Therefore I'mma still be mad at her for being a shit mother, nobility or no, whether she's a great vassal for her dead master, she's a pathetic excuse for a parent towards Rudiger
Yeah, about sums it up. But let's be fair, all the dads in this series are pretty shit-tier too.
you made good explanation about the Duchess obsession with the Princess.
its kinda like the story of the villain's vassal who is willingly died for the villain eventhough they know their master is on the wrong side.
Everyone is angry at the Duchess for not being a good mom (and she wasn't), but forget that this is the world of nobility, and she was Vanessa's vassal; and not just anyone's vassal---royalty's vassal. It's not enough to say she was just a loyal maid, or that she loved her; a vassal is different. It's a person or bloodline you swear your whole life to, and often your whole lineage's life to. Jonas being prioritized higher than Rudiger makes a fundamental lot more sense sociopolitically. She straight up said she cared about the bloodline, and not Judith herself. Even though she's not a warm mother, she's an ideal vassal.