I play the Aiden route but if Sophia was to become a "degenerate, worthless slut" as a result of it, this would surgically extract the eroticism & the fun from the situation. I would liken it to the incest being practiced in an alternate dimension, where this was not taboo but the expected, everyday behaviour of well-adjusted families. Sophia needs to retain her inner self & do stuff against her better judgement. This is the erotic kink of having a degree of power over a beautiful, intelligent, sophisticated woman. Eventually she needs to get through the whole situation & come out the other side, corrupted perhaps but not a degenerate.
Just as I struggle to find any eroticism in the incest routes & am only just on the perimeter of understanding the appeal, after several years, so there are misconceptions around regarding the blackmail. There are those who enjoy the degeneration into slobbering, on demand HJs, BJs, fucking etc, of course but if Sophia was to become just another mindless fuck-toy, as per the MCs of many other games, this would be a step too far for me. It's why I've deleted so many games & I've junked a lot, because they're repetitive, boring, stereotyped, unrealistic, immature, badly written & disappointing for a fan of adult eroticism, however delightful the appearance of the characters might be.
Presently, I'm concerned about two issues, the first of which is the disappearance of Aiden for c5 years. AFAIC, he's gone. There's no way any storyteller can expect to maintain the pace of tale with such a gap. [I'm fully aware this doesn't just apply to the blackmail, in fact almost all the storylines that interest me are in a similar hiatus]. If the game is still here in 5 years, I'll be very surprised. That's if I'm still here, of course.
Secondly, there's the "uncomfortable solution" to the blackmail, which can only ever be an issue if AWAM survives. Currently, we're meant to believe that enlisting the Mafia & being in long-term debt to them is a "comfortable solution." Other games I've played have encompassed murder, whether by a main character, or procured, or acquiesced to by them. This would also completely destroy the whole of AWAM, for me, whether I opted for such a choice or not. As I stop playing anything with bestiality in it, even when avoidable, (because it's an image that lingers in the mind), so it is when an MC becomes involved in murder.