Yeah, I can't think of anyone in a better position to manipulate Delilah into being part of the blackmail plot than Victoria (her other mom). While it could be Fiona, it doesn't seem her style, and her and Delilah aren't matching their stories at all. Seems too Machiavellian to have a double bluff built into the scheme.
Uh who was Fiona again ?? Can't remember so many names
. But nah, i remember the text specifically said they wanted to see ashe fail trying to sleep with Vanessa, not a goal fiona had in mind for ashe . Also no point in seeing the best friend being the actual blackmailer when the dev went through the whole segment of ashe pouring her heart out and telling Fiona her secret.My pushback to that is Delilah isnt good enough of an actor to pull that off imo. If she is that intelligent and skilled at acting to not reveal she knew about Zoey/Ashe hooking up the next morning she wouldn't have absentmindedly revealed she knew Ashe was a duplo. Also seeing how flustered she gets whenever Ashe interacts with another girl there is no way she would push Ashe to go on a date with Vanessa let alone try and get her to hook up with her. Delilah is probably just an unwilling accomplice.
Like I mentioned didn't the text specifically say they set up ashe to hook with Vanessa because they expected ashe to fail ?? Maybe it was a way for delilah to show that she loves ashe for who she is ,and other ppl dont ?
Real culprit likely is an unrelated third party or a third party from Ashe's past that we've yet to find out about. Realistically it's the only way for the dev to avoid basically killing off an LI entirely for a lot of people, on top of that there aren't too many people that fit the narrative of the blackmailer either
Blackmailer expected Ashe to fail fucking Vanessa (it was the blackmail task), not hooking up, as they already are.
Not necessarily. There is also the theory that it is the bimbo girlfriend of Moira seeking revenge for what Vanessa did and is unrelated to the blackmailer content.
I doubt it a little, she doesn't have the same nail color, I've already checked it.
Yeah and that's why I told the guy Fiona can't be the blackmailer because she would definitely want ashe to get laid
She is also wearing different shoes, which I checked. But I am not sure if this really rules her out. Girls change their nails quiet often irl.
You missed a suspect, Victoria.
I agree with a lot of those assessments, but what I will say is that one should never underestimate obsessive nutjobs. The blackmail is quite mild and I don't really think that there's much cunning behind it given that it could easily just be a bumbling idiot that simply gets the correct timings with things, on top of the fact that she's so blatantly bumbling around and being unexperienced with the entire situation that it makes me more suspicious of her.
Three big reactions (beyond suggesting an alternate suspect, in my other comment):
That's a really interesting take, and one that may have some legs. We see how conflicted Delilah is, and while there may be multiple potential reasons (*cough* Victoria convinces her it helps Ashe*cough*), this one fits the foreshadowing in the worldbuilding, and fits nicely with Delilah's character. So thank you for the new theory!
Moira has always been the candidate with the most means, since she's rich and powerful. The motive seems weak to me. If she did a thorough background check, she'll know Ashe and Vanessa barely know each other and could likely infer that Vanessa was using Ashe. So the blackmail would be a pretty big and extreme step, when Ashe likely isn't the lever to move Vanessa in whatever way Moira wants. Also, the nature of the blackmail challenges don't really fit Moira that well. She seems authoritarian, 'my way or the highway.' The blackmail seems to have an underlying aspect of sexual pedagogy to it that doesn't fit her relationship with Ashe. The blackmailer seems to want Ashe to become more open and sexually liberated, and why would Moira care enough to help Ashe grow as a person? She'd just try and control her actions, not her motivations and psyche. Possible, but feels thin.
I don't particularly like Rachel as a suspect, but a lot of that isn't because it couldn't be her, but rather what it would mean if it was her. But I think this bit I've quoted is a very acute look at the motivations of the blackmailer. It doesn't actually seem malicious, but rather a twisted kind of benevolence. The blackmailer threatens, but the most extreme thing they've done, beyond push Ashe past her normal boundaries, is send a mildly risque photo to her boss at a minimum wage job. No offence to the pizza place, but if Ashe has to find a new job it isn't extremely detrimental to her life or future. So the blackmail seems like it's actually trying to mentor Ashe (in a weird and twisted way), which shows a level of care, affection, or at least a possessive jealousy that wants Ashe to be mostly intact on the other side of things.
Aww, I'm not sure if my (our?) Victoria theory falls under that 99% third party, or if you weren't convinced enough to consider Victoria to be a 'known' possibility. /s
She actually does fall into the third party yeah, though I'm not entirely convinced that it would be her and I'd rather guess that the dev will pull out someone we haven't seen. I think it will just be difficult to maintain a cohesive storyline if it turns out one of the moms of your best friend is blackmailing you, that'd be an entire can of worms unleashed that could likely splinter Fiona's family apart. Unless Ashe just forgives her on a whim I suppose, can never truly guess what the dev will pull off next.
