I haven't read all the history of you two guys arguing but if I understood correctly you are saying that events without Sophia like the current PD have no place in the VN as they aren't about Sophia and her corruption.First, I said that the only time Dylan and Ellie corrupt Sofia is when they are with Sofia.
The incident in the car and the Viagra incident you mentioned are not the individual stories you mentioned and are better suited to the "when they are with Sofia" I mentioned.
Second, when you said "Ellie has, even at that point, realized what Dylan is after, but Sophia hasn't yet", how does that become Sophia's corruption if she doesn't know it?
In a hospital, if a nurse removes a patient's pubic hair to prepare for surgery, does it constitute corruption?
Third, you say that everything becomes the basis for later events.
(But you can't say what the case is. No one knows)
So, are the flight attendant's actions on the plane also the starting point of the Parker family's downfall?
So, will the meeting between Sophia and Harris be the beginning of the downfall of the Harris family in the distant future?
Maybe your birth was the decisive factor in the creation of this game. that's right?
A clear point of corruption must be presented.
When people talk that way like you do, they can make up anything.
While I kind of wish we didn't have to play through these events instead of Sophia driven ones, I think they can influence the whole story.
Imagine at some point they will have a threesome in the family, Sophia and her kids. With what we currently know about Ellie and Dylan, that would be extremely out of character for Ellie. So if that is to happen, their relationship has to develop. Or maybe Ellie has some fun with Sophia and decides to help Dylan progress in his attempts with her. The same, why would she do that, if her relationship with Dylan doesn't develop? So if these are avenues that L&P is thinking about (not sure if he is), I do prefer to see how they get to this point than playing just Sophia events and then get blindsided(not really as we all know it will happen, but I think you get my point) with Dylan and Ellie hooking up.