biiiiig agree anon! the melusines were self-sufficient bc elynas had taught them all that, but they relied on neuvillette to help guide and protect them as they integrated into human society - as such, he took on a "father" figure role bc of that, as well as him considering them a new kind of species of vishap and as the hydro dragon sovereign, feels it his duty to take them under his wing so to speak. BUT it's not like he's "raising" each and every one. according to aeval, she's never even spoken to neuvi let alone have a personal relationship which implies this is true for other melusines as well. whether they're living in merusea or the court, they're getting by on their own. the melusines in the court have full time jobs with salaries and are financially independent and live independently and rely on themselves to get their own food, clothes and whatever other resources they may want or need. they can drink coffee if they want. they can go to a restaurant or watch a show if they want. they're not babies and anyone who treats them as such is disrespecting the melusines for real.

neuvi is their father figure in the sense that when they need guidance or a protector, he's there. but he's not taking care of them in the sense that they're relying him for money, clothes and food like a child would be.

you never stop needing your parents, even as an adult, and you'll never stop being your parents' child, no matter how much you grow up.

the melusines are capable women and deserve love and romance. each one deserves someone who thinks of them as the most wonderful person in the world.

on one hand, yeah!! on the other hand, it's bit iffy when allegory for neurodivergence is not human. but i guess you could say that what's common behaviours, thoughts and perceptions of a melusine are similar to neurodivergent humans!

that said, i don't think hyv intended for the melusines to be seen as "neurodivergent" or be an "allegory" for it. rather, they're just simply not human, with a nonhuman perspective. but their different way of seeing the world, and their different behaviours can be totally relatable to someone who is neurodivergent! (part of the reason why i love the melusines so much, as someone with adhd myself and have always felt so "different" and "out of place" in a world obviously not built for people like me), and because of that, sigewinne would absolutely definitely be autistic if she was human in an au, that is, if you wanted to keep most of everything about her that makes her who she is

i dont even know what a neurotypical human sigewinne would look like.... would it even be sigewinne anymore? shudders

sure. and the fictional child is a 400yo of a nonhuman species that is naturally small in nature and so if you were to put human features on a melusine they'd look more human childlike than not (also just the fact that hyv only uses 5 models and they wanted a playable melusine so they needed to come up with a reason why sige looks humanlike, but if they gave her a taller model she'd look too different from her fellow melusines)

and if you believe her a child, you should be more concerned about all the actual in game canon stuff surrounding her 🤪

but in the end none of this matters bc like you said, it's fiction and she's fictional

and i still want a panty shot of her

I LAUGHED SO HARD WHEN WE PROPERLY MEET ORORON and he acted like a polite child and then paimon said the thing. it's just funny bc if this character was female with either the short or loli model, even if they're described as an adult the fandom would infantilize the shit out of them, but bc it's tall male model people will treat ororon as the adult he is while acknowledging he has childlike tendencies. but god forbid a small lady who is part of a small race of nonhumans be seen as an adult despite having a far more mature mentality than ororon and heck do i even dare say citlali? citlali is prone to emotional outbursts and immature flipflopping despite being a 200yo (im assuming) elder grandma. afaik, sigewinne has never once had an emotionally immature moment, she just has whimsy and likes cuteness.

but anyway, i digress. lowkey wish ororon was at least a teen to show appearances don't always determine what they are (ie look like an adult but still a minor) but i'll take a childlike adult man