Absolutely.
As for Marvin, his personality is more linear. He is what he is. He’s been a pest to women and the companies he’s worked for his entire life, the way he harasses attractive women. There’s been many complaints filed. He was busted at his last job for putting a camera in the woman’s bathroom, but because he turned in his boss who he was sharing the videos with, he got immunity. He’s always skated by… this has emboldened him to keep at his antics.
The point in saying this is because even being rejected, Marvin will continue to be a pest until he reaches a dead end. It’s not a dead end yet because he’s hoping Kendra can give him what he wants. Anna has been lenient with him because her personality is such that she hates creating conflict, especially with someone she sympathizes with. She rationalizes his behavior because that’s easy for her, whereas reporting him is more difficult and makes her feel guilty. She feels like she can control the situation at all times if she needs to.
That said, she *does* have a limit to tolerating him if you keep advising her to reject him.
That is kind of interesting as characterization goes since as a lawyer, she literally gets paid to professionally argue with people. I've definitely known some people who had to take a job that goes against her own nature so hopefully that'll have its part to play in the ending.
I just wonder if she's going to reflect on the disconnect between her own personality and the job she chose to pursue. Regardless of what route she goes: betrayal or faith, I just want the things she says and does to match the decisions we try to have her make.
I do apologize if I came across as one of the people criticizing just to shit on something other people liked Palmer. That sincerely wasn't my intention: I just tend to over-analyze and get way too over-hyped about things I enjoy. (My family still pokes fun at me for some of the things I said when the Harry Potter novels ended the way it did. XD )
I wouldn't still be here at the forums and intending to update with your next installment if I genuinely didn't like it or didn't enjoy it even if my walls of text make it look like I was expecting a masterpiece on par with the Mona Lisa or something. I will be here and interested to see what you workshop with the next release and I do hope the creative process goes well for you and your team.
And I'm also genuinely sorry to hear about your dog. I hope you got to be with them at the end. I lived in a different state when my cat of 12 years died. She'd been with me since elementary school and I still sometimes kick myself for not trying to go back to say goodbye even though intellectually I know it wouldn't have made a difference.
Here's to the next update and all the posts between then and now. *thumbs up*