Dwarf In The Future Chapter 43 part2 Discussion

What overbearing, domineering, manipulative, red flag ML? I've been cheated. All I see is just a tsundere trying to help MC in his own way.

He has grown up in an environment where his younger brother is a troublemaker and his older brother isn't really present. It's pretty natural for someone like that to become a bit tsundere and domineering. Now take that character is match it with MC's cautious and "naive" personality (remember, he is a person that has just gone to a place completely unknown to him alone). Plus he isn't bullying MC, he is actively caring for and trying his best to assimilate him into this unknown world. Dispite how it may look he is gentle and understanding of MC; they actively try to talk out misunderstandings when it happens, they try to work out what's best for MC and ML doesn't get extremely overly aggressive when MC makes a mistake.

All in all, ML is a green flag in my eyes.

As for wordbuilding and the other stuff, it's good so far. Most characters I have a unique distinctiveness and are well integrated with the plot; not disappearing after some time. The romance isn't quite there but it's understandable because It's still in the early stages and ML just wants to raise him, not date him. The worldbuilding is good, I don't see anything currently that makes it stick out but that doesn't inherently make it bad. Finally, as for the plot it is certainly unique. I love the dwarf and elven background being here not just for the, "ooo pretty fragile looking guy is super strong!" But also the trauma, over-cautiousness, confusion, curiosity, etc. That comes with going to a new unknown place alone

P.s. MC is not a child dispite what ML or the others might say. He has stopped growing and is therefore an adult (elf and dwarf mixed blood logic ig). Everyone just assumes him to be 17 because his bone structure to them looks like a 17 year old's