Nope, authenticity is exactly the word i'm looking for. Oh, so in your life everything plays out like a fairy tale with people hating each other becuase of bullying in school suddenly become good friends? :D
Let me explain, because that is not what I did the last time out.
1. When I said I disagreed with your assessment of the situation, I was referring to Ashley and her complexities and the story in general.
2. I don't know if you know or understand what Stockholm syndrome is? I won't go into it here, lets just suffice to say the person being bullied doesn't see her attacker as such. It happens quite frequently in life, especially over a long period of time. There is even a reference to it in game.
3. Referring back to Ashley this is a complex story, that started from when she first attended school, and was unlucky enough to have to go through high school and then college with the twins. During this time, a lot of shit hits the fan in both directions. Emma is clearly also suffering from Stockholm syndrome inspite of her being Felicity's twin.
Now enter the MC and other events etc, it becomes relatively clear during the play through, that there is an uneasy truce between the three of them. (3 girls). At no point does Ashley trust either of the twins, even when all three of them go away on a vacation with the MC. It is clear Ashley neither trusts them, nor really likes them, the best phrase here would be to simply tolerate them.
Then there is the love interest between all 3 girls and the MC which complicates things. Its pretty obvious there is a truce in place between all 3 of them.
I was at no time ever referring to real life, but stranger shit has happened over the years.
I do know what stockholm syndrome is and I can understand why you would see that in Emma, but never in ashley. Ashley is stubborn and easily hurt, there's no way i can plausibly see her just making up with the twins in a single shared holiday. She's pretty jealous pretty long in the game (i can't recall if she is actually wary of the twins later on but as far as i remember, she just becomes friends with them), which amplifies that she doesn't just easily share. So I fail to see how shit hitting the fan both directions would make anything up to any party there, rather amplify their animosities..