I'm very long winded, so forgive me.
Personally, this is my favorite VN that I've come across, by far. The writing is great, and you really get to savor the rationalizations, mental gymnastics and misgivings that run through Sophie's brain. Comparatively, other stories just fail to deliver on that type of slow burn of corruption. I don't understand why people rush everything.
To Quote Always Sunny:
Mac: Listen dude, we should head down to sorority houses, right? Spread the word, y'know? Hand out some leaflets or something?
Dennis: No. Mac, we should go to the library.
Mac: The library, why?
Dennis: Yeah, because at sorority houses you're gonna find nothing but tramps and whores... Those girls are already wild!
Mac: Perfect!
Dennis: No, no. Mac, you're not listening to me. We don't want
wild girls. We want
real girls gone
wild. It's important to see the transition. You want to watch the
process...
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Sex scenes are great and all, but I read this because I love watching something pure struggle with temptation, only to give it purchase, inch by terribly girthy inch, until eventually it consumes them. It's the whole point! And I think the Azienda group understand this fundamentally. It's why this story works so well for me personally. And I think the creators have a lot left to offer, and I look forward to every update they provide. I can't wait to see what depths Sophie will sink to, it's fucking awesome.
- A few thoughts as I've just ran through this entire thread. Sophie does not have "cat ears" in the CGs. I understand why some see them as such, but they're horns. It's a story about her fall from grace, and since they are only present during the H scenes, they obviously represent herself becoming or acting more deviant. One wonders if by the end of the game, they'll be present on her sprite and at all times. Might look a bit strange, but I do often enjoy dramatic changes in appearance for the FMC by the end of the story, but I'd be happy either way. It'd be great even to see her change her hair, get tattoos, the whole bit, but not necessary.
My feelings about the story and the direction thus far is that I do believe Amy to be working in tandem with Zack behind the couples back. It feels pretty obvious at this point. Perhaps it was even her idea? She told Zack about Sophie and they plotted the entire thing together? It's unclear, but I like to speculate. I would even venture to guess that she is the leverage Zack has over Brooks. Perhaps he told Amy to seduce Brooks and get compromising photos/video of him? Again, speculation.
Nevertheless, I firmly believe that Amy represents Sophie's fate, what she will become. I suspect there will be FFM scenes with her Sophie and Zack coming down the pipeline, pun not intended, and eventually Sophie will start doing streams with Amy. Disguised at first, of course, but by the end there will nothing to hide.
As for the subplots of the other characters, I find it mostly irrelevant? The story has it's focus in the right place. To me, considering the way the happy ending works out, with Amy changing her ways, I sometimes think we're supposed to get the sense that Sophie's descent is almost like a miasma that is corrupting not just herself, but the relationships of others around her as well. It may come to pass that we see more than just suggestions of it, but that's always the impression I took. Is it important that Danielle may be cheating on Jonah? Not really, but I find it intriguing the idea may have come to her while witnessing the developing lewd behavior of her mentor and role model in front of her eyes.
I don't understand the importance of the "decisions" you make in the game so far? To date I havent noticed much, if any, difference between the outcomes of the choices, but I understand that there will be multiple endings so perhaps they are tallied and at the end and the outcomes are revealed then? Who knows? I would love the ending to be where Zack reveals his genius plan step by step to Sophie and/or Felix, and Sophie by that point being too depraved and drunk on lust to care.
People get real hung up over Felix with sympathies and whatever. Honestly, I could not care less. Whether he's happy by the end, broken, whatever, doesn't matter to me. His character to me only serves the purpose of being the person Sophie can hang her guilt and shame upon until she is completely broken. If she humiliates him, antagonizes him, keeps the affair a secret and forces him to raise Zack's offspring, or if he discovers their affair and either steps up and finds happiness elsewhere or it destroys him utterly, I don't really care that much. He's more of a plot device than anything.
Anyway, I love thinking about the game. Thanks To Azienda for creating it! I really hope Sophie and Zack abandon the condoms soon, and I
really look forward to Sophie intentionally, or maybe unconsciously? quitting the use of birth control altogether.