no, no I think you're 100% following my line of logic here.
This is why i say i worry we're going to make another misako. It hasn't happened yet, but the stage is SET.
Misako's introduction has a lot of loaded language. "I don't remember my mother" "she abandoned me" the story obviously wants to convey that mistakes were made. Feelings were hurt. All that. And Lloyd is obviously hurt by his mom's actions, doesn't want anything to do with her, etc. And because she's one of the only parents who got that realistic kind of language applied to her actions, that sort of well considered and relatable response to her actions, that first impression has lead a lot of people to completely discount any development in her story or the characters' relationship. They see the initial 'relationship is bad' presented in a relatable way and then take the conclusion to the extreme. So here we are however many years later, and we can't hear the end of all thse season 2 feelings even though they don't make sense anymore.
Reginald has all the same set up, and is leaving even more time to let people form their opinions and project their baggage and solidify their judgements, and I worry once the show inevitably gives this intentionally goofy character his well telegraphed character arc, people will be disproportionally mad and form life long grudges against the guy because they've already decided that he is the embodiment of every bad parenting quality imaginable, simply because the show tried to depict a complex family dynamic using realistic language for once, instead of it being cloaked behind also being an over the top magic wielding villain turning his daughter into a snake or whatever.
Where the show has injected nuance, I fear the fandom will not follow. For right now, that reaction makes sense... but it won't for much longer.
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