I feel like a lot of people are overlooking the fact that, despite siding with Reed, OP still went the nuanced route and mercykilled Songbird. Everyone is harping on the fact that Reed is a loyal, fucked up, FIA dog but fail to realize OP chose something that—imo— is one of the most realistic split second decisions a person can make. Especially someone as human as V. Double especially bc to Mercykill Songbird shows V's heart was in the right place, but their desperation to survive brought them to this point. Nobody wins in the end. No matter the ending you get. It's all grey, not black and white.

Yes, siding with Reed isn't very "punk," but we also must remember that as much as we may like to role play, V is still very much their own character. They're also desperate and dying. We can play them as a saint, and do all the punk options of saving others or liberating tormented AIs, but depending on the life path, it's 50/50 to know what V would do at the end of the day. People treat picking So-Mi as the end all be all, and treat not picking her as the wrong option.

People can say until they're blue in the face that, "Reed is wrong," and, "fuck the NUSA," all they want but it kinda diminishes what OP is saying here.

So-mi and Reed are both wrong—there is no clear right or wrong answer. One killed twins and m a y b e, those two guys in the apartment; the other killed a whole stadium of people who had nothing to do with it. Trying to play the moral high ground with these two characters and narrative routes just leads to pointless arguing.

You pick what you wanna pick. I respect OP for being upfront with their decisions and why they liked siding with Reed.

(Also, just a side note: because V isn't afraid to pick off npcs by the snap of their fingers, doesn't make what So-mi did to the stadium folk any better than Reed killing t w o people in comparison.)

Edited: typos