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HAHAHA Yeah, at first it was really funny, but after discussing it so much in the past it already automatically generates the “oh shıt, here we go agaın” reaction in me, I support the crazy theories, but I would like to see some unexplored point of view, maybe something we haven't seen yet.
We're coming up on the 2 year anniversary of the game starting, I imagine the blackmail plot is at least 1+ years old, and the last update is ~5 months old. That's a lot of time for basically every theory to get put out there and be discussed in cycles.

Delilah is too obvious of a red-herring to be the ultimate blackmailer to me, but I am fairly confident she is involved. How much she knows and when she knew it are up in the air though.
 

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We're coming up on the 2 year anniversary of the game starting, I imagine the blackmail plot is at least 1+ years old, and the last update is ~5 months old. That's a lot of time for basically every theory to get put out there and be discussed in cycles.

Delilah is too obvious of a red-herring to be the ultimate blackmailer to me, but I am fairly confident she is involved. How much she knows and when she knew it are up in the air though.
Correctamundo!

She is not the blackmailer, but she is certainly involved with the blackmailer and probably forced to follow his orders (as I have said on several occasions), it is obvious that it was during her supposed interview that she was contacted by the blackmailer, then she met Ashe on the bus and told her that she knew she was a Duplo and made up that Fiona told her because she missed telling her at the time, hopefully we can confront her at the party and thus discover the blackmailer.
 

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Correctamundo!

She is not the blackmailer, but she is certainly involved with the blackmailer and probably forced to follow his orders (as I have said on several occasions), it is obvious that it was during her supposed interview that she was contacted by the blackmailer, then she met Ashe on the bus and told her that she knew she was a Duplo and made up that Fiona told her because she missed telling her at the time, hopefully we can confront her at the party and thus discover the blackmailer.
Yup, which is the key to why I think Victoria (Delilah's other mother) is the culprit. Who could get Delilah to do anything against her first love, crush, and obsession? Someone she trusts and believes when they say it's all for Ashe's (and Delilah's) good, in the long term. So, family. But we know Kate and Fiona, and they are easily the worst suspects to be the blackmailer, so the off-screen Victoria jumps right to the front of the queue!
 

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My theory is that Victoria has a hidden camera in the bedroom to watch and make sure Kate isn't cheating. It's been stated several times she's not home a lot. And the worst offenders for making sure others aren't cheating on them are cheaters. So during Ashe's romp with Zoey, she would've seen that Ashe is a duplo. Having Delilah involved in it would make sense. Plus, if there was a recording, I'm sure Victoria would've used it to make Delilah jealous knowing how much Delilah is in love with Ashe. Then again, perhaps Delilah has a hidden camera in there to watch her mothers having sex to learn things and saw what happened and got upset. Fiona said Delilah isn't completely right in the head. Crazy women do crazy things. Fatal Attraction anyone? In the end, only MorriganRae knows. We'll have to stay tuned in to find out!
 
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Hm, i haven't even considered Victoria since she's never there but if she has hidden camera setup in her bedroom or something like that it would make sense. But for certain its someone from that family, why else would the message be sent to Ashe only mere moments after she had sex for the first time? No one else outside that circle could possibly know about what had just transpired. So yea, Victoria actually makes sense
 

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I feel like we would've had a lot more information on Victoria if she's at the level of paranoid to require an entire hidden camera setup, I think that's a bit of a stretch.
If that was the case, I'm certain Kate would've dropped a few comments on how Victoria acts weird or paranoid, since the dev rarely outlines character behaviour without hints beforehand (i.e Fiona saying that Delilah is fucking nuts for example).

If we're going by that logic, it's more reasonable to think that Delilah saw something, went "oh shit she's a duplo, what do I do?" and texted someone she trusted, in that case being Victoria. That is if we're assuming Victoria is the blackmailer.

EDIT- I still feel like there's something missing for me to think that it's Victoria doing the blackmailing.
 

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I feel like we would've had a lot more information on Victoria if she's at the level of paranoid to require an entire hidden camera setup, I think that's a bit of a stretch.
If that was the case, I'm certain Kate would've dropped a few comments on how Victoria acts weird or paranoid, since the dev rarely outlines character behaviour without hints beforehand (i.e Fiona saying that Delilah is fucking nuts for example).

If we're going by that logic, it's more reasonable to think that Delilah saw something, went "oh shit she's a duplo, what do I do?" and texted someone she trusted, in that case being Victoria. That is if we're assuming Victoria is the blackmailer.

EDIT- I still feel like there's something missing for me to think that it's Victoria doing the blackmailing.
Well Delilah obviously found out somehow, i still think she saw them having sex. We know she lied that Fiona told her that much has been confirmed by Fiona. Could be that Delilah told someone, not necessarily Victoria but someone, or more likely that someone is pulling Delilah's strings behind the scenes. Maybe the unknown girl that was shown with that redhead chick at the end who was plotting to drug people with Elysium at the party, although i personally think that's probably someone else who has a beef with Vanessa, but i guess maybe she's the blackmailer although i doubt it.

Shit, i didn't think i would get so invested in this game's story when i started playing it haha. This dev sure knows how to keep it interesting
 

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Well Delilah obviously found out somehow, i still think she saw them having sex. We know she lied that Fiona told her that much has been confirmed by Fiona. Could be that Delilah told someone, not necessarily Victoria but someone, or more likely that someone is pulling Delilah's strings behind the scenes. Maybe the unknown girl that was shown with that redhead chick at the end who was plotting to drug people with Elysium at the party, although i personally think that's probably someone else who has a beef with Vanessa, but i guess maybe she's the blackmailer although i doubt it.

Shit, i didn't think i would get so invested in this game's story when i started playing it haha. This dev sure knows how to keep it interesting
I think the chick planning to drop Elysium in the party is that content creator Vanessa and Ashe bumped into on their date, Vanessa and her seemed to have some major beef behind the scenes.
That being said, it is a LOT of Elysium and apparently that shit is hella expensive and hard to get, which makes me think that whoever that is either has a lot of connections or is very high up herself so it might be someone from Vanessa's past. Basically I don't think that person is out to fuck over Ashe either way and it might not be that content creator either unless she's a part of a rich family (which might be why Vanessa and her has beef, they might've been friends a long time ago and fell apart).

I'm still putting my money on the blackmailer being someone we haven't met yet at all, none of the characters we've been introduced to makes sense in the context, and I think it has to be someone that either knows Ashe or knows Delilah and her family given that she'll have to be connected to them in order to make any of this work.


But yeah, it's definitely a pretty interesting, albeit annoying storyline.
 
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I feel like we would've had a lot more information on Victoria if she's at the level of paranoid to require an entire hidden camera setup, I think that's a bit of a stretch.
If that was the case, I'm certain Kate would've dropped a few comments on how Victoria acts weird or paranoid, since the dev rarely outlines character behaviour without hints beforehand (i.e Fiona saying that Delilah is fucking nuts for example).

If we're going by that logic, it's more reasonable to think that Delilah saw something, went "oh shit she's a duplo, what do I do?" and texted someone she trusted, in that case being Victoria. That is if we're assuming Victoria is the blackmailer.

EDIT- I still feel like there's something missing for me to think that it's Victoria doing the blackmailing.
An other option is Kate and Victoria have an open relationship, and the camera is a type of fore or kink play.
 
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An other option is Kate and Victoria have an open relationship, and the camera is a type of fore or kink play.
It's a possibility, but I think Kate would've mentioned it to Ashe at some point in that case. I mean Ashe is a bundle of neurotic anxiety, Kate would've most likely said something along the lines of "don't worry, me and Victoria have a special kind of relationship" since I think she knows Ashe enough to know that she is super anxious about shit.

Also, wouldn't Kate have mentioned a camera to Ashe in that case since she was caught with Zoey in that bed? Kate doesn't strike me as the type of person who would be alright with essentially spying on an innocent couple/hookup without saying anything.
 

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Well Delilah obviously found out somehow, i still think she saw them having sex. We know she lied that Fiona told her that much has been confirmed by Fiona. Could be that Delilah told someone, not necessarily Victoria but someone, or more likely that someone is pulling Delilah's strings behind the scenes. Maybe the unknown girl that was shown with that redhead chick at the end who was plotting to drug people with Elysium at the party, although i personally think that's probably someone else who has a beef with Vanessa, but i guess maybe she's the blackmailer although i doubt it.

Shit, i didn't think i would get so invested in this game's story when i started playing it haha. This dev sure knows how to keep it interesting
Who do you think could pull Delilah's strings about Ashe?

Ashe is Delilah's ideal waifu, she's had a crush/been obsessed for years. She lies to get closer to Ashe, to support her. I don't see anyone being able to use blackmail or coercion on her to betray Ashe even a little. On the bus and in the park, Delilah seemed a bit nervous, maybe a smidge guilty about lying to Ashe, but I didn't see any major internal conflict or shame. My read was that she believed in what she was doing, she was just jumpy and bad at smoothly lying. But in know way did Delilah feel like she was betraying or hurting Ashe. Which suggests to me that she doesn't have a complete picture of what's going on, and she believes she's supporting Ashe in some roundabout way.
 
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It's a possibility, but I think Kate would've mentioned it to Ashe at some point in that case. I mean Ashe is a bundle of neurotic anxiety, Kate would've most likely said something along the lines of "don't worry, me and Victoria have a special kind of relationship" since I think she knows Ashe enough to know that she is super anxious about shit.

Also, wouldn't Kate have mentioned a camera to Ashe in that case since she was caught with Zoey in that bed? Kate doesn't strike me as the type of person who would be alright with essentially spying on an innocent couple/hookup without saying anything.
It is a bit thin at this point. Especially since Kate seems a upset Victoria is away so long (often?) and maybe there's some distance building up.

But Kate is also a crazy horny exhibitionist, so normal behaviour may be out the window.
 

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I feel like if the blackmailer was to be Victoria we would have had more than a couple lines (if that) mentioning her name by this point.
Though I definitely do believe someone is forcing Delilah into the situation, so it is possible I guess (though I think it's someone at her new workplace, which contradicts my point earlier lol).
 

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I feel like if the blackmailer was to be Victoria we would have had more than a couple lines (if that) mentioning her name by this point.
Though I definitely do believe someone is forcing Delilah into the situation, so it is possible I guess (though I think it's someone at her new workplace, which contradicts my point earlier lol).
What makes you think Delilah is being forced?
 

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It is a bit thin at this point. Especially since Kate seems a upset Victoria is away so long (often?) and maybe there's some distance building up.

But Kate is also a crazy horny exhibitionist, so normal behaviour may be out the window.
Yeah, given the comments Kate has dropped, I think it might just be a classic case of infidelity on her part and I don't think Victoria knows about it at all. If she did, I think she would be far more aggressive in her blackmail than what we've seen from the blackmailer thus far, since it's all been pretty damn tame and more like someone who's found an interesting toy rather than someone out to ruin Ashe if that makes sense.
 

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She doesn't give off the yandere vibes to me but ngl even though I don't think she's the main person behind the blackmailing I wouldn't mind if it turns out she is.
Well, she doesn't have to be yandere in order to willingly blackmail, all it requires is enough delusion on her part and convincing herself that what she's doing is for Ashe's own good.
Given how relatively tame the blackmail is and how much she fumbles, it wouldn't surprise me if it turns out that it just is her blackmailing, since we already know that she's pretty obsessed with Ashe and seems to be more of a storybook romantic along with Fiona calling her unhinged.
 

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She doesn't give off the yandere vibes to me but ngl even though I don't think she's the main person behind the blackmailing I wouldn't mind if it turns out she is.
Surely she isn't, because imagine putting one of Ashe's main LIs being the blackmailer would be a waste of a character, it's like if I loved Rachel or Fiona and in the end she was the blackmailer, you completely ruin Ashe's LI.
 

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Well, she doesn't have to be yandere in order to willingly blackmail, all it requires is enough delusion on her part and convincing herself that what she's doing is for Ashe's own good.
Given how relatively tame the blackmail is and how much she fumbles, it wouldn't surprise me if it turns out that it just is her blackmailing, since we already know that she's pretty obsessed with Ashe and seems to be more of a storybook romantic along with Fiona calling her unhinged.
Oh true, the blackmailer did seem to be content with the relatively tame stuff they've got Ashe to do so far.

I do wonder how long (in terms of how many updates) it'll be until we find out who that blackmailer is and then how much the story continues after. I think going by the end of the last chapter we will have a clearer idea or some confirmation who it is at the party. Next update can't come soon enough!
 

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Surely she isn't, because imagine putting one of Ashe's main LIs being the blackmailer would be a waste of a character, it's like if I loved Rachel or Fiona and in the end she was the blackmailer, you completely ruin Ashe's LI.
I mean the dev isn't opposed to doing shit that people don't really like. A lot of people dislike Rachel (myself included) for the entire intro and how she's been treating Ashe since then.
Moreover, basically everyone except Evelyn and Fiona just treats Ashe either as a tool to use for their amusement or are just straight up dicks towards her.

Having the dev then try to do a sort of 'redemption' thing or just have Ashe forgive her on a whim like she did with Rachel isn't too farfetched.

Oh true, the blackmailer did seem to be content with the relatively tame stuff they've got Ashe to do so far.

I do wonder how long (in terms of how many updates) it'll be until we find out who that blackmailer is and then how much the story continues after. I think going by the end of the last chapter we will have a clearer idea or some confirmation who it is at the party. Next update can't come soon enough!
Honestly, my gut feeling says that we're still like 3 - 4 updates away from the blackmail being revealed. I think we'll get further hints and probably more hints towards Delilah in the party, but that anything more will be interrupted by whatever Elysium-fueled horror story will unfold.

And yeah I'm pretty excited for the next update, mainly because I want to see just how much worse everything can get for Ashe since the dev doesn't pull punches.
 
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