- Dec 24, 2017
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Personally, I think this is chalked up to writing and character development. The writing does say often that the MC deep down felt this way and wanted to change and was held back too much, and while even if you play the angry resentful route, it doesnt change that the MC was pretty much a beta cuck, and a sissy as written.To me it seems like people start the game, and then insert their own selves and ignore that MC is not really being forced all that much, even on forced path. Or people just skim over text idk. There are much more controlling events but they are mostly gated behind specific therapist toggles. Forced path Antlers and pissed off at you specifically is the closest one to your vision of her. The main character is self insert for the player BUT they very much have their own attitude towars the events (which obviously change with the events), and they do not read as your typical, bad villain femdom vs poor protagonist. There IS a vaillain (or two) in this story but its not Antlers IMO.
That being said what matters is the author's intent above all, if I read a quote from the dev that she was meant to be a villain then you are right, no two ways about it, just like you can't tell Tolkien that his work is about WWII.
Edit: I worded that poorly, author's intent is not all that matters, since someone can do a poor job at executing their idea, but I just never felt like I wanted to get revenge on Miss Antler even with all the hardcore fetishes turned on and forced path, it never felt like she was the enemy idk how to explain it. She is not entirely friendly character, but I don't think she goes far enough to be considered the villain, every path has some explanation over how MC actually did kinda want this to happen whether subconciously or not, if we didn't know his/her thoughts it would feel like a cop-out.
For me example of villain femdom mistress is Sissy Girlfriend Experiment girlfriend, now that one is 100% a villain. Or wife in moving down.
As for Antlers, and pretty much most of the antagonists forcing this on the player, its really just "business" you can get Trappers and Antlers to tell the MC they were just doing what they did to save their own asses considering the real evil monsters like Twig and Pawn. While sure, they enjoy sissification of men i believe they are sincere in saying to the MC they just did what they did to survive and felt bad about it all.
Afterall, what does Trappers and Antlers gain by lying about it? they hold all the power and the cards, they dont have to appease the MC. Its pretty clear the real evil villians are the mad scientist and CEO because they feel no remorse, whatsoever and they are not doing what they do because of pressure on them, but because they get enjoyment from forcing people into mindless puppets.