Unintentionally Sympathetic: On Nigel's reference sheet, the author mentioned that she was going to make him as unlikable as possible since he needs to learn his lesson. After his prologue chapter came out and established why he's the way he is in the present daynote He was raised to become a guardian as per family tradition, showered with praise all the while, but his parents immediately disowned him and moved on to his younger brother after Luna said he wasn't ready to be a guardian and could try again next year, causing him to lash out, a good chunk of fans disagreed with this assessment.