- Apr 26, 2022
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Well these are two completely different characters and circumstances. I know Artemis well and the debate around that betrayal. In Artemis, the woman is a bitch and she purposefully manipulate MC to screw him over, resulting in him being depressed, almost killing himself, and having to go over years of therapy to deal with this betrayal. In Artemis, the anger is justified. Not in Follow the Leader. In FtL, there was no betrayal whatsoever. She left because she couldn't do anything else. She didn't manipulate MC to screw him over, she's not a selfish bitch who deserve to get slapped around, and she cares about MC's wellbeing. Therefore, hating her is totally unjustified.There this game "Artemis", just example, in this game first love of MC with who he had long relationship betrayed him. It was not something carnal it was more business. They both worked on same project than she tricked him and take all credit. So in last chapter of the game she meet up MC to ask for help on somewhat contination of they project cuz she stuck. So game give us choice we can have hate sex with her for our help then sigh up contract and have rough act with her and then when she go to bathroom burn contract and live. And second choice we calmly express that her betrayal broke MC so he didn't see him helpin her in any way. Both choices are valid cuz MC had therapy over years to move on from that so i can bellive that he be calm or it didn't help and he pull the cruel trick. But magic is that both choices give us path to reunion with that girl, in trick path they now even, she betrayed him and he now paid back. In calm choice he finaly go past all this wich mean therapy worked so this can leed to reunion.
So my poin is again MC in this game dont have therapy so he need to have some pay back even in form of just unloading all his emotions on her.(Not SEXY stuff sorry if it sounded like.) Then they can move on and even plan to deal with man responsible the baron. But not before they work out they isues.
And what if she could have done this and that. Again, she tried but she was afraid. Everything she could have done could have endangered her child. Maybe she could have done something different, maybe she had a chance. Maybe MC risking his life for three girls make him nicer and more heroic than his mother, and a better person. Does that mean she deserves to be hated and rejected ? Again, no. She was afraid not only for herself but also for MC, and she did her best. Even if she could have done something better (which is debattable), it would have been dangerous for her child anyway. So she ran away, hoping the baron would keep the child alive because it was the less dangerous solution for him. And he did keep him alive, so she was right. It is totally different from a burning house. You know with almost certainty that your child will die if you leave him in a burning house. Fire does not care, it's not choosing anything it just burns things. On the other hand, there was a high chance for the baron to keep him alive and under his services because as long as she run away by herself, the baron would consider MC not part of his mother's "betrayal", only another useful tool to keep and use. Maybe if she had tried to run away with him and got caught in the end, that would have been worse for him.About meaningless give her life, situation akin to live your child in burning house, fire in that case is baron. How could she know that Baron didnt kill him like fire do? Author revealed to us that MC is NOT NORMAL child and we see how barron interact with NOT NORMAL characters. So what stop him from kill MC just in spite and replace him with another one. She may died if she atempted to find MC insted of run but maybe she could pull that trough. She tell us that she was not just toy, had some "connections" to help her plan to run. So she had chance just like MC. Why MC didnt run himself exposing girls and while gurds were occupied run away. He knew Baron would be after them so he could just run himself and nobody will folow him why risk his life for somebody he meet yesterday. And then came you and tell us all: "What he could do?", "He was like what 15-16" "He was in bad situation and decide what was best" "Is he should meaninless give his life for some random girls?")))))
So yeah, she was justified in her actions, she was motivated by fear of not only her own life but also her child's (unlike in Artemis where Cass is only motivated by her own selfish agenda, to stay in this comparison). Therefore, the blame of everything goes to the baron for being an asshole to begin with and the mother does not deserve to be hated, especially since she willingly and genuinely helps MC and his girls now because she cares (and probably have regrets for leaving him too).