don't believe that dating jade or being the side hoe impacts sage since they broke it off just after getting in a relationship with Sage. Like I said before, Jade would rather take things to the grave instead of making moves that isn't in her interest unless its revenge for showing the video (Doesnt apply if you haven't show the video).
Jade is like a lioness in the Serengeti, she makes moves when she wants to eat or benefits her otherwise,
she lets things pass. Also Quinn and the restaurant is not a factor because Sage already knows you fucked half the HOTS, she mentions it in the pool and when you have your dick pic spread around "I've seen your dick and im pretty sure the girls have as well as the class when you put it in tyballs presentation.
I see I've expressed myself poorly. I think how Jade acts with MC and Sage has a lot of possibilities. Showing the video is its own thing in all paths, but even without it Jade is still Sage's mother. I would expect her to interfere in order to protect Sage if she thinks MC is just another cheating asshole. Her divorce could also make her more protective.
In Quinn's case I don't mean MC and Sage specifically. I mean that at some point Sage is going to find out about the prostitution and hard drugs. She probably knows about weed, but I doubt she knows about Quinn being a dealer. I don't think there will be massive branching when Sage finds out, but I'm not at all sure where the story would go. There is a possibility that Quinn and Sage have a complete falling out and Quinn will try to sabotage MC's relationship (whichever path you are on) out of spite or to get revenge. However the likelihood of Quinn leaving is much higher so I don't really expect it to happen.
Jade and Quinn are really the only ones I could see getting spiteful. I can see Josy getting nasty if she and Maya break up, but I don't think it's likely.
I reckon Jade is misunderstood by a lot of readers. What she's doing with the mc, this isn't something she normally does; she's stepping way outside her comfort zone with him.
Her outward exterior, what the mc sees, is not what the reader sees. She's doing it to get back at Stephen, and I don't see her as some predator who is in control. You just have to look at that scene when she sniffs the mc when he walks into the classroom, you can choose to tease her, and when the mc starts walking towards her desk in front of everyone, she starts to shit herself, and in the end he just picks something up off the floor, and she knows he's messing with her.
Now regarding how Jade will handle the mc dating Sage, that ship has sailed, the confrontation already happened in her house and the mc told her it was serious if you're still on Sage's path). If you've dumped Sage and tell Jade, the mc can still end up fucking Jade in her own home, once again. That's how much she cares about the mc fucking with her daughter.
The only thing left is how will Sage react when she found out the mc fucked her mom. You can
read the script here.
Of course we also haven't seen Jade ripping the mc a new one after Stephen blackmails her out of her share in the divorce. That will have to be huge; the mc has cost her millions of dollars. Maybe the mc will need to retrieve the footage, or get some leverage over Stephen to right things.
There story is slowly accumulating a number of significant things now that could branch the story quite a bit (other than just who the mc fucks):
- Failing to obtain the loan document
- Being responsible for Jade's biased divorce settlement (this time the blackmail is actually real)
Alternatively they'll just get wrapped up in a quick scene and not mean shit...
My memories are a bit hazy, but I have the impression that there were events in episode 9 where the MC realizes that he's in a relationship (if one of the MGs is chosen in episode 8) and therefore can no longer fuck everything that moves (Rio, Heather, Bianca). All this hinting at the idea that we might decide to be unfaithful later on (there's even a variable about it), at the very least introduces the theme into the story.
And then in episode 10, nothing. In my memory, there's no similar situation. (I'll rewatch episode 10 to check).
I find it odd that the theme is introduced right after the episode where the MC chooses his girlfriend, and then it disappears.
Episode 10 does have some events that contribute towards the "cheating tally" that began in episode 9. They seem low key to me, but here they are:
- If the mc shows more interest in Zoey than the picture she is showing him, that's potentially bad.
- He can eye off all the girls during yoga with Jill and it will cost him down the track.
- Touching Maya's socks (that's a weird one, but it counts).
- When the mc is talking to Josy about everyone fucking Arieth, if he doesn't outright deny wanting to fuck Arieth, that will contribute to his cheating score (he has to be a DIK though).
- If the mc forces Cammy to show the goods during the strip pong game, it's considered pushing his luck.
