I finally beat the game earlier today, chose Maelle's ending because I felt bad about her life in the real world and assumed she would be strong enough to leave the Canvas whenever it started to become unhealthy. Obviously I was wrong, and her ending is clearly the bad one where she gets sucked into the delusion and continues the cycle of the Paintress. Verso's ending, while bittersweet, is also clearly the healthier choice, as it gives everyone a chance to heal and move on and grow.

So anyway, I went online to join discussions on the ending and noticed something kinda interesting. The people who preferred Maelle's ending were using a lot of leftist-coded language while defending it. Stuff like "media literacy", "genocide" "body autonomy" and that they preferred the female characters and thought the men were all being "oppressive jerks". Thinking on it, it makes perfect sense, as Maelle's ending of living in a delusional childrens world instead of facing reality is leftism in a nutshell, while Verso's ending of taking responsibility and dealing with grief in order to overcome it and grow, is very rightist. I dont think the dev's intended it this way but the online discussion of it has turned out like that.

I've also noticed it's mainly women who prefer Maelle's ending and men who prefer Verso's. So im curious, I assume most people here are right wing and male, which ending did you guys prefer?