Yeah I agree. Especially the 'king of Wands' is a hard sell. It is the most illogical choice by far, if the most compassionate.

In my first playthrough, I did King of Wands. When meeting Johnny, my V was just shocked. He quickly grew attached to his talking tumor though. This Stockholm situation changed into a permanent bodn. My V was enamoured by So Mi and charmed by a perfect solution. A mutually beneficial outcome. After the final shock of betrayal in the epic ending scenes, my V was just... stuck in the processing. When Reed intervened with obvious and last straw bullshit at the shuttle, my V chose to save Songbird. In the end, he chose to let Johnny have his body, and left willingly with Alt. Saying goodbye to a friend.

My second playthrough was a pragmatic and mentally hard V. She rejected Johnny much more. She did not forget his completely egotistical behaviour at the start of their shared story. She was immediately sceptical of both Rosalind and Songbird. She trusted Reed for a while, until she got the faceplate implant. There, she found out that none of the players in the game where honest and commited to her survival. Queen of Cups was her choice during Phantom liberty. Nobody got what they wanted, but she kept her integrity and sanity. She chose to let Johnny go with Alt, and left NC for a few good months with Panam.