By the involved mods, I mean Naeva, Eevoltic, and VeganPizza.
Going by this timeline, the Beaver account was deleted around September 14, which was a month since the incident and two weeks since the last lemmy.world statement, so I'm not sure it's attributable to the vegan cats thing.
Edit: Expanded on the dates.
Going by my memory of the vegan cats incident and from having checked the mod log sent to me then, none of those accounts were involved before Rooki made the power move. In fact, the mods that were involved are also among the current mods of this community. Beaver occasionally commented in the subsequent threads on Rooki's conduct, but I don't remember anything too heated or demanding vote manipulation. From then, I believe vegan@lemmy.world got a new moderator and they got into a conflict with Beaver for unrelated reasons.
I've long suspected them to be the same person and I don't quite understand why she changes accounts so frequently, but what's your problem with her conduct in relation to the companion animals situation?
*Chornobyl.
Daniel Vavra having no clue about history and being racist.
Two of the reasons I'd never use it. The other is not wanting to support the Google monopoly.
I'll always remember her accurate Trump impersonation.
Short of the introductory scenes that teach you to avoid using the special abilities, I can't think of a case of the protagonist being manipulative in a negative way. It's worth noting that she can be as bad as the player though, if they decide to interrupt people and use her powers to the same end.
To your second point, there are enough examples of Justice being bad, like their officers talking about arresting people purely out of being annoyed, being kinda racist (e.g. saying that two Black individuals must be siblings, then to themselves wondering if that's racist), going after a little girl for having special powers, experimenting on people, persecuting all people with special powers and regularly calling them deviants (all while claiming to promote diversity), trying to arrest peaceful protesters, and so on.
I wouldn't agree with the assessment of the main characters being a-holes. Maybe in the carefully cut clips devoid of the full context.
In the first scenes, the protagonist is indeed somewhat mean to her crew, but the game immediately tells you as much, to show you that abusing the special abilities, Vox, is not a good idea. From there, it's up to the player whether to listen to every dialogue to the end or to interrupt, whether to avoid using the charged Vocals or to use them frequently. Going by the post-chapter stats at the end of one particular chapter, most players choose to avoid them at least in that instance.
It's a lot more nuanced than ever presented in the hate videos or reviews. Like the protagonists being deliberately flawed, the villains (or the people presented in those reviews as villains) are also portrayed as human: misinformed but not inherently evil; capable of empathy and questioning their beliefs; seemingly caricature at first, but then showing a different side.
Probably Fortnite. It's not just one battle royale game anymore. If I feel like racing, I can play Rocket Racing. If I feel like building, I can play Lego Fortnite. Festival if I want a Guitar Hero experience, Ballistic if I want a Counter-Strike experience, and so on. It's all tied to Epic's servers though, so it's not for life.
More related to Beaver.