So..I just had this super random thought..
See...when in shoujo or female lead mangas or dramas, I usually dislike the mary sues and cutesy ditzy girls. But I'm tolerant of those in yaoi male ukes.
Because cuteness and the helpless act is normalized for the generic feminine role, its not an interesting character design...aka just basic..aka a boring read.
But at the same time,for men the same characteristics are frowned on and so men who own their adorableness(ukes) are kinda charming and entertaining?
Or maybe I have a biased taste and I'm just overanalyzing.
Personally I don’t like this stereotype in both shojo and yaoi.
By the way, I don’t think that a cute, ditzy uke is innovative, unconventional, because the uke is perceived as the « feminine » role in the couple. Ukes are even called Mums in omega verse. So their personality traits remain linked to the female gender conceptually.
Finished this piece of crap story finally. This spineless coward of a woman truly had nothing bad happen to her. She got handed her life on a silver platter...and yet ruined it all by her own hands. She needs to be put in an institution. That level of paranoia isn't normal, is it?
The poor duke... he gets harassed by crazy women all his life and he fell for that nitwit. Him and his kid deserve a medal for dealing with this crap.