We were talking specifically about her relationship with Marc, not her relationship with other characters. Obviously, I meant every playthrough involving him. With other characters, that's a completely different matter.
When you said that Myriam was ultimately in control, I took you to mean in all scenarios in the game. If you only meant in her relationship with Marc, then I misunderstood you.
That being said, I stand by my argument that Myriam was not ultimately in control in her relationship with Marc, from the time when the two of them were in the laundry room together until the time when Marc foolishly mentioned wanting to corrupt Katherine.
At the current time in the game, I agree that she has regained a large degree of control, though I think the power balance is still shifting. I'm guessing that it won't ever go back to quite what it was before, but I'm open to being surprised.
I've played all the content involving Marc. At most he manipulates her, because he knows how trusting she is. Making someone do something, implies that you can force them to do it, in whatever circumstances.
I would say that you're trying to define the use of this term too narrowly. In the strictest sense, it can mean making someone do something can mean using force to compel them, even when they refuse. In the loosest sense, it can mean simply manipulating them to do something they don't really want to do. Or it can mean a number of things in between, such as drugging someone and maneuvering them to do something when they aren't in full control of themselves, or using hypnosis or other mind control to overpower their wills, or using blackmail to coerce them to do things they don't want to do without the use of physical force.
Any and all of these things would count as making someone do something, as that term is commonly used. In some of those scenarios, that person would be absolved of responsibility for doing the thing. In other cases, they would share responsibility for going along with it.
Maybe manipulation is a form of control, but it's not exactly dominance either. If Marc was truly dominant, he wouldn't need to lie and cheat Myriam, to get his way. And it's obvious Marc doesn't really believe that he's controlling Myriam, because he gives up so easily, whenever she challenges him. That's why it's illusionary, he cannot stand up to her. Yeah, when she goes along with it, Marc acts like the total dominant he'd like to be. But the moment she says no, and means it, he caves every time.
I don't remember anyone ever claiming in this thread that Marc is a good dominant. There are all sorts of versions of bad dominants, from doms who don't care about the wellbeing of their subs, to doms whose dominance is only skin deep. Anthony was a bad dom in the sense of not really caring about Myriam at all. Marc is a bad dom in the sense of being mostly show (at least for now). In the end, I don't care that much about Marc's dominance. I care more about Myriam's submissiveness.
That being said, I'll continue to maintain that it isn't correct that Marc was only ever dominant because Myriam allowed it and liked it. And, as for Marc always immediately giving in if she stands up to him, I'll say again that this has only been since he made the mistake of talking about trying to corrupt Katherine. That was too much for her, and so she snapped back, which took him by surprise. Basically, Marc ran into Katherine's plot armor. Zorlun has repeatedly made it clear that a central point of the story is Myriam's love and protection of her daughter, and Katherine's purity and love of her mother.
Sometimes I'm wondering if players are reading and viewing a VN, or attempting to rewrite it.
When people are really interested in something, they discuss it. That's a major part of what this thread is for. Perhaps you only come here to see previews and download updates to the game, but others also come to talk about the game. You don't have to participate, if you don't want to do so.