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In a way, it feels like a Madonna-whore complex...Like they end up like personifications of Good and Not so Good (I don't say evil/bad, because Maria is still partly Mary, so she doesn't become the misogynistic "Evil" incarnated, either.)

There are obvious hints throughout the game that showcase a more complex personality for the both of them (although it is limited for Maria, since she is Born from a Wish, one way or another.)

(Now I catch myself thinking...Could Mary be as angry and suave-seductive as Maria? Not as a common trait, but as a trait nonetheless, something that happens occasionaly? Or is Maria's intensity easier or even masochiscally more bearable to deal with than Mary's cold frustration?)

Either way, what we get is not enough to make me want to explore them much more than the game did...Most of the time, anyway.

There are ways to connect with characters: 1) one of them are through self identification; you see some of yourself in them, enough so you may feel comfortable "walking" side by side with them, living (in-game), writing adventures with them. It's like living them yourself or with someone you really like. 2) another way is liking them, finding them fascinating and intriguing, even though you don't identify with them

I don't feel neither about these two, not that much (a bit more with Maria bc of the DLC.)