All things considered, won't you agree that the police bad end is actually the best end? Rika is in jail! Poor baby Saeran is too but he, along with several more mint eye followers who have been forced to take drugs, will probably get pretty light sentences and finally get some medical help (and remember that he didn't want to take the drugs, he actually had gone without it while interacting with mc). Now I want to write a fanfic about recovered!Saeran trying to contact Seven ;v;
Also you mentioned that in the other routes you didn’t get the split personality disorder vibe from Saeran, and imo that’s because by the point of the other routes (2 years later), the soft, less violent personality closer to real Saeran has been suppressed. The “aggressive Saeran” does mention that Ray will disappear, and I think that the aggressive state became default as he kept taking the drug, the reason why “Unknown” had an angry, dangerous vibe instead of Ray’s childlike, starry-eyed one.Â
Y E S THE POLICE BAD END IS BY FAR THE BEST.
Like I’m still angry with what happened to Rika in V’s route. I mean she’s in therapy, woo hoo, amazing, stupendous but they’re missing the second, more important part: she doesn’t get fucking arrested.
I know Rika desperately needs help and I am 100% for her getting that help but… she needs to be held accountable for her crimes. She needs to have her ass hauled on trial and let the law decide what type of punishment she should get. For fuck’s sake, she nearly stabbed someone to death, that’s not something you can just get away with some therapy. This bitch needs to be arrested and I’m sorely disappointed that Saeran died only for Rika to practically get away with her crimes again. It’s literally sending her to Alberta instead of Alaska this time around.
As much as I love Saeran, I don’t really think he can truly get away scot free from the law either. At the same time I’m not exactly sure if Saeran would be punished since in V’s route he doesn’t seem to be actively participating in any crimes aside from hacking and he’s pretty much in a drugged state so compared to Rika, he has far less control of his actions. But even if he’s to be punished, I think him atoning for his crimes in whatever way is necessary is better than him being…. blown up into bits and pieces. I really really want to see more of Saeran’s recovery process. His recovery process was kind of sloppily written in the secret ends since a hug from a bro isn’t really enough to magically heal all his trauma :L I will pray everyday for a Saeran route to flesh him out a bit more.
As for the potential DID Saeran has, yes I acknowledge that his “Ray” side must have been suppressed over the two years which is kind of sad because I never realized that Saeran was damaged to this extent QQ. Though what I’m glad is that his “Ray” side isn’t necessarily “good” while “Unknown” is “evil”. Like yeah “Unknown” is far more violent and aggressive, but he isn’t necessarily a bad person either and you can see the goodness in him seep through in the other routes. He’s really only malicious in Seven’s route because of MC’s relationship with Seven. Saeran is my baby so regardless of whether it’s “Ray” or “Unknown” I hope we get more Saeran content in the future.
