Errr... do you like to get insulted and bullied so much ? I wish the writers would tone her down one notch (or two), I agree she can be really good at times (like most of the scenes in the mansion), but often it's just TOO much, especially since the MC is such a WEAK, PASSIV guy. There are scenes where she is downright manipulative and evil, and there is NO ONE to put her in her place. Such bratty character should encounter some opposition, otherwise they become insufferable REAL quick.
Well, i wonder how much of that anger that she shows is just a facade? I mean sure, she will likely be purely a domination fantasy type of option, which is not my thing, but sometimes, it can surprise you, unless the Developer says otherwise, Ashley could be a 'diamond in the rough' type of girl. But overall, until that is proven correct or incorrect, i will stick with Emily, she is cute, loyal and bad ass.
Ashley is not really a romantic option anyway. The "relationship" meter is still baffling me, I was pretty high before the last update with Emily, and at the end, even though I had barely any interaction with her during that whole "rich mansion episode" (obviously 'cause she's not really in it), my meter appeared to have taken a huge dive. and I failed the last check. Weird
It is likely a scripted RP loss, since she likely is upset that Ashley brought the MC and not her and resents the MC as a result.
I wouldn't know about failing checks, i tend to edit the save file and max out the RP stat and just play normally, i am not much of hoping its the right choice, i would rather pick what makes sense to me for my character in an RP sense, i mean when i played a complete horn-dog route before episode 8 came out and it sounded like the MC is so clueless and dumb and when i was his age and lacked experience with women, i never acted like he is....its rather dumb. But when i focused on say Emily, the MC's personality seems more balanced, but ultimately still a whiney child.