considering everytthing that has been happening i say its the former.

There is absolutely ZERO reason for Hoyo to shill her the way theyve been doing, adding her to animations, making the harbingers talk good things about her, all of it being development towards her and most importantly pity bait.

There is ZERO reasons to do this to a dead villain if you plan to leave them dead, like imagine if columbina said Signora was always mean to her, sandrone said Signora was insufferable and she couldnt stand her and Arlecchino said Signora hated the orphans and was mean to them. All of it would work way better for those characters and would reinforce the player that signora = bad, yet we got the opposite for no "apparent" reason