Same to be honest. And considering how interconnected Diane has been with Mom/Claire, and how much interconnectedness has been with a lot of the other characters (Amy/Veronica, Debby/Angel, Ashley/Sophia, ect), it makes me wonder if this is indeed the intended direction of the story. I really do enjoy this game, and I love the characters (for the most part) but I won't be continuing if I have to go through her to continue on with the rest of the main characters.Femdom is a big buzzkiller for me, too (unless it's Lesdom), and I also have no interest in piloting the MC through a period of submitting to her, unless there's going to be a huge reversal (and I do mean huge), with him getting her completely under his thumb. And even in that event, I really don't know how much of her in a dominant role I would be willing to play through.
This game is one of my "best in class" picks (It's a really fantastic game.), so I'm hoping that this storyline doesn't ruin things for me.
I'm not even saying I mind having femdom in the game if it's skippable, but having her as a barrier to the rest of the content would make this a hard pass from me. I'm already slightly disappointed in how Faerin's changed it from "You can go after any girl you like" in the description to "You have to play through X's story to continue with Y's story," and I haven't even disliked any of that content.