Congrats I agree on all points, though I usually judge Kal's abuse on a Doylist level rather than Watsonian: that it's a consequence of KT's genuine cluelessness about how a good parent treats their kids. So my Kal-bashing usually looks like "fuck, if only KT had actually recognized Kal for the bad parent he is and written him accordingly, the way she did Vau. He'd have been so much better as a character, because he'd be flawed and realistic instead of KT's grotesque Marty Stu wank fodder"

When I'm writing fic tho I def go at it from your angle