Here's a fun random question - whats your biggest hot take/controversial opinion on fhdw that you haven't shared yet? Or if you can't think of one, expand on the ones you have shared :)
If we are talking about controversial opinions, I don't think the Ronodin we were presented with in the books is ever really redeemable. Not because his actions made him irredeemable but because he is perfectly happy with hurting people and does not regret it. I needed a scene where he showed genuine apology to someone who wasn't his manipulation target.
His backstory is sad, and you can trace the way he had good intentions all the way down, but simply saying you have good intentions doesn't mean much when you're also murdering families and causing world wars. A point is made, the current situation with the sanctuaries is untenable for the Dragons, but Ronodin doesn't really care about this point. He's using the dragons and demons as sacrifices to get the throne. Ronodin wants the Fairy Crown so that he can prove that he was right and that his family were all fools. He dresses up his goal in pretty fabric so he can feel good about it, but he is still sore that he fucked up in negotiating with the demons.
He is a character with the potential to be complicated and interesting, who deserved a better written ending, but I don't think he was ever righteous so much as he found the words to make people believe he was righteous. At best he is an anarchist who thinks things will just work themselves out once he burns the previous world to the ground, at worst he is a wellspoken abuser.