
The King somehow manages to make me more mad than the queen

yeah she is just cartoonishly evil, while the king is a very realistic depiction of bad parents. especially cases where one parent is abusive and manipulative and the other parent doesn’t even try to confirm the safety of the kid and just assumes the kid is on the other parent’s “side” or whatever by their own discretion.

I fw Eric heavy; he has good morals and is intelligent. He didn't touch Miesa because it would go against his principles, even tho he cleary was attracted to her appearance.
She obviously acts like a child and is very oblivious to everything around her and therefore he deemed it as wrong to view her romantically.
Additionally, he quickly noticed that something wasn't right, which is genuinely refreshing.
Most MLs would avoid Miesa, ridicule her, or touch her even if she acts like a child. Furthermore, most MLs wouldn't have picked up on anything and would have remained ignorant until the female lead FL speaks about it.
Genuinely I don't fuck with any of her "family" member except her mom. Father is mad egoistic and the epitome of pride. He hurts her feelings and then because of his pride, either doesn't apologizes or say some stupid shit.
The brother is the same, except he's a bit more tame.