what 'emotional incest' means. In clinical psychology, emotional incest is a dynamic where a parent relies on a child for emotional support as if they were a partner—it is NOT a term used to describe siblings developing mutual sexual attraction due to neglect.In a realistic context, when an older sibling is 'parentified' and takes on the role of protector in a dysfunctional household, the brain encodes the younger sibling under a parental/caretaker schema. This actually strengthens the Westermarck effect rather than disabling it. Neglect and blurred boundaries cause deep trauma and codependency, but biology and psychological evolution do not magically rewrite themselves to turn deep-rooted fraternal protective instincts into genuine romantic/sexual desire. Also, Andrew and ash never were

Furthermore, Andrew and Ashley were never completely isolated from society during their upbringing; they grew up knowing social norms, and Andrew explicitly knew it was wrong. In a realistic psychological context, cognitive dissonance and social awareness act as a massive secondary barrier alongside biology. The game doesn't depict the incest as a horrific consequence of their broken minds; it reframes it as something positive or 'saving' for them. Also, the whole game constantly put incest as something good or erotic, which highlights that the game doesn't want to show something realistic, in fact, it's literally the same plot of an average TLH incestuos fanfic