hanako and noelle make me ughhhhhhhh right after checking the new weird route stuff i started thinking about hanako again. something about their characters wanting to desperately stop being coddled and treated as little kids but feeling there is no other option for them so they conform to this idea of a person you have to 'protect' and let others decide for you for everyones comfortability, putting your own needs aside until it drives you crazy and makes you start resenting those you love, even if they 'mean well', being seen as somebody who isn't more than their scars, everybody is overly delicate with you because they know something bad happened to you and that's everything they see. it's either that or their expectations around you. other people taking you and your consent for granted. no what does hanako/noelle want? but, what can hanako/noelle give? thinking you have no other purpose than being used, giving others what they want from you and trying to be happy this way. spoiler: weird route lake scene + hanako's sex scene. it makes me feel siiiiiick. im glad we got a noelle crashout