Who besides the loli dragon was questionable?
A lot of the women characters tended to have characteristics that felt right-at-home in a harem manga.
All the characters in Awakening were pretty shallow and cliched, of course, but I felt it was the women more often than not who had personality types that seemed to follow the average 'fetish' personalities Japan does a lot. Tharja was the dark chick, Maribelle was the rich girl, Sumia was the klutz, etc.
It wasn't all bad, but I definitely think it was a step-down from the more grounded women present in past Fire Emblem who didn't seem to cater to the audience as much. But I guess Awakening as a whole was pretty catering in some extent, so it isn't really limited to the female characters, but in the wider picture of how women are objectified in video-games, I think it's worth noting.
K-A-Deman said:
Dragon hybrids exist, they've been young girls before, and the fact that outside of her intro, the only people still griping about her design are all on the other side of the screens.
Because the "really 1000 years old but in the body of a little girl" is a played out trope in Japan that is hard to take at face value as not specifically being included to pander? Even if it makes sense in Fire Emblem lore, doesn't mean people won't be put off by it. The localization actually toned it down I've read, where the Japanese version was apparently even more upfront about what the character was going for and more infantile.