Ngl, I don't get the hate the characters get I think that their relationship was pretty dinamic. MC got a crush on ML, and it was established since the start, that after that letter scene, both of them were aware of this. Their whole relationship was built on the fact, that ML knew, and MC knew that ML knew. So MC never hid it, and showed his feelings through his actions, and occasional hints in his words, however he never said anything outright, because hello!!!, ML isn't in love. It would have been stupid to just confess outright, when MC is in the middle of courting ML. Fr, people, have you never seen someone actively flirting and trying to seduce another person into liking them? That's what MC was doing this whole time. And it was clearly working, as ML started feeling the same. It was shown well in the manhwa. Sure, I didn't like the fact, that he asked MC to sing a courtship song when he didn't feel anything for him yet and literally likened MC to a tree (lmao), but in the end, MC could have easily refused, yet he didn't. He drew a clear line by not doing it in his true form, but he wasn't exactly strongarmed into it.
And yes, it was wrong of ML to not say the truth. But c'mon. Nobody is perfect, and let's be real, will you tell any random person (and someone who is a strict person in charge on top of that!), that you are basically an undercover agent, gathering information? Of course not. Yes, he should have told MC after they became intimate the first time, but if you put yourself in his shoes, you would understand, why he would be reluctant. It's difficult to come clear. And he was preparing this whole time, for MC to come with him home, so eventually he would have fessed up, even if MC didn't question him first. On top of that, he was feeling sick and muddled at the time, because he was hit with the double-whammy of pre-molting and the mating season. He talked about how he was often out of it, and he felt really bad physically too. Remember, he even fell out of the tree. And that was even before the were intimate, so dude had his brain pretty cooked at the time. Is it an excuse for his wrongdoings? No. Does it make him more real, and more understandable? Yes. That's the beauty of wellmade characters, they aren't perfect, and have the faults any person can have. On to the argument and then the cocoon scene. As I said, dude had his brain cooked, and then he got really upset when MC questioned him, then he and MC got injured. Dude was really desperate and not thinking straight when he showed up at MC's place. It wasn't surprising that he said some nonsense. And then he even entered his molting period too. As for the sex - yes, MC refused at first, but that was only because he wasn't sure, if ML wants it, because it's his mating season or not. That's it. Otherwise he was completely on board. I hate rapey sex too, and I can't stand it when one party constantly says "no" and is not listened to, but this was far from that. Dude was, at this point, already hopelessly in love with ML. He had no problem being intimate with him reviously either.
I think, that this manhwa showed the progress of their relationship pretty well. It first established their feelings properly, sprinkled in some spice, cleared the misunderstandings, feelings got discussed, and only then did they have sex. Like, fr, at this point both MC and ML was planning on living together in the future. The ML started thinking of the MC as being the same as a tree or a rock, and then was already planting a whole ass forest, just to make his beloved happy and comfortable if(when) they end up living together, before they even had sex. And MC already decided to quit military and follow ML to wherever he ends up in, even if he hoped that they could stay near the training facility. What more do you want? They only needed to get on the same page, which they did.
As for the other characters...while I don't like redhead, he does actually have a complex character. He cares for MC, and always looked out for him in the military (he took over the work MC was not comfortable with), he has a reason to hate serpents, but even so he is just as hard on the avian cadets, and he is greatly influenced by his guilt towards MC's loss of wing. Yet in the end, he decided to not stop them and let MC and ML leave, when he saw that MC is happy to do so. Redhead isn't just onedimensional. Hint: just because you dislike a character, it doesn't mean that he is badly made. The dad is also wellmade. In fact, only the mob characters, who don't matter too much in MC's and ML's relationship, are the ones who are a bit more bland. Mostly the cadets. But that other instructor also has a bit more personality, even if his presence is minimal.
All in all, while these characters are far from perfect (as they should be), they are well made, and I like the relationship between the couple.
Ngl, I don't get the hate the characters get I think that their relationship was pretty dinamic. MC got a crush on ML, and it was established since the start, that after that letter scene, both of them were aware of this. Their whole relationship was built on the fact, that ML knew, and MC knew that ML knew. So MC never hid it, and showed his feelings through his actions, and occasional hints in his words, however he never said anything outright, because hello!!!, ML isn't in love. It would have been stupid to just confess outright, when MC is in the middle of courting ML.
Fr, people, have you never seen someone actively flirting and trying to seduce another person into liking them? That's what MC was doing this whole time. And it was clearly working, as ML started feeling the same. It was shown well in the manhwa. Sure, I didn't like the fact, that he asked MC to sing a courtship song when he didn't feel anything for him yet and literally likened MC to a tree (lmao), but in the end, MC could have easily refused, yet he didn't. He drew a clear line by not doing it in his true form, but he wasn't exactly strongarmed into it.
And yes, it was wrong of ML to not say the truth. But c'mon. Nobody is perfect, and let's be real, will you tell any random person (and someone who is a strict person in charge on top of that!), that you are basically an undercover agent, gathering information? Of course not. Yes, he should have told MC after they became intimate the first time, but if you put yourself in his shoes, you would understand, why he would be reluctant. It's difficult to come clear. And he was preparing this whole time, for MC to come with him home, so eventually he would have fessed up, even if MC didn't question him first. On top of that, he was feeling sick and muddled at the time, because he was hit with the double-whammy of pre-molting and the mating season. He talked about how he was often out of it, and he felt really bad physically too. Remember, he even fell out of the tree. And that was even before the were intimate, so dude had his brain pretty cooked at the time.
Is it an excuse for his wrongdoings? No. Does it make him more real, and more understandable? Yes. That's the beauty of wellmade characters, they aren't perfect, and have the faults any person can have.
On to the argument and then the cocoon scene. As I said, dude had his brain cooked, and then he got really upset when MC questioned him, then he and MC got injured. Dude was really desperate and not thinking straight when he showed up at MC's place. It wasn't surprising that he said some nonsense. And then he even entered his molting period too. As for the sex - yes, MC refused at first, but that was only because he wasn't sure, if ML wants it, because it's his mating season or not. That's it. Otherwise he was completely on board. I hate rapey sex too, and I can't stand it when one party constantly says "no" and is not listened to, but this was far from that. Dude was, at this point, already hopelessly in love with ML. He had no problem being intimate with him reviously either.
I think, that this manhwa showed the progress of their relationship pretty well. It first established their feelings properly, sprinkled in some spice, cleared the misunderstandings, feelings got discussed, and only then did they have sex. Like, fr, at this point both MC and ML was planning on living together in the future. The ML started thinking of the MC as being the same as a tree or a rock, and then was already planting a whole ass forest, just to make his beloved happy and comfortable if(when) they end up living together, before they even had sex. And MC already decided to quit military and follow ML to wherever he ends up in, even if he hoped that they could stay near the training facility. What more do you want? They only needed to get on the same page, which they did.
As for the other characters...while I don't like redhead, he does actually have a complex character. He cares for MC, and always looked out for him in the military (he took over the work MC was not comfortable with), he has a reason to hate serpents, but even so he is just as hard on the avian cadets, and he is greatly influenced by his guilt towards MC's loss of wing. Yet in the end, he decided to not stop them and let MC and ML leave, when he saw that MC is happy to do so. Redhead isn't just onedimensional. Hint: just because you dislike a character, it doesn't mean that he is badly made.
The dad is also wellmade. In fact, only the mob characters, who don't matter too much in MC's and ML's relationship, are the ones who are a bit more bland. Mostly the cadets. But that other instructor also has a bit more personality, even if his presence is minimal.
All in all, while these characters are far from perfect (as they should be), they are well made, and I like the relationship between the couple.