Yes I am ranting. I'm just flabbergasted by the fact that when he saw his daughter trying to help the people, the first thing he thought is that he should do the same. Like are you serious? Your daughter is a noble, working like a servant cleaning floors and whatsoever??
I think my blood pressure rose high with that bit. My goodness.
this is why i love gallahan!! he might seem like a pushover but when it comes to tia he's assertive. but this fl's dad is borderline incompetent, like why even remarry?? sure you might be pressured, but by the looks of it he have 2 sons who can be his heir, so he can argue that he doesn't need one. heck he can't even correct a child (Rachel). Ugh typing this out frustrates me even more.
I don't wanna dislike the dad knowing his situation. However, things wouldn't turn in a situation where his daughter needs to suffer and carry his burden, if he knows how to set a boundary limit. He can't even exercise his power as a man, what more of a husband or family head? It seems like the author wanted him to come off as a hardworking dad but the downside of his image is that he became pathetic. If he really wanted to protect his family, he should start on the inside and at least start slowly grounding his second wife.
I'm being rational right now. He's not being a good family head nor lord if he can't stop that woman from spending money that is supposed to be for the people. His second wife is like an older version of the kid, that she came off as childish to me, too. Dude, once you're a goner, they still have a backup plan with her family, but you'll end up with nothing, dragging not only your family but also the whole town. Don't care about that crown prince but you're also subtly evil to try be oblivious about it.
I know he's trying but if his daughter can do it, why can't an adult like him can? He got no excuses. He was even labeled by her as a pushover. That didn't help his image by the progression of the story at all. You don't need to work harder on anything else than to put that woman in her rightful place! Stop trying to fill more water on a broken glass. Even if you try to produce more money, if that woman and her daughter kept on living lavishly, you'll get drained fast.
The fact that his daughter died and had to suffer initially made me dislike him but not hate him. He's an unfortunate soul, but he's not suffering like his children for me to take pity on him more than his kids. His boys had to fight monsters endlessly and his daughter died by being married off to an asshole?? Time turned back, but the past is still evident.
Weakness has its own marvels. But he's making it hard to like him because he's being oblivious that he's part of the freaking problem!