On the contrary, I think that it is very childish to have perverse ideas. It's when you grow up that you realize that you can't do it all or have it all.
Sophia regresses, becomes young adult then a teenager again, she will become perverse as she was before ( but she couldn't express it )
I think it is this behavior that amplifies the perverse attitude of youngs towards her. Now she will be able to express it, and it doesn't matter if it is filial love and love, she will do filfthy things ( at least on a path).
There are also the money issues. One of the best ways to get someone into debauchery.
And maybe Sophia just had such a monotonous life that she wants to do something else, that turns her on. All pretexts will be good, the sexual education of her son/daughter, the repayment of the debts, ... maybe one day she will try to get Liam promoted or avoid dismissal by sleeping with his boss. who knows ?
I think we should start from the root cause of all of this, Liam's lack of attention for Sophia, sexually but not only that.
That is what generates this sense of insatisfaction in Sophia, which leads to this "teenager regression" that she is experiencing (which, btw it is a well known real issue in married people in real life, aka the middle life crisis, at around 40-50 yo)
The regression makes Sophia more curious and open to the attention of other people of both genders, especially teenagers, as it also brings her back to her teenager years, where we know she was far from being the shy or prudish woman she is now (personal opinion: only on the facade, that is just the image of herself that she wants to convey, the "role model" mother and wife).
This is, at least for me, the
fil rouge of the whole story, everything that happens stems from this. If we consider the arcs with the teenager characters (Dylan, Sam Ellie etc), I don't think that love, as in falling in love, will be the center of any of these arcs. (
Catherine1972 I don't know if you meant something like this)
Does Sophia love Dylan? Yes, as a mother loves his son and she will do anything for him. Will she fall in love with him and have sex with him? I really don't think so. She will (very) probably have sex with him, but it won't be because she has fallen for him. It will be a mixture of passion, lust, the thrill for the taboo, and sure the mother-son love. I don't know how we will get there,
the context will make the whole different and I think L&P knows how to get us there. As we are now in the story and their relationship, for me it's really hard to imagine a way they are going to have sex. But there are too many things that are still bound to happen and maybe the Dylan/Sophia event will be the first step to set up the next stage of their relationship. For sure it won't be Sophia to take the initiative. With any of the young characters. She will let herself to be dragged into it, in every story in a different way and with different motivations.
For example, I think with Sam it will be more the passion that will move her to break the barrier. As pointed out, there is a connection on many levels with him. He already declared his love for her, she knows he desires her. I think it's only natural that as soon Sam will make some moves Sophia will go with them (again, incrementally etc etc) but I don't think she will fall in love with with, she will be attracted, excited of having an affair with someone who cherish her, that's what will make her give in (Btw, I'm not in any team, but I do think like
Atton563 that Sam is or could be the double face one, he plays the sweet guy but he is the same as Dylan if not worse, remember their first talk about Sophia...)