I’ve been debating whether to respond to this post since you first posted… It’s honestly got nothing to do with what you said, it’s just that you talked about Korona, and she’s a character I have a few comments on. The reason I was conflicted on whether to reply or not is because I can’t talk about Korona without getting kind of personal about myself… but I guess it’s nothing outside of what I already mentioned in my life story post, so there’s no real point in not doing it.
A Sky Full of Stars Spoilers:
The internal conflict in this route is basically the story of my life. The story of Korona not having a dream of her own and the way it’s portrayed is eerily similar to my own life. If I may quote an excerpt from my life story post:
You can see the similarities. Because of this, Korona and her route had an overall larger emotional impact on my than they should, by any rights, have had. I consider this me relating to her in all the worst ways. I know first hand how… I don’t even know what the word is. Painful? Uncomfortable? - her troubles really are.
But there are some key differences between the two of us that really matter. You see, she did it to herself. She dug her own grave. I, on the other hand, didn’t have a choice. Of course she’s going to end up like that if she studies all day every day without any particular passion. In my case, I didn’t study, didn’t do my homework, and I even skipped assessment tasks all the time, but I still ended up in a situation, as I said before, where “I’ve always been able to accomplish anything I set my mind to, so there was never any meaning in me accomplishing anything.” I of course still sympathise with her and relate to her, but I also can’t help but think that she dug her own grave.
And secondly, the resolution. It kind of felt like a big “fuck you” to me. The way I’ve ended up dealing with my issues is, as I said in my life story post:
It’s a “dream” I’m perfectly happy with, but one I must admit I kind of had to resort to since I had no other options - no dream of my own. So the way Korona - the lucky bitch - finds a dream of her own to pursue rather than having to come to terms with herself and settle on the whole “dream” thing like I did, felt like a real slap across the face to me.
Again, I sympathise with her character and I like her character and her route. In a certain way, it speaks to me like nothing else ever has. And I actually ended up liking her character more after she found her own dream because, as I said “I’ve always thought that people with dreams – life goals - are amazing. They have what I lack. They seem radiant to me.” Two people without any life goals, at least one of which has a “dream” of helping someone else with their dream, won’t go together. It’s why I generally don’t like people who are too much like myself. Opposites attract and all that. But the conclusion of the route especially, gave me a bit of unwelcome emotional turmoil.