Agreed. Her character is flat and her naïveté comes off as ignorance which is annoying. Just can’t bring myself to like her, but I also can’t truly dislike her
yes EXACTLY I’m getting sick of this sugary sweet innocence she has. it’s not cute anymore, it’s just plain dumb and honestly unrealistic. Either they should give her depth or cut her off from the main plot somehow
She’s a plot device at this point tbh and that also annoys me. I really don’t like disposable characters like these. Tho the first prince (forgot his name) seems like he’s feeling some slight paternal inclinations when he’s with her, it’s not enough to bring character development. She’s just plain BLIND and not connecting the dots with her birth. They gave us a reason why she isn’t inquisitive like Athy but that’s just an excuse. Like, can’t she stand up for herself? It’s annoying the fuck out of me.
I guess to me the biggest issue with Jeanette's character is her inability to figure out what is happening around her and that she is being used. Where are the stakes? To her it's literally just a "I want daddy to love me like he loves Athy".
Yet we all know what will happen if Jeanette succeeded. It's not just that Athy's heart will break. Jeanette is literally being used the bad guys to take the throne from Claude. She'll be used to weaken and ultimately overthrow Claude. She won't get her daddy or the family she wanted. She'll be the instrument of Athy and Claude's destruction.
Even sadder Jeanette has no idea. It hasn't even crossed her mind in the story that she's being used. She doesn't question why Mr. White wants her so badly to be chummy with Claude. Hm... why do you think he wants you to make friends with the Emperor? Do you think he has an agenda?
For Jeanette to stay sweet she literally can't let herself suspect things. I think she actually doesn't let her see the bad stuff.
This means as a reader I am stuck saying, "I hope you fail" because I know what happens if she succeeds. She won't get her daddy, sister, and she'll let back in a monster.
So how can I be happy if Claude shows her any affection? The stakes are high IF she succeeds. So it sucks as a reader to see her character.
I wish Jeanette would at least start to show a hint of awareness of what's going on. I haven't seen any growth in her in 10 chapters. She's the same as she was at the start.
Athy grew a lot and came to love Claude. Jeanette isn't growing. Maybe in the future something will wake her up, but right now I'm seeing zero character growth and I can't root for her to win Claude's affection. He'll eventually be killed by the people using her if that happens.