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That's right, at the end of the Sophia/Dylan scene we see a Sophia who is consumed by guilt, shame and regret and it seems that in some images she can no longer think clearly.
Now the next day we not only have a new Dylan event but before that (if nothing changes!!!!!) an Elli event and the two part-time jobs. L&P has always tried to tell the routes in such a way that you get the impression that there are no connections between them, but the chronological order of the individual events still remains a big problem here.
Sophia can't, for example, make the old men cum and have a serious conversation with her son about morals and decency at the subsequent event with Dylan.
Even with this event-based narrative, which Talcum Powder has already complained about again in his post, this will create a break, a stumbling block, that many people cannot ignore, people for whom the story is just as important as those in it (still does not) contain explicit sex scenes (penetration scenes). It's a writing style that is hard to master where the chronological order is shuffled with the events. Often you see an "outcome" at the very beginning and then the story goes back in time. The difficulty of pulling that off is the connecting threads that make sense to the audience. Still there within the story you have to stack the important events in the correct order-- But there is a possibility where the audience is left hanging. Just off the top of my head there are to this date 3 critical events that has occurred that shape both Sophia's character and the routes. It seems weak to bring up 'Girls Night out' where Patrica, Ellie, and Sophia gone out dancing... Sam and Sophia 'The Talk' where Sophia becomes Sam's "secret girlfriend"... and 'Date the last release of Dylan and Sophia.:
First, 'Girls Night Out' you have Sophia starting to make out with Tyler. At first it seems pretty low hanging fruit as far as character development one would think. But look at the particulars. Sophia wasn't drunk, no blaming the alcohol there... Sophia let a complete stranger get further with her then anyone else has in touching her. That is also was in front of her daughter too--begs the question of what if Patrica didn't interrupt just how far things would have gotten with Tyler.
Second, 'The Talk' again no alcohol and you have Sophia taking a full and active part in making out with Sam, taking off her top, allowing Sam to remove her panties...etc.... What would the likelihood of other events occurring had Sophia and Sam been alone in the house and had Sam started to either go down on Sophia or fingered her?
Third, 'Date Night' where it brought to Sophia the very reality of actually crossing a redline with Dylan. I can see why Dylan wasn't able to get further then he did as the story played out. But imagine instead of playing Sophia's breast he had focused on kissing and nibbling Sophia's neck while grinding his groin against Sophia's?
So I asked L&P exactly that! As is often the case, his answer was open to wide interpretation. "Actually, the guilty conscience is usually even greater the next morning than the evening before (grin)..." Well if you talk directly with L&P, let them know if ever they are in my part of the woods, the Beer and Pizza is on me...LOL! Seriously though, there are times I'd like to reach out and offer some advice and general ideas after asking first if that would be acceptable... It's totally like me to want to interject when watching others play Chess to point out mistakes...fortunately, impulse control is a stronger suit of mine.
This answer doesn't reveal anything about the rest of the story, but it shows, at least to me, that L&P is aware of the "problem" at this point and that he didn't let the Dylan/Sophia event end like this without having an "exit strategy" in mind. I am hopeful that is the case. My only regret is that I know that its extra work to fill in the hole.
As for your suggestion of solving this problem with a conversation between Sophia and Dylan, I don't think that will be effective. On the one hand, this conversation can only end in such a way that Sophia swears to Dylan that what happened last evening must never happen again. And it won't lessen their guilt and regret. ....and why I suggested Dylan make a bold move to thwart the talk. I was thinking Dylan respond more like a lover then a cowed son. But it maybe a good plot device to promise that it will never happen again only later on to have a change of mind and Sophia being the aggressor (later on in the story).
So my solution would be to have a quick chat with Liam in the morning. This time Sophia wakes up with Liam. If nothing happened, Liam wishes Sophia a nice day and goes to work. But if Sophia was sitting in front of the TV the night before, Liam will mention that he woke up briefly during the night but didn't find Sophia in bed yet. Sophia can now either tell him, depending on Dylan's decision the night before, that she watched TV or that she went out to dinner with Dylan. Dylan saw her sitting in front of the TV and decided not to go to the party but to cheer up his mother.
If you let Liam react the way he did in the bathroom the day before, namely by mocking his son for preferring to go out with his mother than meet a girl his own age at a party, Sophia would react quite angrily and this would be one To counterbalance their shame/guilt/remorse. That's a good twist and makes whatever happens later on being Liam's fault he had it coming...lol! However, that approach has its own pitfalls. That being that Sophia needs an excuse and maybe a reason for doing what she does. But then there after Sophia will always need an excuse to justify x, y, and z (mostly). So, does the story need a MC that has some justification for her actions (if Sophia is to hookup with anyone beyond Sam & Dylan, how is the Developer doing to provide the justifications for the Myer's boys or Old men or Patricia or...etc...), or does the story need a MC that comes to the conclusion she is human and has needs that are not being met. The developer has a great job in presenting Sophia as socially acceptable adult conforming to societal norms despite her own desires.
The effort for this short event would be limited, just a few pictures and a little text.
But while it's just a speculation how this could be solved, there are certainly better ones. And since I've been wrong so often in my previous speculations, I wouldn't take myself too seriously. If you do communicate with L&P and they are keeping their cards close to the chest, and you have no solid reads actually that is in a good position to be...because there are surprises left. Never could figure out why many kids tried to learn what was in their Christmas presents before Christmas... a bit anticlimactic
