Here are my two cents on the matter from earlier. While it is common for there to be 'love (or lust) at first sight' my concern was always one of "I don't just want the characters to hook up with their roommates" because that just makes things boring, because then you're just railroading into the relationship. Granted, there hasn't been many chances for everyone to interact with one another yet (that's more a failing of mine, but I aim to change that with gym/lunch coming up) so I understand that the most interaction people have had is with room mates or friends from last school year. I'm a huge fan of the slow build to relationships so naturally I don't go in for the immediate love at first sight, more of a 'secret, silent crush' type of thing, but I can't reasonably expect others to have that same philosophy. What I'm trying to say is that I am of the mind that if you've already decided what character your character is going to want to pair up with, well I can't stop you from wanting that to happen, but the fun is in not knowing, or at least it is to me. Yes, it's totally possible for love to go unrequited, but I think where Raineh was coming from is that the characters are still on their first day and just barely meeting and to suddenly have huge feelings, reciprocated or otherwise, for another can come off as rushing things along and getting to the hook up before the relationship. I'm not saying that's what is going on, just that I understand where Raineh is coming from here. This is supposed to be more free form (and it will be once it gets going past all this school stuff) and if people are pairing up already, it takes some of that away and could have the negative impact of removing further character interaction. Of course, I trust you all not to make this the case, since this seems to be a fringe happening anyway. I just, I don't want people to worry about pairing up so early on. It's fine to have crushes. It's less fine to push into making the crush a reality at the expense of cutting off relationships (of all sorts) with everyone else. I hope that makes sense. I'm not mad or anything, I just want things to be enjoyable for everyone and appreciate disputes like this, that highlight any concerns that might crop up.