At the very least, this "event" Quinn mentioned could have been to flash someone or post a nude pic on the internet and sell it for $100, but it wouldn't have been anything close to glory hole duty or something that it involves direct sexual contact with another person.
what you say makes sense, but I hope things turn out differently.
I'm afraid this isn't a matter of courage, more so, its the opposite what you suggest. The courage for Maya would be to get along with the prostitution. Not becoming one doesn't require courage. Becoming one does.
It could be, but that still doesn't explain Quinn's cluck. Go look at it, it's pretty disturbing.
Maya most certainly does NOT know what she has to do for the tuition and she is absolutely NOT prostituting herself. Absolutely nothing happens during that pool scene where Maya would realise that she has to sell her body for free tuition, and there's no way she'd do anything sexually physical with anyone for money, even if Quinn tells her to. It's not in her character to do that no matter what's at stake.
It doesn't, because a) it's not in Maya's character to do that, and b) if Quinn had tried to make her to do it, we would have known about it by now, either by Maya saying it outright or by her no longer wanting to join the HOTs.
let's not exaggerate ...
sorry i didn't understand (my english fault)
Absolutely agree. But we aren't writing the script here we just have to deal whats given to us. Apparently its either we solve this for her or HOTs. We are not given the option to tell her to accept part time jobs. Currently.
Don't tell me, tell DPC. I made a joke on this once. I know. But we have to deal with the game's reality. Not actual reality.
Ok with all of that, except this is not a porn game above all. DPC doesn't make porn games. This is an adult VN with sex, of course, but not a porn game. So porn logic doesn't (shouldn't) apply. If he throw a prostitution scheme in the plot it's not because that's an easy way to have several sex scenes from the start, there must be a deeper reason for it and it's reasonable to think it would lead to some drama related to it. We'll see if it's just for Maya or for other girls too.Is it ? Keep in mind this game is above all a porn game. I know some people are more interested in characters and story and there's nothing wrong with that, but one of the main goal is still to provide a lot of sex scenes. Quinn's restaurant is big a part of it. Porn doesn't usually expose seriously dark and gritty's aspects of prostitution's world ( In hentai prostitution, rape, drugs and mind breaking are even tags some fans actually enjoy, but that's another debate. Man, there's even a Weinstein based game here). The way the MC handle the whole prostitution thing isn't realistic from the start.
Honestly speaking, the Pink rose is more a brothel than a strip club at this point. The ladies have sex with VIP customers. There are clearly kind of hookers but neither players or characters have issues with it. Because none of them seem depressed, defenseless or forced to perform. The MC even started a sexting relationship with a hooker mom. Same thing for Quinn's restaurant. All interactions with the MC are portrayed as completely consensual. Camila enjoyed it so much she offered him anal freely, Sarah admitted being sexually aroused, Riona was the one suggesting the threesome because she likes him much more than others customers. All of them would have fucked him anyway. They actually did later. Even Quinn has an obvious crush for him and fucked him freely. Assman is so attractive that he doesn't have to pay anymore and hookers like it.
That's a poor way to represent relations between hookers and customers. But the point is, DPCK has never intended to be realistic about it. Yeah there will be issues with Mona and Burke. But Burke is portrayed as an unsympathetic and pathetic cheater lustful for younger women. The Mc on the other hand is too gifted to be realistic in any way. So does his relation to women.
put emoticons on when you joke that I don't understand ...
You don't understand the psychology of prostitution. It has nothing to do with courage, prostitutes turning tricks for pimps don't do it as a matter of choice, they do it through manipulation and coercion.
Very much disagree with that assessment.
I agree she won't got down that road, but I think the solution could be with the MC's mysterious letter. The theory that he'll be given some kind of endowment or inheritance from his rich family could come in to play here because maybe the MC will have the choice to offer to pay Maya's tuition or not.
And I think you're reading things wrong.
Yeah, lets not get not into the topic who understands the psychology of whatever, shall we? This isn't the thread if nothing else.
Depends on the scale of the fees surely.
I do not like the solution that it is Mc to pay the tuition with his "inheritance".
Of course its the plot. It was always the plot. Thats what i'm saying all the time when this issue comes up. This is the story's drama variant for her. Everyone knows she could do part time jobs. But that would be super boring. An escape of a situation the storyteller ment for suspense. Plus, lets not forget, that wouldn't require our hero's interevention.
I agree with you. I think Maya dealing with her situation on her own with the help of Josy, Derek and possibly the MC would be a much better way to develop her character rather than becoming a hooker or having the MC pay her tuition with his magic "inheritance".
Yeah, it's his second game. In his first we have domestic abuse, cancer, a psycho, some hints of drug trafficking and police corruption, and the psychological trauma of a hurting loss. In his second we have a prostitution and drug-dealing scheme going on, plus all the family drama from Josy, Maya and even MC's families, not to mention Bella, Jade and the rest. And above all, we have that warning from the author telling us this is not *just* a porn game and it's not recommended for people who are in a dark moment of their lives (he could have easily avoided this disclaimer at all or make another one swearing he won't do it again, but he made this one). It's obvious he wants to tell a story that goes way beyond the sexy bits, a story about what family is, and it seem the hurdles we'll have to overcome might be serious and maybe dramatic. So I think I'm not risking a lot when I say what I'm saying
