Agreed, it almost did ruin it for me but the Ashley arc resonated too much with me to just stop playing.
I wonder how much money i would have to dump on Runeys head to make an alternative choices to avoid this whole thing with the guy in town where it all started (seriously we had such a great time with Lin until he showed up and ruined all of it...), oh and while at it let me take Moon to the damn backroom when we do stuff in the bar...