Bitcoin is not becoming a p2p payment network, it was always one since day one. It is getting more adopted, but the rate of adoption is extremely slow, even in developing countries. That's why the alternative narratives about digital gold, store of value, hedge against inflation have started to emerge.

And I don't really see any big contradictions here, because  Bitcoin can serve different purposes, and it's totally in spirit of Bitcoin that people use it however they like, and not as Satoshi have envisioned.