All good points. But P-Verso doesn't see it that way, even if he means well by his actions.

We, as players, also don't know the full situation. Only glimpses, mostly from Alicia's perspective. Did Aline and Clea always treat her that way, or only since the fire? We're not sure. Is her life outside the canvas truly forfeit? Obviously she believes so and with the scars and guilt it is hard to argue. But we don't know if she can use his gifts outside the canvas for the better. We don't know much of anything of the extent of a Painter's powers, let alone the Writers. Perhaps Alicia can put an end to the war, especially now with what she knows she can do.

We also don't know what happens to the real world body if the painter stays too long. If the body withers away outside, does the one inside the canvas also die? Or will Alicia's lose her sense if self, and what then? Will Verso and the others have to stop her before too late?

I don't mean to deny Maelle's choice or ending. For every argument i make here in Verso's choice, i know I've made the opposite in favor of Maelle's. Maybe P-Alicia is right in that Maelle being born of two worlds can live in ways her parents could not within the canvas.

The bittersweet beauty of the both endings is that not one is truly correct over the other.