yeeaaah I feel like this is gearing up for a cheap twist of 'what if the main we established as an abused child was the bad guy all along?' or "welp, guess you *have to~ identify with your mother that also abused you for psychotic break reasons you're the saaame". Sometimes trying to insert twists beyond what's established just fucks with the momentum. Won't see where it goes until it's done, I guess.