One of my greatest gripes in the context of the comics about Feliks is that the narrative seems to isolate him for one reason alone: it's that he's reserved for Tolys in every sense of the word.
Feliks narratively served as Tolys', the author's initial self-insert (in my theory), love interest in reserve. Not the obvious one, but in subtext is. The boy next door. Outside the context of WWII in the comics, Feliks' role was always to uplift Tolys while always in the wait. Tolys was allowed to travel oceans and find new friendship and bonds, he was allowed to navigate new environments, yet one thing was constant: he would always find Feliks at home. Should he feel sad, or weak, or dejected, Feliks was always there to cheer him up, beauty and charm all for him.
Oh, you're feeling down? Look, let me make your world brighter. Let's give it color: pink and glitters!
You've worked twenty hours and your boss wasn't even impressed? Look, that's super awful. Let's totally go to the park and eat out. (You're treat, though.)
You've suffered too many scars. Let's patch you up.
That's 2010's Feliks' narrative importance in the story. To be Tolys' dedicated manic pixie daydream boy. The only other friendship he is allowed in the narrative is with the author's other favorite character: Feliciano.
He isn't allowed any other friendships or bonds other than Tolys. He isn't even allowed to mingle with the other two Baltic personifications. He couldn't even stand alone as a character because the narrative made sure of that. That's the narrative choice the author had in favor of his once self-insert.
Feliks is given the narrative and subtext yoke other anime female characters who is reserved for one guy alone bore. There's a pattern.
We're talking about the personification of Poland, the one person who crawled from the depths of hell with bloodied fingers all alone and many times over. The one person who kept rescuing himself throughout history. Being reduced as a dedicated manic pixie. Bruh.
This realization was what pushed me to find other ships for Feliks.
