God damn people... You know you can make offshoots of Cursed Punishment that aren't just fucking Hard Candy rip offs right?
Right now, I'm just focusing on the Redemption of Gina Walker. A large number of decisions I made (having seven POV characters, Lindsey turning out to be good all along, Rina being Gina's enemy, Cutie showing his dominant side, a beach arc, etc) were actually done for the sake of NOT ripping off Hard Candy.
Gender Swap will not focus on taking over the school but rather on Gina joining the Leaders and their rivalry with the Wildcats. Owen and his mom will also be major characters. Susan will be a minor character to explain what happened to the Royal Magnificent but the conflict with the Crazy Carousel and Sublime Blue will be mostly offscreen.
Isekai involves Gina traveling to another world (probably a high fantasy setting though I left options open for other readers) altogether so ripping off Hard Candy is gonna be very difficult even with alternate versions of the Cursed Punishment cast unless Gina decides to take over that world's Noname High which would defeat the purpose of an Isekai story. Gina's dad will be featured (either because her mom was gender swapped or because her mom's the one out the picture instead of her dad) and I'm thinking of using that world's Lauren as an antagonist.
The Redemption of Marcie Storm (still a working title, I might just call it Marcie Path) is gonna be a branch of the Redemption of Gina Walker that goes into details of Marcie, Gina and Susan's past that the main path only hints at. Susan's mom is gonna play a larger role (she was gonna be a major antagonist in the main path before I decided to create a Marcie path) and possibly Daniel as well. The whole reason for it is because of stuff I wanted to do in its main branch that for one reason or another conflicted with other stuff I wanted to do with it. The Lauren path, if I decide to go through with it, will also be another branch of the Redemption of Gina Walker. Haven't got much idea on that one.