>>716238305
>his goal is clearly to kill himself.
He doesn't do that when given the chance. He helps Alicia fight, instead, and kicks off act III by choosing to live. The only times he does things that would lead to his own death, it's to help other people - Aline in Act II and Alicia in Act III.

>>713240982
>when it's very obvious the story is centered more on grief.
It sounds like you've taken one of your own interpretations, "this is what I thought of the piece," and conflated it with "this is what the piece IS."
>People are going to say
You certainly do, and you're free to feel that way. I feel differently. Grief is the primary motivator for Aline and Alicia, but certainly not for Renoir, whos motivator is hope that his family can overcome if they're reunited. It's certainly not the motivator for the Lumierens, who are willing to lay down their lives because they are not succumbing to the grief of their situation. The story features grief quite prominently. That does not mean it's centered on it.
>the devs come across as disingenuous because it was their goal to have different people see different merits of two different arguments, and that's what ended up happening
Baffling

>>712574643
>ignores the last line of dialog
thank you for conceding. I'm sorry you're so hurt that sexhaver verso won and the canvas was destroyed and he got what he wanted.