Yeah, I see each other's point, but honestly, this idea of keeping MC collared either by Ella or Hero rubs me the wrong way.
And I'll be honest, Ella has been on my blacklist ever since I got my first “Dead End” back in the beginning, when you go to her for answers about our condition and you fight her in the apartment. Then, you tell her about your powers, and in the end she kills you because you were perfect, for inheriting, if I'm not mistaken, two aspects of the monster that infected you. Since that day, I started to be suspicious about Ella and all her Shit. And the more she played, she saw that she wasn't a flower to be sniffed at. Everything she accomplished with Jake, Deryl itched me wrong.
About Hero, honestly… it was the thing that bothered me the most so far, bigger than Ella's shit. Because no matter what you choose, you're forced to join the H.E.R.O. for the sake of the story.
I was more into the lone wolf mode of the MC, not siding with a faction. But that mall attack against the MC, and I'm sure it has Ella's rotten finger. When you go to the interview with supreme minister and captured by that bitch Nico!
And brought by force to Hero's headquarters, without much choice, you are forced to join Hero, if not… Nico kills you playing in outer space “dead end” and because of that shit, she got on my blacklist below Ella.
I won't even comment on Nico's shitty idea of killing me during the MC's fight with Valvran, but that's ok, I got my revenge when Ella's SIN attacked the interview. I didn't even try to help that bitch, I let her get screwed there, I was just worried about saving Brianna and two other bodyguards from the MC.
That and the MC situation is my main route. My current idea is, even if I don't align with Hero's goals, I will use them to grow the MC stronger. Once he reaches the right level of power, the first thing I will do is leave Hero, one way or another.