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I'm surprised you get whiplash, I get where you're coming from - the dad is pretty much a trope at this point; but it's not like the mc is some 'good guy' from the beginning, he's the classic protag who molests his family in their sleep then whines about guys 'getting their dirty paws on them' (not making fun of you, I'm pretty sure that was said literally in the game's dialogue).RANT
Oh come on! MC's dad is back in town and gets more action in five minutes than MC in the whole game (not really, but it very much feels that way). Ashley was by far the hottest girl I've seen in the game and then twenty seconds later I have to see that literal motherfucker getting his dirty paws on her! Why do that? Why show me a cake and then shit all over it?
This is why so many people, myself included, call stuff like that NTR: I couldn't care less about MC's in-world relationship to people, the moment you show me a hot girl that's obviously not just a random background character in a non-NTR game/path, she instantly becomes a LI for the PLAYER. The player's experience and feelings are what matters, not MC's, which is something that needs to find it's way into tags imho. Games like this cause serious emotional whiplash to people like me. And while I've learned to read the signals early on, I often can't stop myself from reading on, because I want to continue the story unless it's really bad. I really hope that one day soon we can have some tag for games with scenes like these. I agree that NTR is not technically correct and therefore another tag name needs to be found. Personally, I often just use "NTR-ish" or "NTR-related" in my notes.
I understand that there is no financial drive for such a tag, quite the opposite, but I also think that the almost constant turmoil that the missing of such a tag causes is not worth it.
/RANT
Like yeah, the dad is a sleazebag, as is Adrian, as is also the mc. I'm not advocating changing those options - some people may like the sleep rape stuff.... but I'm tired of with games with these recurring dichotomies; you know, the whole cheery hawaiian luau background music coupled with the mc acting like a cringy rapist coupled with fear of other guys fucking. It's inconsistent! Either play a scumbag and embrace it, and dont be surprised when everyone else is a scumbag, or focus on romantic themes.
So to reiterate, I mostly agree with you, but the dad shouldn't be the first thing that jumps out at you like "whoa, that's kinda uncool and out there".
Also to follow up on earlier Alice - I finished game and there are a bunch more sex scenes with her! So I can't see any bad outcome of not screwing her over, unless you specifically wanted that Alice solo photoshoot scene ( but even then, you get more 1-on-1 scenes with her in future.