Every point you made is completely understandable and agreeable. You are a one-man army after all, there's only so much you can do. 😅 And yeah, not everyone wants to intentionally be a bad guy, so those options would be usually bypassed.
Going back to the third point you made (because I love storytelling elements); as much as a certain someone would deserve to die, that feeling of satisfaction is then left with.... emptiness. What I mean by that is after I executed Maven, the forest area felt... Empty. Dead. Lonely. Sad. I didn't like that feeling at all. It was like you the Dev saying:
"You got what your thirst for blood sated. Was it worth it?"
So yeah, I hear you perfectly well The Arc.
And thanks for taking the time to dissect why, as plausible of an idea it is, it really wouldn't work in this case. Awesome stuff 😁👌🏾
And where can I post fanart? I've been wanting to draw some for a while now😎