spoilers for st4rlite's routes!!
very interesting game!! i was drawn in by the lovely aesthetics of this game, and i'm quite glad i stayed through it until the end. all of the characters are downright fascinating to me- none of them truly ring to me as being honestly bad people when you first talk to them. really, they have the potential to be, depending on how you interact with them at their most vulnerable- to me, at least!! they each begin largely as victims of their circumstances(as none of them have done anything unforgivably awful once we meet them), but can easily grow into cruelty if led astray.
getting to see and potentially understand some small part of their beings was a big highlight of the experience- their individual characters are fleshed out quite well!!
i found myself thinking of st4rlite as my personal favorite. by chance, i chose his route first, and ended up getting the low affection/absolution ending, and i was very curious to know more. i really enjoyed his character in particular- he has a very pleasant way of speaking about things, mixed with an underlying layer of emotion(anger, resentment, loneliness), as much as he might deny it. it's... understandable, coming from someone who went through something akin to what he did(not the whole "basically starting a cult" thing- the parental-inflicted trauma). it's sad to see him fall into the religious devotion(one could call it "obsession") like his father did. it makes me wish there was some sort of in-between for him- and the others, as well. some space, some outcome in the gray between absolution and punishment, obsession and apathy. kindness, understanding, and proper guidance(what an angel should provide) would do them all some good, i think. a pity that things don't shake out that way. one can only wonder.
anyways!! that's enough rambling- great game!!