I'm really torn on how I want Sophia to respond during the next shower with Ellie. On one hand I agree with the poster earlier who complained that they're getting tired of Sophia's constant looks of conflict and inner monologues of "I shouldn't be doing this" and then the flimsy justification that comes afterwards.
I made an assertion that we didn't need to see the Sophia decision played out in her mind in two, three, or even four or five frames anymore, as it is already a well established conundrum for her, and certainly not at every stage of a multi-staged event (every frigging bikini and just about all of the last few poses in each bikini).
I made the assertion based on the amount of development time required to pose, test, render and touch up each of these frames, not because I don't think it adds anything. It doesn't add
enough at this point in the narrative or her character development to justify the extra time it takes to pose and render the extra frames needed to play out the whole thought process in slow motion, it's just repetitive. I'd prefer a single render of her in that questioning pose and expression, indicating she's making one of those should I/shouldn't I choices.
I don't think I was complaining that I was tired of it, cuz I'm not actually tired of it, I'm just looking for ways to shave off a few days from the development cycle without shorting the story. Also, a story telling technique that could show growth in her corruption is that she no longer has to deliberate on each minor decision. The narrative and her thought process should now be closer to making the major decision (I am or am not going down this road) and not questioning all the minor steps that necessarily follow. So if, in the April 2021 release, she's giving in-person sex ed in side-job 2 do I need her to hum and haw over removing shirt and removing bra an removing skirt? Of course not.
