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Everyone, please correct me if I'm wrong because it is possible that I missed it and I don't have the time to check right now, but is it ever stated in the story that Maya and Harry were actually dating? IIRC, Harry only ever says that she was good student who was changed by Luca, not that she was his girlfriend and Luca stole her from him.Maya is already corrupted, she already cucked Harry and who knows in what ways abused him that he tries his best to forget. Why do you consider Maya redeemable ? Why wouldn't she cuck Harry again ?
If I'm right, then Maya doesn't need to be redeemed because she never cucked Harry. It would have been more of a BSS (I loved her first) situation and that isn't something you can blame Maya for.
Again, my memory might be off here, but I really don't remember anything being said about them being a couple.
...But she would still be the same person.Laura doesn't need to be redeemed in the other paths because she wouldn't be doing the things she did in this one.
I don't know how you've been interpreting the story, but it's pretty clear that Luca hasn't corrupted Laura. He's just helped her be more honest with herself and stop pretending to be someone else, and yes, Laura pretends a lot:
She pretends to be an ideal person at work.
She pretends in front of Harry to live up to the pedestal he's placed her on.
She also pretends to have nothing in common with her mother.
All of the above was true long before Luca showed up. I repeat: Luca has not corrupted Laura; he simply brought into the light that which she was trying to keep in the dark. And the worst part is that if Luca had never shown up, she would never have admitted to any of it. She would have betrayed Harry eventually once she finally grew tired of the ac, though. Of that, I am sure.
Laura can't be redeemed because she won't even admit she has a problem in the first place.
Laura is NOT truly aware of her dark side, she is mostly in denial of it. This is evident in her hatred for her mother which is just subconscious projection on her part. This should be clear from the scene where Laura freaks out when she realizes how much she and her mother have in common. She only freaked out because she was finally forced to acknowledge something that she had been desperately trying to ignore.Laura is aware of her dark side, she was able to control it well so far. The idea is that Harry brings out her good sides to light while Luca awakens her bad side.
Harry does not bring out her good side, he just helps to distract her from own darkness. Not that same thing.
Laura was never good, though. That's one of the reasons Luca liked her. He saw through the facade. Her coworkers couldn't and Harry couldn't either. One of the things that made her open up to Luca was the fact that she could be herself around him; i.e. NOT GOOD.This is not exactly a revelation that good people stray from good path when they are influenced by bad people.'
Your insistence that she is good is actually kind of interesting. Remember that scene where Laura and Harry are in bed and she asks him if he understands her? Right now, you're making the same mistake Harry makes when you select the "I don't know" option. You're failing to see Laura for who she really is in favor of an idealized version of her (i.e. 'a good person').
Deep down, Laura is a twisted, selfish person. She's great at hiding it, but being good at hiding your bad side isn't the same thing as being a good person.
(Mind you, HC is the author so he can easily torpedo all my theories and convictions with one paragraph.)
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