>>717796431
I think the average person would agree with Verso but I think they included the Maelle option in there for people who really connected with the characters and wanted to see that outcome. As much I loved Esquie and Monoco, Verso's ending was the immediate no-brainer and the only real choice.
It feels like nearly everyone who played the game chose Verso's ending first as their default brain pattern decided on what clearly made sense, and then reloaded to check out Maelle's ending. And then they all go "Wow Jesus Christ that's awful." It's so thematically clear what's the better ending as >>717796285 pointed out that it really is silly that the choice was ever given in the first place.
According to random shit on the internet that I don't have the source for, multiple people on the development team actually prefer Maelle's ending and I have to wonder if their brains ever developed correctly to side with such a blatantly immature ending.