#whom I already knew was Layton’s girlfriend at the time

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Actually, speaking of Claire, another thing that kind of bothered me is how 3 separate characters were in love with her

Like, okay, she was Hershel’s girlfriend. Aight. Oh, Don Paolo had a thing for her too and that’s why he hates Layton? I mean all right, I can see that for Don Paolo. But then you tell me Dimitri also was in love with Claire, and this starts to feel a bit weird. Like I’m not saying someone can’t have three people in love with them, just look at Lucy in Dracula; it’s just that we have three characters here motivated by their love for one lady, and I feel like that’s a bit too many

#like I first saw Dimitri in a fic before getting to Unwound Future and it said something about him loving Claire #whom I already knew was Layton’s girlfriend at the time #but there I thought it was some sort of platonic love #like I don’t know how to describe what I understood it as #the fic told me she was an intern at his research lab so I assumed there was at least a few years between them #so I think I saw it as him thinking she was a bright young woman with a promising future ahead of her and I care deeply for her #and want to see her succeed #like he loved her but not in a romantic way #but they weren’t close enough that you could give them a pseudo familial relationship #does that make sense? #I just don’t see why we needed this many characters all motivated by a girl they liked #like I think Claire’s neat nothing against her but did she really deserve this much meaning to everyone’s lives #I feel like that sounds meaner than I intend again I mean no offense to Claire she seems li #*like a neat character #I dunno just something that irks me #professor layton #professor layton and the unwound future #claire foley #dimitri allen #hershel layton #don paolo