- Apr 27, 2021
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Very well put. I agree with pretty much everything here about why she gets so much dislike and I share your feelings about how sad it is that she receives so much.Maya as a personality I think is quite appealing. I don't get all the hatred for her, but I'm going to posit a couple of theories as to why so many on this forum seem to dislike her.
One issue is that she is saddled with this not-quite-intelligible problem wherein she needs money to pay for tuition (though she's already in school) and to be independent. Dropping out and getting a job or something is out of the question because she wants to stay at B&R with Derek, Josy, and the MC. On the surface I get it but the details elude me or seem not as insurmountable as she feels they are. I mean, if all she has to do is deceive her father, then it seems easy enough for her to do that. But her situation's true purpose is to serve as a plot device, which is to tie one of the LIs (Maya) into Quinn's prostitution ring. Maya has to worry about it because DPC wants to have this as a foreboding issue in the game. It's not a crazy idea, as a plot device (especially for a porn game), and Maya is the unfortunate character whose fortunes can be connected to it, as contrived as it is.
When we see Maya not focused on her issue, she seems extremely likable. She loves horror movies, has a good sense of humor, enjoys a good party, dancing, and is discovering her wild side. What's not to like?
This brings me to the other theory about why I think some just don't like her, which is that she's a self-labeled feminist and wavering lesbian and the anonymity afforded us here allows some players to revel openly in their misogyny. Even if she was a happy-go-lucky girl without a care in the world, those players would hate her because...well, because they hate her.
I acknowledge that some point to her lying to the MC about her relationship with Josy to evidence that she is a horrible person, but it's clear in the game that she wanted to come clean about it, just as Josy did. She simply was scared to reveal the truth, for reasons we may not like but for reasons that in the game are quite valid for her. At worst, I would say she might not be someone you'd want to date, but hating her is unjustified.
She's not a real person, so it feels weird to say I feel sorry for her to be getting so much hate. She's not even an actress who has to deal with nutcases who can't distinguish fiction from reality when they see her at the grocery store or something, but it's hard not for me to feel a tad pissed off when people go on and on about how horrible she is. If she were a real person, the worst you could say about her is that she's young and naive.
Yes, this is just a game and these people aren't real, and they are somewhat bound by how the writer has chosen to portray them, but it is rather sad to see people hold on such vitriol for a character who is already in such a dire state. It's very much like kicking someone when they're down and to see some people revel in it is quite disheartening.