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Seeming to be perfectly normal and well-adjusted on the outside doesn't necessarily mean she hasn't suffered years of psychological abuse at the hands of her Dad. Very often you'll find that this is a front they put up to hide it, but you can still recognise signs that all is not right with them. I'd say that that moment in Ep 2 after the cum-petition is where you see that Maya really come out (pardon the pun) because it's a moment of weakness where the mask slips and you see just how traumatised she is.If you consider every interaction with Maya, she handles most things quite well. The only time she seems to compromise herself is to get the mc to the DIK CUMpetition party. She's definitely manipulated there by Quinn because she's desperate to get the free tuition and then after the night she feels ashamed for what she did to the mc (even if he was nice to her at the party). Chatting with the mc that night she gets angry about being judged (basically by her family and most likely just her dad), and then she starts making out with the mc (she initiates it). In most conversations with her and the mc, she's the assertive and in charge. When it comes to the night of Josy's arrival, Maya decides she wants to go the whole nine yards with the MC, it's her decision and she wants it. I don't see a psychological mess of a girl here, she's probably one of the more normal characters in the story. She just wants to get out from under her dad's control, and as an adult, she has the means to do so. The whole co-signed loan situation is contrived and frustrating, and if it wasn't for that simple contrivance, she'd be living the good life.
Plus, let's face it, whose parents haven't given their kids a few mental scars growing up? Parents influence their kids' psychological and emotional development more than anything else, so when you have a parent who is particularly abusive towards this aspect of their growth, then it can have the kind of effects you're seeing in Maya.
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