I'm assuming that we'll still (potentially) have contact with them in the first 30 hours, just not IRL.
But I am in full agreement that we could do with some sort of guidance to help us create a character that will work for our playthrough, and to understand our options. For example, if I headcanon my PC as having a pre-existing romantic partner or a sibling or other family member, could Daisy play that role or will they need to be a stranger?
Yah, this is my main concern. Daisy was simple enough. Design your character's ideal romantic partner. It took a little thought but it was straight forward.
They absolutely need to be clear what sort of relationship this Guardian person is to you. Imagine if all they give you to go on is "Choose your protector" and someone reasonably decides to make their character's father or elder sibling, only to actually meet the person and have the game drop them into a sexually charged moment. It'd be incredibly awkward.
"This includes in your relationship to your Guardian – the character you create at the start of the game who represents all that you desire. The Guardian has changed significantly since you first encountered them in your dreams throughout Early Access. We’ve worked to thematically deepen this narrative thread, going beyond the realm of physical desire to encompass the full spectrum of complex emotions that must be navigated in order for you to truly trust another. (We hope you enjoyed the previous maddeningly vague sentence, because you’ll have to play for yourself to find out what any of it means.)"
I think you can take your relationship with your Guardian in multiple different direction doesn't have to be sexual, although given your guardian is still your desires, it can still be sexual.
Its still a mystery who the Guardian is, a protector against turning into a mindflayer, yes, but also the embodiment of the protaganists desires, and now a physical being we meet in Act too. And Daisy doesn't seem directly related to gaining tadpole powers anymore, that's a seperate progression system now.
Whoever or whatever Daisy is, I'm leaning towards an Avatar of a God, a semi independant one like Fizban or Tchazzar because to lockdown and control all these tadpoles, he/they/she has to be extremely powerful. Or Zariel who has the power to shapeshift, is an Archdevil, but used to protect the innocent as a Solar, an Angel, a Guardian of sorts.
