corruption should be about liberating someone and making them a fuller and happier person not ruining thier life over petty bullshit for some mass murderer's ego
Honestly, seen corruption take the form OP mentioned, and also other forms. It varies a lot. My issue is less the corruption, than that the dude behind the plan is just too detestable to root for, even in a kinky way. Driving someone to suicide is just a bridge too far, and just makes me want any ending where he loses, whether it's a Pure Aura, or an Alicia rebellion at some point. (Golden ending for me would be for Rose to loosen up a little, Aura to lose some of her arrogance and excessive self-sacrifice, and Alicia to mellow out on her maliciousness and all of them to form a polycule, but that's... not likely, is all I can say.)
I'm polyamorous myself, so if I can convince aura-dev to go there after 1.0 I'll do what I can to get a polyamory ending added. :P
Maybe you would enjoy playing Hardcoded? It's not the same sort of game at all, but I do think it can be recommended just in general, even if only the demo is available.
Also it has cats:
