Corrupting someone in this way takes patience and imagination, and in some cases even planning.
Does anyone trust Aiden to have these three qualities? Not me! Of course, L&P can attribute these qualities to Aiden.
But he said himself Aiden is a casual bully and not a man-simulative genius. Actually, he had almost overstepped
the curve at the second event.
And Sphia cannot feel as safe as she could when she gave up in prison. Aiden isn't Larry either!
Even if Aiden manages to take small steps, it will still be humiliation. Admit it gets erotic, Aiden or Sophia's whole
personality would have to change. Of course, a woman's humiliation can also be a fetish, just not mine.
So if at some point Sophia doesn't take control and does the job and humiliates Aiden at the same time,
it won't be a stimulating route for me.
I would regret that because I think Aiden's blackmail is a very important part of the story.
This post (and others) got me thinking about Aiden's ability to get Sophia to go further with his tasks. While we do have the comfortable "out" coming up, if Sophia chooses to go along with the blackmail I think it speaks to something:
She's beginning to enjoy it.
For all of the discussion about the last update, I think one conclusion that I've come to is that Day 12 may be remembered as the day that Sophia took a big step forward in her corruption. She's going from a purely passive role to a more active role in her corruption. If you choose for Sophia to continue with Aiden's blackmail, I think we'll gradually see her become more willing. As
hzjujk said, Aiden is just a kid, it doesn't seem possible that he has the abilities to blackmail a grown woman into 12 tasks. But, if Sophia's corruption takes hold like I think it's taking hold, she may become an active participant Aiden's tasks.
Now, that will throw the idea of "blackmail" into doubt, (can you really blackmail a person who's enjoying it?) but it does open up more avenues for the story to continue. If Morello is the #1 driving force behind Sophia's corruption like I think he is, then Aiden could unknowingly become the benefactor as Sophia quickly becomes more compliant.
It could be that for Aiden's next task (or maybe task #4), Sophia actually takes it a little extra step further than he planned. Just as an example, maybe Aiden asks for her to take a picture of her butt for task #3. He thinks that this will be a big step for her, but not one that she's likely to refuse. But Sophia, now more corrupted than Aiden realizes, decides that she'll bend over her desk and take the picture. It's a slight escalation from what Aiden asked for, but it's a significant development that she did it on her own.
My whole point is that, if the tasks are going to continue they're going to continue because she's enjoying it.