Tesuji
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12/13/2013
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From Twitter:
The 'Spouse' slot has reverted to 'ConstantCompanion'. We assure you this is a technical error, not an ideological one! We will address it.
I think that's kind of a shame.
To me, the storylines that give you a constant companion didn't really have the heft that I'd give to having a spouse in Fallen London. They always struck me as more long-term significant other-ish, the sort of the thing where you might live together or have joint bank accounts (or otherwise get entangled in each other's lives in a way that takes a bit of doing to untangle), but you haven't actually made a permanent commitment like marriage.
I was a little disappointed when the game unceremoniously changed the slot to 'Spouse', as I had always had in the back of my mind that we'd one day get a storyline (no doubt costly) in which we'd get to take that next step, and felt somewhat robbed of that opportunity, as odd as it seems.
All of this despite the fact that I don't even currently have a constant companion, since I'm still hoping that the Canny Costermonger will one day return my affections...
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/13/2013
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Future bug report: I am unable to un-equip my wife. This seems an awkward arrangement, if only for the sake of public decency.
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Elene
Posts: 184
12/16/2013
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Kind of related to this topic, what about an option for people who purposefully want to remain single. Something like: committed to a quest for knowledge, or a thirst for revenge. Something to embody a character that has forgone committed relationships in pursuit of something else.
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Elene
Posts: 184
12/16/2013
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That or getting married to, like, your boat or something. Those would really be interesting.
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varinn
Posts: 53
12/16/2013
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Marrying your boat should only be available on Polythreme, of course.
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varinn
Posts: 53
12/16/2013
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Clearly, an option to turn your Newspaper into a Spouse should exist.
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OPG
Posts: 387
12/13/2013
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Dzurlord wrote:
If it's set up like the various house items, it might not even be unbalanced.
This made me laugh deeply.
I suggested the idea somewhere else (a derailment of the Fate-Locked Thread, perhaps) that multiple Spouses/CCs could work if for each spouse obtained bumped Committed up a point, and at 2+ undiscardable opportunities for each spouse can be drawn in the style of the Eyeless Skull or high Nightmares. Bonus points if Committed gets filed under Menaces.
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Scarlet Fenwick
Posts: 56
12/13/2013
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I feel meh about my "spouse" from the Face. Courting results in a card coming up occasionally, but the spouses from Wilmot's End just are placeholders. I took it just because it fit better than anything else.
I, too, want to keep it "Constant Companion". I think that keeps the story malleable to whatever each character would do.
And here's voting for Struggling Artist and Honey Sipping Heiress as Constant Companions.
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Dr. Hieronymous Alloy
Posts: 228
12/13/2013
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I personally liked the "constant companion" phrasing. It seemed more victorian.
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MidnightVoyager
Posts: 858
12/13/2013
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Scarlet Fenwick wrote:
I feel meh about my "spouse" from the Face. Courting results in a card coming up occasionally, but the spouses from Wilmot's End just are placeholders. I took it just because it fit better than anything else.
I definitely agree here!
(And I still want a Clay Constant Companion)
((just putting that out there))
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Playersideblog
Posts: 397
12/13/2013
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Constant Spouse, perhaps? 
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OPG
Posts: 387
12/13/2013
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Scarlet Fenwick wrote:
And here's voting for Struggling Artist and Honey Sipping Heiress as Constant Companions.
This, with a vote also towards the Feast of the Exceptional Rose Companions getting this option as well.
(Also the ability for multiple Constant Companions/Spouses with appropriate consequences, if Failbetter sees fit)
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Inky Petrel
Posts: 370
12/14/2013
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@Alexander *giggling* You are a delightful person.
I agree with everything the OP said, I do prefer "Constant Companion" to "Spouse", with perhaps the option to "upgrade" to spouse once they are your companion?
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/14/2013
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Inky Petrel wrote:
@Alexander *giggling* You are a delightful person.
I agree with everything the OP said, I do prefer "Constant Companion" to "Spouse", with perhaps the option to "upgrade" to spouse once they are your companion?
*blushes*
Um, anyway, I agree that Constant Companion has more of the characteristic Fallen London ambiguity about it. It leaves more room for the player to interpret what the nature of the relationship is.
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I filch hidden things from hidden places, to hide once more in my dark cabinet of curiosities
Alexander Feld, the mad, damned, lord of seekers.
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Corran
Posts: 401
12/14/2013
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Fhoenix wrote:
I don't have one (still waiting for the Deviless to become available). But I agree that "Constant Companion" is better. Want some form of dating to be in the game. Don't want to get married.
To quote Zeedee:
"It's taken me nearly a year to realize this, but Alexis Kennedy and Paul Arendt have duped me into playing a dating simulation. Where's that hand-slap-to-face emoticon when you need it? This game shrouds itself as a fantasy adventure piece mixed with horror and comedy in a steampunk setting, but at its heart of hearts, it's a dating sim. Worse, it's a dating sim hybrid crossed with a reading comprehension test."
edited by Corran on 12/14/2013
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Inky Petrel
Posts: 370
12/16/2013
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The option to be "married to your work" would be pretty amusing. ♥
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