beta
I only made it to ch3, but the stuff with Pop gave me serious ick. First of all, he looks too young, and nobody clarifies how old he is before shit goes down. Major concern (and the axe) just from that, but his whole backstory is just presented as being really vulnerable.
Apparently OG duchess picked him up as an orphan, named him, and they clearly had a weird/sketchy relationship. We don’t know the relative ages, but it just felt like an easy situation to take advantage of, even if Poh is technically on board. Just a bit too much potential from grooming, not to mention the power imbalance even if they are the same age.
Even if he is a reasonable age, it’s just as much of an issue to readers that he isn’t really drawn to look like he’s a reasonable age. And yeah, new MC didn’t have anything to do with that, but it doesn’t change the fact that she’s taking advantage of an existing dynamic that is clearly not right.
Just ick all around, so I’m out