choices #choices stories you play #choices edit #choices edits #pixelberry #tps #choices tps #the princess swap #choices the princess swap #bdq edits

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everlasting-choices · 2 years

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The Princess Swap is a confirmed standalone. FFS I’m so mad. This book had SO MUCH potential but the writers fucking killed any chance of it being successful by focusing all their energy on that idiotic sorority storyline. Not the romance. Not the feuding countries. Not even the full backstory on the sisters and their parents. Nope. All that potential wasted on way too many chapters about boring college sorority parties, and the “friends” that WE, nor the MC even got to know. Ugh. Honestly I have no idea why I’m even surprised by this tbh. Clarke is too good for this fate I swear.

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sporticus1234 · 2 years

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Not since Foreign Affairs have I seen PB massively fuck up a book with so much potential this badly and wrote it into a major flop.

Princess Swap had so much potential and different avenues to explore throughout the first book and a potential second book.

But damn did PB shoot themselves in the foot when they decided to focus SO much on that dumbass sorority and equally dumbass antagonist named Stephanie. I’m sorry, but I don’t think saving a sorority is equally comparable to stopping a 500 year old feud between two neighboring countries, but I guess saving a sorority is a bigger issue to PB.

And I mean no offense to those who love Devin. I do love his character and the whole sweet-homebody-down to earth personality, but compared to Clarke...PB just made him absolutely dry and flavorless. And you would think PB would give Clarke a little more since he had more in-depth characterization, but damn PB also wasted that too.

I’m not sad to see it go because man it got painful to get through in the end with all the sorority shit, but I am sad to see all the wasted potential it had that’s never going to see the light of day again.

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yourqueenb · 2 years

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Does PB know what “impeccably dressed” means…

#choices tps #choices the princess swap #choices #choices stories you play #playchoices #part of being impeccably dressed is also being *appropriately* dressed for the occasion #and that is NOT what you wear to a club babe #choices app #pixelberry studios #pixelberry

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thebenvoliobrit · 2 years

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The Princess Swap really said ✨️ Women ✨️

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silverstone12345 · 2 years

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I have a question. Does anyone have an idea why Pixelberry isn't focusing more on multiple LI books? Is it because it is too much work on developing the story? We get to make choices in the books but in a romantic sense we cannot really make choices. I usually go with one LI among multiple LI's but I just don't think it is fair to others. Choices is still my favorite app but I just feel kinda sad when we don't have multiple LI's to choose from.

#choices #playchoices #untamable #choices untameable #untamable choices #choices the princess swap #choices tps #choices stories you play #just asking #untameable choices #untameable

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thestronglead-theweakbleed · 2 years

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Rose: I’m gay for f!Devin.

The Deltas:

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alleycat97 · 2 years

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If I write some fanfics would anyone read them🥺 is that a thing anymore

#playchoices #pixelberry #choices the princess swap

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crazy-loca-blog · 2 years

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I wonder whose ego was more bruised by this headline, and why it was Maxwell's 😅

#playchoices #choices stories you play #the princess swap #the princess swap choices #choices the princess swap #the royal romance #the royal romance choices #choices the royal romance #prince clarke #maxwell beaumont

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choices-binglebonkus · 1 year

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Imagine making a really delicious cake and once you’ve got everything mixed together you just…don’t bake it in the oven.

That’s how a lot of the modern Choices books feel nowadays. Wake the Dead, Immortal Desires, The Princess Swap, Murder at Homecoming. These books are good or even great, but PB just doesn’t finish them.

Rather, they DO finish them, but it’s clear they rushed the process and didn’t tie up loose ends where they should’ve or could’ve, so ultimately it feels unfinished.

#choices stories you play #playchoices #choices stories we play #pixelberry #pixelberry studios #playchoices fandom #choices stories you play fandom #choices stories we play fandom #immortal desires #choices immortal desires #choices the princess swap #the princess swap #choices wake the dead #wake the dead #choices murder at homecoming #murder at homecoming

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playchoicesconfessions · 2 years

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Sent by @alliefromsea

'I named my Princess Swap MCs Erika Barbie and Anneliese and this is the happiest I've been to name characters'

POSTS/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT MOD'S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

#the princess swap #tps #the princess swap main character #the princess swap mc #tps main character #tps mc #princess julivert #choices the princess swap #choices tps #choices // barbie #choices // barbie as the princess and the pauper #choices #playchoices #choices stories you play #confessions #mod kamie

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trystcnthorne · 2 years

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the princess swap was such a boring book… a ripoff of a dumb vanessa hudgens netflix film like how embarrassing

#even clarke/devin had me snoozing #the sorority storyline made me wanna d!3 #playchoices #pixelberry #choices #choices stories you play #choices tps #choices the princess swap #the princess swap #prince clarke #princess clarke #devin wright

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everlasting-choices · 2 years

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I swear The Princess Swap better get a book 2. This book has been all about college parties and saving the stupid sorority (which I care nothing about) and we’ve barely had any Clarke time whatsoever. The book started out with a fair balance between both sisters, which was enjoyable, then the scales completely tipped in favor of “Rose” and the sorority plot line. I wrongly assumed that between the two, “Daisy” would be the favored MC simply because she’s the only one that’s customizable, and her plot line holds more significance. I mean the fate of a sorority against the fate of TWO countries? Now we’re almost at the end of the book and shit has just started to hit the fan… and no dirty thirty with Clarke in sight? Nah. I won’t accept that. Seriously, if this book bombs because of too much sorority shit, I’m gonna be so mad. Hopefully there’s a lot of players that enjoyed the sorority stuff enough to spend all their diamonds on it?

#playchoices #choices vip #choices vip spoilers #choices the princess swap #the princess swap #choices tps #spoilers

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