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Of course, I was being quite sarcastic when I called Willie a complete jerk. But this is only to some extent.actually, seeing how all the girls remember him fondly, i think MC made many romantic gestures that he himself might not even remember or acknowledge as romantic. and there is a good chance that he isn't really a jerk anymore but acts like it because that's what's expected of him giving him control over his image, knowing that he has Miru to rein him in if he takes it too far, earning her some good cop points from the girls who would confide more and more in her, allowing MC to get insider info.
Ocean himself said that his MCs will always be jerks of sort, they were originally created that way. But with the possibility for a player to shape their character. I think the player's decisions will have a big impact on which side Willie's character arc bends. One way to play him is as a relatively good guy who made a lot of mistakes in his youth, learned painful lessons from his life experience and is now trying to make amends with the people he hurt.
Or he is a cunning bastard who manipulates people and uses them selfishly as tools to achieve his goals. I wouldn't be surprised if there will be an opportunity to take over Leia's business and make her Willie's pet.
And frankly, it seems to me that the Deleted Member robbed Nika (the SG's MC) of the dark path, chickened out of the possible rejection of SG by the game distributors and decided to play it safe. So he gave the dark path to Willie. These is just my guess of course.