I'm curious what the impact could be if his sexuality is discovered "potential blackmail", still proud of myself calling that from the beginning haha, and I've had a sneaking suspicion that he was responsible for the poisoning. There are definitely ways it could be less hectic, and depending on the details of who the MC actually is he could be untouchable regardless of what happens.
Well, he has a lot of stress built up, as it is surely a secret which would discredit him if handled poorly.
I'm not really firm with the rules of underworld societies, one would think they know all kinds of depravity and stuff, not batting an eye about this.
Hard to predict how this might play out, or lemme rephrase that, how Hopes will play it out to us.
As for the poisoning... No. I highly doubt it was him.
He would know pretty sharp that MC is a guest of Cordia (Wtf am I always tempted to write Cardio? ugh...) and that it would provoke her wrath, if her guest dies while being in her hospitality.
Additionally, if this news got out, it would weaken her standing and that of the whole DeLuca Family, as it would signal to the other families, that they can't even guard a simple guest.
Might even be understood as an invitation in trying to take the whole Family down.
So that theory is a no in my eyes.
But, as the events are spun, it can be possible, that he instigated it over the servant. Imo he shot the poor dude a little too fast. Even against Cordias wishes. So I can understand where you are coming from with this idea.
Hm... now that I think about it from that angle.
Maybe he tried to use MC to instigate a war by blaming a certain family for the attempted assassination?
But so far he doesn't really come over as the strategic, thinking type. Totally would have believed it, if we were talking about Gracie.
Although in another note... This would mean using a Familymember, as the Girls clearly stated in the shootout scene, like a disposable asset. I wonder isn't this against Familyrules yet again?
Of course, wrong the family over a certain line and that's it. But MC just arrived. And it wasn't only one but two attempts to kill him right from the start. The malfunctioning brakes as try 1 and the poison as the second one.
To wrap this up and come back to your wondering:
It depends, how it would reach the limelight i'd say. It gets leaked or used as blackmail?
It will hurt the family in a very bad way. Especially if used for blackmail.
Might even force Cordia to rid the family of her own son, if it takes a toll too heavy on the business. Depending on who does the blackmailing.
The easier way would be to just let him come out with it on defined grounds. Thus making it public by themselves, playing it cool and accepting.
Yes, it will impact his standing and the respect he gets at first, but that can be fixed with demonstrating power and claiming the lost respect back.
The best course would be to hide it forever, in theory, but in praxis, that's utterly impossible. It will always come to light somehow. So if he is smart he won't try that for too long.
And yeah. Curious to see, how this branch will develop.
