Personally, i think a game benefits from having characters(besides the male villains and idiots) that aren't squeaky clean...Yep. We all saw it before but with that update we can see it more clearly. I for myself changed my "feelings" toward that character. Until 0.11 I saw her as a character I like, but til 0.11 I don't like that character which is clearly hypocrite from my side because as MC I'm the same as her. Thinking about that it's a intelligent move from Nyx to put such a character into the game. But one point has to be said: Val kicking Ethan in the nuts is one of the best moments in the whole game. I can't stand that Ethan wanker.
I think in earlier versions the options were there to make some characters(specially Alexis and Erynn) a little more "edgy" but that wasn't what Nyx wanted.
Having her kick Ethan in the balls was like a trick to make her even more badass and loveable than she already was lol.
I know it's a game and she probably won't do anything egregious that will royaly piss off fans, but still i hope she doesn't get "cleaned up" because of a potential backlash.