Just a little curious, why do you not like Val (If this notion does indeed hold true)? I don't particularly care for her either. When I found out as the protagonist you basically get your power from her I immediately felt a solid notch or two at least less special (maybe a little betrayed even especially when she tells you to give up your slaves some of which suck as people and for doing so it's a game over??).
I'd definitely LOVE to see some worthwhile growth or just exploration from/relative to Victoria & Kate/Rescue-Girl (especially because I just adore their designs). I feel like their powers would be dubbed something like 'industry/technomancer' and fireworks (like from Jubilee from X-men I wanna say but having far more utility than damage) respectively.<ac_metadata title="Feelings towards characters (Sorry if you answered this already)"> </ac_metadata>