Thank you for not judging
and I agree with the immersive part. The only point I wish to add is that this immersion should not get to levels that it becomes unhealthy, where people get so immersed into something that they literally try to blur the line between actual life and a story. The reason why we play VNs is because we want to immerse ourselves into the story from the point of view of the story teller, not impose our stories on him/her, you know what I'm getting at.
I find it amusing when people go bonkers if their characters or their LI do something that they do not personally approve of, if its only for fan service, then the anger is agreed but what if it is required for the plot?
Take this game for example, people bicker over a wife having conflicting emotions over her husband, where the husband suddenly shows "interest" in her, as an antagonist of course. She is after all a wife and a deeply conflicted one with a manipulative husband that has all the time in the world to turn our MC's lover against him.
the emotions need to be enjoyed the right way, the pain of loss, the anger, the misery is all part and parcel of that VN process, most don't want that and they only want the happy endings, its akin of having your cake and eating it too lol.
Man this is a topic that we can chat on for days lol and kid you not, it is bloody interesting, but my 2 cents is that people should be tolerant of the POV of the story teller.
I personally am no different from you all, my MC doesn't share, but there are times where I have to swallow my pride for the sake of the story.