dirkjane trans masc friendstyle but despite dirk not being romantically attracted to jane is has eyes and knows how hot he is and just fumbles forever.
jake would think nannasprite(2) would be the coolest people ever. hed totally be shy around them and try to tiptoe around them but they know jakeisms well enough to break him out of his shell slowly
is pesterquest/friendsim worth playing. curious for your thoughts
I think it's very YMMV! The abundance of writers means you'll sometimes get something very interesting, and other times you'll get, say, Jane's Pesterquest route, or the self-conscious embarrassment that is Lanque's route.
I think Friendsim basically canonizing that the traits of the twelve beta trolls are the extended traits of Every Other Troll (by bloodcaste no less) is truly uninspired worldbuilding that shrinks the possibility space of Alternia by leagues. But I also find a lot of the new trolls a ton of fun (Tyzias, Marsti, etc.)
Pesterquest feels even rougher around the edges, as we have a bunch of already established characters being written by many different authors with very different voices and visions, and after the first four episodes it sort of just feels like floundering around for 16 more eps. And some characters that could use the extended depth that this format can provide (ESPECIALLY Feferi) have their entire routes devoted to unrelated meta shit.
That being said, I do find them interesting enough to play! I know I complained a lot but there's a good bit of charm and some excellent routes (Roxy's for the most part fucking Kills me) that I think make it worth at least a cursory look.