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You're right basically, knowing inner thoughts of a person is easiest way to know and symphatize with this character.

But consider this:
Charage are usually 'put yourself in' stories. That's why we have such a bland protagonists, obviously. But if you want to have that immersion into game/vn/story, you cannot show inner thoughts of any other characters than protagonists. It's immersion breaking because protagonists does not know what other characters are thinking.

Switching perspectives is a good thing and it suits story driven VNs/books/anything. It's a simple yet strong writting tool. But when it comes to charage, where immersion is really important, it's just of putting. And lazy.
Why lazy? Well, when comes to 'put yourself in charage' writter must show heroines and other characters interesting by their dialogues, actions and interactions. Which is sometimes very hard to do. Going into their heads is lazy, it's like cheating. It's basically the same type of 'tool' as "protagonists is secretly reading heroines' diary and get to know what she thinks". Both are shitty, both are lazy.

8 hours ago, Vorathiel said:

You're right basically, knowing inner thoughts of a person is easiest way to know and symphatize with this character.

But consider this:
Charage are usually 'put yourself in' stories. That's why we have such a bland protagonists, obviously. But if you want to have that immersion into game/vn/story, you cannot show inner thoughts of any other characters than protagonists. It's immersion breaking because protagonists does not know what other characters are thinking.

Switching perspectives is a good thing and it suits story driven VNs/books/anything. It's a simple yet strong writting tool. But when it comes to charage, where immersion is really important, it's just of putting. And lazy.
Why lazy? Well, when comes to 'put yourself in charage' writter must show heroines and other characters interesting by their dialogues, actions and interactions. Which is sometimes very hard to do. Going into their heads is lazy, it's like cheating. It's basically the same type of 'tool' as "protagonists is secretly reading heroines' diary and get to know what she thinks". Both are shitty, both are lazy.

In my experience, it is rare for a charage to have the necessary depth necessary for a true 'dive into the story for a vicarious experience' experience in the first place... simply because the perspective provided by most charage protagonists is less than compelling.