I think you're right about Nangong. I still think of him has a jerk because I went forward to read what happened in the (far off) future, but he's not as horrid as JLY is currently. At least Nangong is pretty upfront with his feelings and expectations. JLY is, so far as I can tell, the ultimate male tsundere, and while amusing in other some other stories, is infuriating in this character.
FW is pretty great. So far, she's pretty much has the opposite of SL's luck and weird and bad stuff keep happening to her. I love it. I think she's further grounded because she actually has a family she's attached to, unlike SL. Now if she can just make some female friends, she can truly cast off SL's shackles!