It gets better the beginning is just really toxic but it does get better
mf they were both horrible & toxic to each, that's the point like the other user said. it's more icky that you're making it seem like other is a minor when they're both full blown adults.
that aside, the writing is good, author takes her take time with the development and their bg story just comes off naturally so you wont feel overwhelmed. they both go through character developement with each other.
Snake lady specifically says she’s too young and calls her a child multiple times, snakes lady’s contemporary also calls red too young for her, are you saying coercing someone into a sexual relationship for their first relationship is somehow ok? She isn’t a minor but she is explicitly young and inexperienced, snake lady knows and acknowledges that but doesn’t give a fuck, of course I haven’t even gotten to the explicit abuse of power, snake lady is a high ranking officer who literally is above her in the hierarchy of the military and hierarchy in the military is absolute so whatever the fuck she is doing right now is a clear abuse of power, at this point in the story where I had read red hasn’t done really shitty so I don’t know what you’re talking about
Guyssss I’m on ch 11 and I really really reeeeally hate snake lady, the way it seems like it’s going is she’s going to take advantage of red’s inexperience and the age gap AND will abuse her power over her to coerce her into a sexual relationship that Red obviously does not want (kinda rapey), I really hate snake lady right now, does it get better, does she have a satisfying character arc where I don’t hate her guys?????