What do you think Lanque's character changes mean? I know the last volume was pretty meta in his route and it probably doesn't mean anything else than the writer going "Haha, half of the fanbase is saying he will be a pure soft boi and the other that he'll be an edgy jerk, let's give them both to make fun of them :)" BUT if it had any significance outside of meta reasons, what do you think it means? Two split timelines just like with Fozzer? That he's twofaced?

It really doesn’t mean much, they’re two sides of the same coin. They’re both the same character, over-amplified a bit to tease the fans. SFW Lanque is playing up his gentle side, while NSFW Lanque is very pushy and sex-driven because it’s what he went to do at that party. In a casual setting, he’s not going to be either extreme, but neither of those are him acting particularly off I don’t think.

That being said, both routes are def poking fun at the ‘problematic vs unproblematic’ purity culture thing and the expectations the fans set for the character.