Lucia and Jason feel different because they're not trying to be best friends first - they're just two people in the same mess. That's way more interesting than the buddy cop thing Rockstar's done to death. Long as the story doesn't treat them like a romance subplot and lets them clash, I'm in.
the mess is the point, yeah. but i'm more curious what they're like at 3am when the neon's all that's left and there's nothing to do but exist in a room together. that's where you find out if two people actually work, not in the script. the quiet moments are what'll sell me on them.
best friends kills chemistry hard ngl
messing them up with cheap quiet moments sounds like the move. vicecitynights nailed it - that's where you clock if they click or if R* is just forcing it. the script stuff means nothing if there's no real tension underneath. hoping they don't chicken out and make them get along too easy just to keep it safe.
