So if I’m understanding the Friend!Reader concept correctly, essentially the reader is friends with an idol that the batfam is obsessed with? And they involve themselves with crime which upsets the batfam because they’re associated with the idol? Or an I misunderstanding it
I mean, you've got the first half right! Honestly I probably didn't explain it very well, so I'll clear some things up!
Friend! Reader is friends with a lot of people (as the 'name' suggests), and one of those people does include an idol that the batfam is obsessed with! However, the family did not know this beforehand, and being yanderes, they don't like that the reader is closer to the idol then they are.
The premise is that from the family's perspective, the reader was just another random friend - someone who is of no concern to them, and they honestly don't even really care about. The only people the batfam cares for is a pair of idols (who are siblings), that the reader just so happens to also be friends with - best friends at that. What the family doesn't like is the close bond the reader shares with those idols, because they want that closeness for themselves and want to be in the reader's shoes. Hence why threats and such are mentioned when the reader doesn't comply and give the batfam all the personal information they're asking for. They want to know everything, they need to, and the reader is the easiest way to get that - the reader is the easiest way to have that close connection they crave.
However, as the Batfam's focus begins to shift a little, they start to realize how little they actually know about the reader. They don't actually know that the reader does crime to get by until later, and sure they start to not like it for a few reasons, but that isn't the initial reason why the batfam hates them at the start.
To put it simply, while the Batfam obsesses over the idol duo - they view the reader as a threat and obstacle to getting what they want. That is why they don't like the reader. That is why they aren't above threatening them and so on when the reader doesn't do what they say, or give the answers they want. The reader is in the way.
However, throughout the story, their focus and obsession shifts from the idols to the reader themself, and that change is where the story really ramps up. The reader doing crime doesn't upset the batfam initially, and if anything, I can see them trying to use it as blackmail or as a wedge between the reader and their best friends so that the family themselves can fill that gap. It's the fact that the reader is in the way of them getting to their current obsessions. The read is a threat that may need to be eliminated should push come to shove.
Does that mentality stick? Nope, but it doesn't get any better for the reader from there. However, if you're still confused, then I'll try to explain it better if I can! If there's anything else you're curious about, feel free to send in an ask :]










