Hmm, i mostly agree.
Ellen, Katie, Sonja and Gloria all had quite a lot of screen time to show how all the adversities they suffered resulted in who they are in the preset time of the game.
Even Venus also got the screen time showing how she is passing through this process right now and developing her personality, at least in the route where Jake "fixed" her damaged body, which i found quite nice. Venus has surprisingly become a favorite character of mine in CoBD.
However i don't recall this happening with Victoria in the route were she join forces with Jake and cia against Meredith/Baynard. I don't remember any wondering moment about what she will be if she stops being Meridith's bitch or if she regret any of the actions she has taken as such. Like the mechanical "apology" to Ellen for using her powers to try to force the singer to give Victoria the location where Jake was hiding.
In fact Gloria even mention how she is doing this out of self interest, to try to take over Meredith's position.
This makes me wonder if the lack of a conflict in Victoria over her previous missions as a corporate spy/whore and her current predicament is on purpose. Maybe she will try to backstab the team after Meridith is dealt with? So no reason to show conflict if she is more than happy in using this mission to climb the corporate ladder?
I haven't played the Jake&Victoria love route or the one were Jake is Vic's bitch (spellbound) so i don't know if those show the redhead pondering about her live choices in a similar way the other characters were shown doing.
About Sonja. Yeah i also get the feeling she may end up sacrificing herself to save Gloria, her personal atonement for killing the child in the Caracas mission.
Chandra's situation in the story is a bit of a shame. She seemed to be a side character who got upgraded to love interest because of her popularity but because of how the story unfolds she basically has very few screen time. Think even Venus got more than her so far.
I have played all the LI's routes including Victoria's which is why I say with confidence i'll never like her.
She has 1 single moment of regret in Episode 11 when the truth about Caracas comes out to her and what happened but it isn't major regret, it's 1 sentence and a few drops of tears.
It's almost like she forced it to try and get some sympathy from Jake at that moment. He's still bent up over Caracas and not being able to save the child or his wife, it's where he lost everything and right at that moment she seems to play on that.
There are a lot of scenes that show her working against Meredith but not in any way i'd say shows her in a sympathetic light.
The only difference between LI Victoria and normal Victoria is she takes her clothes off for Jake rather than other people and she smiles a bit more.
Even Shanlon has shown a softer side than Victoria has and no i'm not joking.
I actually agree with you about Sonja. She's def a tragic figure, and she deserves better. I think that Chandra is another interesting character who looks like she may not get any love, with or without Abby...
Chandra I know will get an ending because she got promoted to LI.
The problem is she doesn't really have a role to play in the larger scheme. While she knows what her mother does she is totally naive and doesn't seem to see what's really going on. Abby is the opposite, she knows exactly how bad shit is but I think she likes being around Chandra for the same reason people love Gloria, she's fun to be around and takes her mind off everything that's going on.
I only really have 3 things going for me for why I think Sonja is going to die.
1. She isn't on the LI screen despite being closer to the MC than anyone else and, you know, being his wife.
2. She died inside the moment
she shot that girl. Any chance she had at living a happily ever after died that day.
3. This might be a reach buuuut, Sonja has possession of my fave girl Stella. Stella died during the events of DA. I think Sonja is COBD's Stella.
I think shit is going to hit the fan and I think Sonja is going to die for either Gloria or Jake. Either way i'm calling it here that Sonja dies before credits roll.
Yes it pisses me off because, besides me joking about Stella since day 1 because she is a sexy gun, Sonja is probably my fave character. She's a tough as fuck woman with a toned body and dominant personality and yes I will freely admit on this here board of perverts she's fucking hot.
I'd love for her to get her happy ever after. If anything I think she probably deserves it more than most in the game. I think only Gloria and maybe Jake deserve it slightly more.
I just don't think she makes it out of this.
Think even Venus got more than her so far.
I like Venus a lot. She made me chuckle at first but once she started taking over camera's and pursuing Jake it was obvious she was more than a sex bot. It's borderline Bladerunner shit with the "can a replicant be a real person" but her character has been really well done and progressed nicely.
