What was the need to have the MC raise the dragon? Come on, what are we doing here? And when the sole driving force of a character's existence is his mate, he becomes largely devoid of agency, reduced to a one-note personality, more like an unconditionally loyal dog lacking much reasoning than a human being. As the story progresses, he becomes increasingly infantilized and lobotomized.
What was the need to have the MC raise the dragon? Come on, what are we doing here?
And when the sole driving force of a character's existence is his mate, he becomes largely devoid of agency, reduced to a one-note personality, more like an unconditionally loyal dog lacking much reasoning than a human being. As the story progresses, he becomes increasingly infantilized and lobotomized.