Loan and Samantha

Loan and Samantha is the romantic relationship seen in Mystery Spell.

## Overview

Loan and Samantha is a romantic relationship between Loan Huxley and Samantha Gautier seen in almost all story routes in Mystery Spell. Their "relationship" is mostly rocky and it sometimes comes off as a one sided crush, or just a fling that Samantha likes to put a title on.

In some story routes, the two get along perfectly fine and care about each other and even have some things in common, as in they both like to talk loud and be the center of attention according to the player. But that doesn't mean they don't stoop to sleeping around on each other, especially Loan since it was heard that he tried to hook up with other girls while Samantha was away on her expedition in Sebastian's route and he does openly flirt with other women and tries to seduce them when Samantha isn't around. But when Samantha got bit by a snake and had to go back to Mystery Spell to recover, Loan seemed very caring and protective of her and was mad at Sebastian and the player for letting it happen.

However, the bad outweighs the good in their relationship. In some story routes, Loan does not actually seem to like Samantha that much and is probably only with her out of social obligation, pity or just to have sex with her. Loan seems very embarrassed when Samantha is bullying the players sometimes and he will even stick up for the players and tell her to back off if she goes too far which annoys her, especially with the player from Peter Bartholy's story route. However, he will sometimes join in on her with the bullying depending on the situation, he just isn't as ruthless as she is with the players since he hates the Bartholy brothers more and prefers to pick on them.

Samantha is very territorial and possessive of Loan, but she can be very loyal to him sometimes, more loyal to him than he is to her that is. Samantha will get mad if she thinks any of the players are interested in Loan and will make it clear that he belongs to her. When Samantha thought the player blew a kiss to Loan in the gym one time (which was actually meant for Peter) Samantha got mad and pushed her over which sprained the player's ankle and Samantha showed absolutely no remorse for it, which made Loan go to the Bartholy Manor later on and apologize to the player for what Samantha did and once again show embarrassment for her behavior. This was very big on Loan's part since he despised the Bartholy brothers and would never willingly go to their house unless it was important. It was very obvious that Loan had a crush on the player in Peter's route though, and he probably would have left Samantha for the player if given the chance considering that he wanted the player to run away with him and leave Mystery Spell to get away from the Bartholys, and Samantha probably knew about his feelings towards the player which made her even more jealous and envious of her.

Despite Samantha clearly loving Loan, she doesn't have a lot of respect for their relationship, which is mutual however since Loan cheats on her too. But Samantha started having an affair with the dean of Mystery Spell, Loan's own father, Charles Huxley. It's hinted that she was sleeping with Charles to help her grades but it is possible that she genuinely liked him since he could have reminded her of Loan. When Loan found out about it, he seemed to close himself off to not show his anger but he did seem hurt by being betrayed by two people he's supposed to trust.

In Peter's season 2, Samantha was murdered by Charles but Loan's reaction to it is never seen. It's unlikely that he felt nothing and was probably more sad about it than anything. Loan does care about Samantha despite being annoyed by her a lot. Loan doesn't seem to hate Samantha, he just doesn't like her sometimes and would probably prefer to be with someone else romantically. But Loan would never intentionally hurt her like his father would and he would more than likely protect Samantha if she was in danger like she would with him since he does care about her, and would never try to put her in danger.

In Viktor Bartholy's story route, Samantha was extremely worried about Loan after he went missing due to the Arcane and was very adamant on finding him, unaware that he was sadly dead. So much so that she even went to the Arcane and yelled at Conrad Bartholy to tell her where he was but she was instead thrown out. She became so desperate to find Loan to make sure he was safe that she went to Sarah Osborne for help and asked her for a spell that would help her find him, much to Sarah's shock. Samantha wouldn't give too many details on why she wanted to find him but only that she needed to badly, and seemed sad when she would talk about him, to the point that she didn't care if she put herself in danger to find him. Her finding out about Loan's death was never seen but she was more than likely distraught.

In Conrad's story route, which takes place 1 year after Viktor's route, Samantha is still heartbroken about Loan's death and spends many hours at his grave to visit him. She wants to leave Mystery Spell since everything she sees reminds her of him, and still expects to see him appear around the corner. Samantha hates Viktor with a passion and wishes to get revenge on him one day for what happened to Loan, but feels powerless to him. She is also good friends with Haku Kobayashi here and the two probably bonded over losing Loan, and the 2 become good friends in Conrad's route. Samantha seemed to truly love Loan in Viktor and Conrad's routes and still grieves for him. The feeling was probably mutual too since Loan seemed to want to share his interests with Samantha and chased after her when she left the Arcane in chapter 1 of Viktor's route due to thinking it was stupid and boring and because he wasn't paying enough attention to her (which probably saved her life).

Samantha really does love Loan though and would probably be hurt if he broke up with her or left her for someone else as seen in Drogo's route. Samantha probably knows that Loan cheats on her though which might be why she's very possessive of him and gets jealous if he talks to other women. Despite loving him though, she still cheats on him as there are rumors of her sleeping around on him and she was actually caught with Charles. (It is unknown if they cheat on each other in Viktor's route but Samantha was more than likely loyal to him)

The two can be romantic with each other in private as seen in their Extra Love Scene, but when on screen with each other in front of the players, they mostly just argue and bicker and don't seem to genuinely get along, which raises the question as to why they're even together in the first place. The two more than likely won't work out and will probably break up in the future, but it is possible that they can remain friends since they do have common ground and history. However, since Mystery Spell's writing continues to go in a darker direction within every route, their relationship might always end up in heartbreak or death.

## Trivia

* They were the first on screen side character couple in Is it Love?, and have dated in more story routes than any other couple in the series.
	+ They have the rockiest romance compared to other side couples.
* They are 2 of the 9 original Mystery Spell characters.
* They are both dead in certain story routes (Samantha in Peter's and Loan in Viktor and Conrad's).
* Loan is only a love interest for Samantha.
* They are both 22 years old.
* Their relationship is kind of a cliche considering that Loan is on the football team and Samantha is a cheerleader.