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She only gets blackmailed easily because players choose it. I call Aiden a "two-bit tryhard" simply because his attempts at blackmail are so weak. There is no real consequence to refusing his demands, and Sophia is better connected enough that a member of the family can get Dylan into a better school two days after Aiden's demands are made.Sophia's educational background was overexposed. We never needed to know any of those things. Are they interesting? I guess so, but they aren't important in the grand scheme of things. This is a slice of life game, you don't need this level of background info for that style of game. If this were some fantasy type game or a game with an overarching plot, it'd be more relevant.
But continuing this thread of discussion. Sophia is a highly educated woman. Who also said she and Liam did lot's of sexual stuff in those days, obviously as they had 2 kids in a very short timespan.
So, to me, the big ? is how is a sexually expierenced, highly educated woman can be so...I'm not sure of a nice way to say it. But gulible and easily manipulated. I alluded to this in my review from a while ago. Sophia acts like a sheltered and naive person too often. While she is obviously, from her own background lore, is neither of those things.
This is another inconsistency. Mismatching a characters persona with a background that doesn't quite add up. This also bleeds into some of the routes, I assume a person from a wealthy (and thus, I assume, somewhat influential and powerful) family shouldn't be blackmailed so easily. Especailly from people in her own school.
And even if with Dylan at boarding school he gets discovered by Aiden and beaten up, what possible reason could Aiden assert that doesn't put him as the instigator?