I’m usually cool with shota stories in stuff like this, but I’m not really a fan of the tutoring subplot because it makes Sophia look like a moron.
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Shota, I'm not opposed to it but nor is it my thing either.
However, as it is in AWAM it doesn't work. L&P never made it part of Sophia's journey toward corruption, nor did L&P use it as a tool to define Sophia's character--it was just there, like a distraction. Having Sophia get it on with the family dog (if there was one) would have been equally pointless to have in the story.
The jury still is out with interracial corruption with Sophia, but it looks like what little there is of it, it's just BBC. Could the story progress without it, yes it easily can. And if rumors about the next update are correct, it's another pointless diversion.
In the beginning, Sophia's corruption paths were geared toward seeking and getting the attention of would-be lovers. It was more temptation and unfulfilled desires. Getting attention as a MILF, was early on and works great within the story, even if the developer wasn't going to go down that rabbit hole. Still, the developer did go down that rabbit hole, thus the Sam route. How the developer tried to make a Dylan/MILF/incest route was/is a whole hit and miss affair-- making the Dylan/Sophia route a sex-ed explanation for that relationship can be chalked up as a fail. A neglected, hyper-sexual, frustrated, midlife crisis woman could have alone propelled the Dylan/Sophia route.
Sophia becoming a switch-hitter was and is an early on trope that still works within the game. However, all these side events with all these other possibilities have watered it down a lot. Lesbian or the Bi route could have easily been forwarded if L&P keep it simple with Ellie, Emma, Patrica (the maid was a bit much).
Cheating/cucking of Liam there are some many routes open that it's a no brainer. Even the Bennet blackmail as soft a route there was in the beginning works within the story. Meeting Tyler/Logan at the dance club with Ellie, Patrica, and Sophia opened a clear door there; simply if Tyler got a lot farther with Sophia could have focused the Cuck paths down.
Regardless, had L&P kept the focus on the working paths, it would have allowed L&P to develop the themes of the tropes in the game such as pregnancy (other than Liam), corruption of her MILF admires (Sam, Dylan and Zac) and Sophia herself. Incest could have been kept to Sophia/Ellie/Dylan and could have expanded an Ellie/Dylan route. And other tags could be moved into without all these distractions