Yeah, that's exactly it! Our MC in POMA feels so passive because all the story is doing is telling us what happened, but not showing us the full picture. AC on the other hand feels so active and alive, because the narrative is actually showing us what's happening.
Also, he wants to stretch POMA into 3 books?? What, 3 books of MC being sidelined for the author's #1 fav OC?100% agree with the Ruo thing, I was never a fan of Ruo too, but in the beginning, it was fine. Sure, I side-eyed the glazing a little, but whatever that's how every manhua starts anyway.
Ruo's strong, but we're gonna surpass him (using he/him bc even the author says that making Ruo gender-selectable feels wrong lol) sometime soon, right? Right? Wrong. Like I get authors have their favorites, that's normal, but come on, POMA is supposed to be about the MC's story, that's why we're the goddamn MC! If he likes Ruo that much, then why not just make a separate novel about him? Keep us out of it, man.