Oh yeah I agree with you, that leaving her to die would definitely have a big impact on her, but because she ends up being saved for me it's little more believable, that she would end up forgiving the mc and continue to help him, than him letting Lauren actually get raped. But yeah both are extremely fucked up. My issue as I said is with how the story then will progress because, these are things that wouldn't just destroy the mc's chances to get with them. For example if you left Judie to die and then let Lauren get raped, there is no way that Lauren would continue to help the mc. At that point it is clear that he really doesn't care about them. All the future scenes would have to be very different. I am ok with having branching paths. But if you have these extreme moments and then there is no real meaningful change in the story other than now you can't have sex with the characters, those scenes become pointless.