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Spoilers from Mikkos Route!  AND SORRY WRITING SO MUCH











A lot of people seem annoyed at the "Bad ending" of Mikkos Route, but I think I have somewhat of a different take here, I personally don't like to attach to the past, I find it kinda toxic, so when I saw that an old best friend was out there in the romance options, I just avoided him and played every other route first and left Mikko for last, and as I got to know him first by the others routes, It kinda creeped me out how petty and obsessive he seemed to be, he's fixated on us, in a unique toxic way, and I kinda disliked him for that.

So when I played his route I couldn't help to see the red flags of someone who felt powerless, he had to move from home because of you, he lost all his friends because of you, and then as soon as you come back, he changes himself to please you, (you can even see his inner thoughts, he's really obssesed to please you!).

And from what I get from all the other routes, is that he didn't move on from you after all this years, and even if you didn't either, at least you're trying. He remembers every single detail of those days with you because he wrote all of those same details on a diary that he STILL reads years later, repeating all of those events like mantras, and despises you for not remembering those days as well as he does now. I was SO creeped out until the end.

And... since I played all the others routes first, I dettached from him as a character, but if you do that, you can start to perceive all this toxic form of attachment he's formed with the idea of you.

I really like the "Bad ending" because it makes a lot of sense for his character,  you're kinda the Torulf on his life, and by choosing to re-attach to Mikko instead of moving on with the other routes and characters, you're awakening all this trauma that he had to endure, bringing the worst in him.

In my personal opinion, that's why both of his endings are bad, because the only way of giving HIM a good ending is by not choosing him on the first place.

Spectacular writing! Kudos to the creator for giving us the opportunity to get to know a character through other routes, instead of just writing him off or ignoring his existence, as many other writers  would do.

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For me the issue isn't that there isn't a good ending but rather that the aggressiveness of it was pretty out there. You're definitely right about the red flags though, especially when you consider the first bad end you can get in Mikko's route.

I don't completely agree that Arvo is his Torulf though. I guess from Mikko's perspective, sure. The shit that happened was like in junior high I think it was mentioned. While shit can carry with us I highly doubt that's the kind of trauma that would create such a sadistic method of dealing with shit. What's more likely is that something way worse happened afterward (the mentioned boyfriend maybe?). Then Arvo comes along and he tried desperately to cling to something positive but ultimately uses Arvo as an easy punching bag instead (Arvo is kind of a push-over).

It should also be noted that Arvo had tried to avoid Mikko for the most part. Sure it was ultimately his choice when the key goes missing but Mikko was the one who tried to reconnect first. I don't think it's fair to blame Arvo for relenting to reconnect, especially when he's clearly not good at seeing red flags. I could see why you would feel awkward about Mikko's route being a route but in Arvo's perspective at the choice, this is him reconnecting with a friend not choosing a romantic partner.

That said though. We don't know the details on other things and his behavior throughout are signs of a very unhealthy person. It will take a lot to turn the route around and have it not be toxic and if I were in place of Arvo I wouldn't even try after the blow up (And get the police involved in terms of the bad ending). I'm gonna say it, Mikko is a bad dog! Bad dog!