I want to make some premises before continuing the discussion:
1) i don't hate Maya, when I see a weak person (or character...) I hope he finds the courage to raise his head. accroding to me she is not evil, she has not bad intentions, but I consider her severely limited by her weakness. maybe I was wrong to use the term envy, but i don't like her reaction in front of the happiness of her loved one
Let's imagine a scenario where someone has just recently lost their Dad, and to them their Dad was their rock, someone who they have a lot of fond memories of and who they had a very strong bond with, but now they're gone. This person then sees their best friend, their partner, or someone else close to them enjoying a nice moment with their own Dad. They may feel happy for that person, but then the sadness creeps in and the longing to have that kind of warm, tender moment with their Dad again, but they can't because they're gone.
This is basically what Maya seems to have felt in that moment; sadness at the fact that her relationship with her own Dad will likely not be like this again and the longing for it to be like that again. It's not a selfish emotion, it doesn't mean she doesn't care for Josy in that moment, it just brought up strong emotions in Maya that were painful and she needed a moment alone to deal with them and that's a perfectly normal things for people to do.
2) Maya's father is wrong and I hope he finds out in time. someone will have to face him, i hope Maya herself, but more likely MC
Maya standing to up to her Dad would be such a great moment, especially on the throuple route because if her Dad had a problem with her being with a girl, just wait until he finds out she wants to be a girl
and a guy.
3) i believe that it honors the quality of the game all these discussions about the characters and their behaviors
I do too.
going back to the subject:
I disagree about your reconstruction. Let's admit that the father completely controlled Maya's life while she was under her terroir, i don't think is full credible, but go on
if the problem in Maya-Josy relationship was only Maya's father, she should have called Josy at her first day at BR, to tell her how she was waiting for her. instead she remains hidden, MC is waiting for Josy every time, Maya?
her Dad (who has a wrong position) keep pushing because he didn't give up on his daughter, the opposite would be worse. in the same way Josy didn't give up on their relationship
if you never make a decision, in the end you live the decisions of others
I would say that, given Maya's somewhat shy nature and her general reluctance to really be honest with the MC, Maya does show signs that her Dad was very controlling.
In abusive relationships like this, whether it be a domineering parent or a domineering partner, they're essentially conditioned to be more docile, to not stand up for themselves and to do as they're told, as well as to be less expressive of their own thoughts and feelings out of fear of recrimination. Despite this, the person under the thumb of the abuser will often still have an affection for them because the abuser will occasionally show them affection and make them feel like only they can provide this feeling. They damage their self-worth whilst also making themselves out to be the only one who sees them as worthy.
This can be quite common in devoutly religious households where one or both parents will literally put the fear of God into their children and it can be quite mentally scarring as they're taught that certain thoughts, actions, etc, are sinful and immoral. So when you have someone like Maya who find that she likes girls, it makes her feel bad about herself because she's wracked with fear and self-doubt. But Josy then dispells these feelings by not only making her feel good about herself, but by accepting and reciprocating Maya's feelings for her.
As far as their commitment to the relationship in these hard times goes, Maya was holding on much more to it than Josy was, most likely because of the fact that Josy was her first love. Josy, on the other hand, was either about to start her life over in another part of the country or straight-up dump Maya for the MC, so she seemed to have all but given up. We also don't know how much communication there was between them or who mostly inititated it, but we do know that they got into a lot of fights and disagreements so they seem to have still been in contact, and we know that Maya tried to contact Josy several times when her phone was taken away, so in that instance she was the one intitiating contact.
Maya now has the chance to make her own decisions and we're already seeing her do that with regards to joining the HOTs in the belief that she can get tuition and not have to rely on her Dad, and on deciding to keep things casual with the MC and Josy while they figure things, so she's showing signs of change already and hopefully she'll continue to improve.
