If you were to ask me, I wouldn't want any future love interests at this point, +10 is already a lot.

Gwylan's update was controversial over a myriad of issues though, it came after being given a set of false promises of certain ex-devs claiming they were going to focus on existing and already planned LIs, alongside the fact that Gwylan themselves was (and arguably still is) somewhat out of place. There's also the issue of the fact that they couldn't fulfill a proper role: the existing LIs and even NNPCs fulfill a sort of sex niche/gimmick, but Gwy's rehashes a lot of the same old niches presented before, just in a different skin. Hence why so many dedicated LI fans had a sore spot for Gwy, this new LI very much attempted to be a jack of trades and take traits from all the rest of the LIs, never fully investing in their own supposed niche of magic sex properly, yet parades around as if they could supersede them.

For me, I expected more focus on magic things, particularly in binding magic like magic cuffs, magic tattoos, sacred magic vows, more bestiality elements with more focus on lurkers and slimes. Imagine my disappointment when Gwy's main form of control over PC mostly uses hypno magic like harper and is just a rehashed, softer form of it, there's not even proper gaslighting involved or interesting magic twists that come with being a horny all knowing fox sage.

And then, all of the contribs/devs who worked hard on it, simply lambasted the public for not understanding Gwy's vision, and the lead director for it, Pguy, couldn't even be loyal for their newborn Gwylan enough to dismiss the haters. Gwy was dealt a bad hand on their creation, I suppose.

Combined with the fact they're forced to be the author's exposition dump, it was hard for many of the older dedicated fans to be bought in by them. Newer fans of DoL seem more open to him, though I have a harder time finding the appeal.

Everyone would probably be sick of random completely new characters at this point though, that I think you're correct.