Dude, duuude, a lot of us are hoping this VN to be finished and not abandoned one day, that's a tid bit different from what you've implied after having read my post.
And, please, don't mention anything about some kind of a "bigger picture", MC's corruption etc. We're in a 7th year development of AWAM already, that's preposterous compared to anything you'll find on F95. I'll tell you more. If the Dev himself finally realised that something has to be done, that his VN walking on a slippery slope and stagnating, having an unimagable potential, he gotta start chopping off his own creation in order to complete it someday.
Final thought. Realism. You gotta be fucking kidding me. None of those VN's out here has nothing to do with reality. All of them fulfilling sundry fetishes/sultry desires of their devs/audience. Believability of AWAM had been thrown out of the window long time ago. For some with everchanging Sophia's titties, for others - with introducing religious family. All of us has it's own gripe with this VN. Getting rid of the most irrelevant storylines is the first sign of L&P taking drastic measures to course correct his own Titanic.
You're correct in saying that realism, such as it was, has gone, so has the class, with the helium-expanded breasts referred to as "milk jugs" & many other 12 year old schoolboy names. Was that meant to be how Dylan thought of the woman he supposedly loves so much he doesn't care about his actions, or their consequences, as long as he fucks her, or was it just horrible writing in a style the Dev considers will be popular with young fans? Erotica it is not. Pre-pubescent porn, (a 'race' between Dylan & Sam, WTF?), is now the Dev's preferred way forward, albeit slower than before.
Has it caused a speed up, or is AWAM bogged down in what in reality is a sequel with no name change, or 'What Dylan Did Next?' AFAICT these developments must have improved the game for the obvious target audience but possibly not for many others & it's not 'faster.' If events like a son's HJ, complete with direction-finding sperm are to become the norm, because of 'porn logic' then AWAM is no more than a parody, or IMO a travesty, of what it was originally, (& still is), described as in the mission statement.
There must not be a market for a game about a beautiful, mature, accomplished career woman's corruption, delivered with realism & class. What other explanation makes any sense, unless the Dev has decided to deconstruct his own creation, because, "it's his game & he can do what he likes."
I read a blurb 5 years ago & believed it. There was no reason not to, at the time. I should have inwardly translated it into, 'this is the story of a son & brother, a virgin schoolboy but with latent super powers who overnight becomes a martial arts expert, a night club king & like many other 3D game boys has the desire to fuck all the women in his family. See him exercise his ability to bend his 38 year old well-educated mother to his incest-fuelled will & turn her back into a schoolgirl. Wait for only 5 years & watch him go.'
When will some talented renderer develop the ambition to create the adult VN AWAM used to be & do a good job? Probably never.