Yep pretty much this. Pacing was terrible, the author spends all this time focusing on Jeanette who isn't even a likable character, I barely even remember what goes on in the plot because there's so much nothing in-between, and I also think characters are sorta plot devicey as well. From what I remember the dad seemed like bipolar or something and I wasn't sold on the author trying to redeem him. This is honestly a perfect example of when an artist can draw but is an amateur writer.
^ I totally agree with this ╮(￣▽￣)╭
This is super well-put
Here is the thing for people need to understand about Jeanette's hate. I'm not going to be rude to anyone about this. But here is the thing Jeanette, the character, has been put in the worst position possible there is no winning for her.
1. The main point of this webtoon is the parent-child relationship between Clade and Athy. Its the hook
2. Jeanette had a decent side character role for the first part of the series. There was a mystery surrounding her, but Athy was warming up to her at the same time. Then Mr. McRedflag's face gives her that ribbon.
3. The actions with the ribbon lead into seasons 2 & 3. Which wouldn't be so bad if there was a glaring issue that goes this webtoon.
4. The retroactive spoilers, the memories coma, and Claude thing happen in the Light novel with Claude waking up when our magic ML came back. The big hook returned a long while ago.
5. Returning to Jeanette once more, since the webtoon is in original territory now. Seemingly the webtoon artist has made Jeanette the author's pet. Her role in the story is exceeding what it needs to be. Her naive and innocent nature is fine; the issue is that the new canon wants to push that while also having her constantly manipulated by Mr. McRedflag's face and crew.
6. The story's pacing has been thrown out the window, and quite a few readers are fed up with it. They waited a long time for Claude to get his memories back, only to have him be in an anime coma.
Keeping these pointers in mind, the clear issue and the one that people should be pissed at is the webtoon artist going off the rails in a way that buried the hook and tried to fill the space with situations involving Jeanette and other things that are just making people more frustrated.
The reason why hate is pilled on Jeanette is cause while the reader cant see the author they can certain see Jeanette and the issues she causes by proxy.
TDLR: The webtoon went downhill because of the webtoons artist's actions which are only highlighted when Jeanette does stuff as of late. So by association, she getting vented at. (also some bad writing in general but i wont go into that.)