I don't have to do anything you want me to do that I don't want to do. And you can be sure I will stick completely to my vision of them just being friends and the Wogglebug marrying the Beetle Princess and having children with her and then living happily ever after as the end of the series as I had planned from before the beginning. Just like I didn't give into anything you or Richard had said about why I shouldn't keep my plan to have Wogglebug be in Genoma like he wasn't in Oz to begin with. Because it was something I had planned on ever since I was 12 years old. Even though I had written (and at one point published) Oz fanfiction that made it look like he was happy in Oz I have since thrown that concept into the fantasy rubbish bin. Which is exactly what everyone is going to eventually have to do with the idea of Wogglebug and Frogman being gay.
I don't believe that. And even if there has ever been any truth to that there won't be for long.
Just curious as a long-time reader and participant in this thread: Why is Wogglebug married to a beetle princess if Frogman won't marry a toad?
Beetles are from the order Coleoptera (with some exceptions, biology is complex) and Wogglebug, while being his own creature, is still based on a cockroach. Cockroaches are from the order Blattodea. They're not compatible.
Frogman, being based on a frog, would be from the order Anura. Toads are from the order Anura too, i.e. they are from the same order and are extremely similar. In fact, toads and frogs can interbreed in some circumstances, although mating doesn't really produce viable offspring.
I know you probably will dismiss this as 'just fantasy' so these things don't matter but I really don't understand your reasoning given the scientific background. The thing is, you claim you like to include actual scientific research in your stories to some degree so I'm trying to help out. I've offered help many times before and you usually ignore it, but I thought I'd try again since it's been a few years.
My best guess is that you associate toads with being warty and ugly and gross, whereas frogs are cute and smooth and come in pretty colours (if they're something like a tree frog, with their impressive array of shifting camouflage) To simplify the somewhat complicated classification of the tree frog, you can consider it
Hylidae. Tree toads are a thing that occur sometimes in nature when the toad tries to mate with a tree frog (usually producing incompatible with life offspring).
Wogglebug getting it on with a beetle makes zero sense, especially if they mate. Species that cross-breed with cockroaches are a short list if they implant at all. Your best success at doing so is to decide what breed Wogglebug's cockroach side is and research cockroaches that are potentially compatible. Professor Google informs me that crossbreeding has exceedingly poor results but you might get lucky if you mate
Blaberus fucus with
Blaberus. sp, and even then there are zero guarantees that they'll be fertile and produce live offspring.
I feel a bit gross typing this but you obviously want your characters to settle down with "attractive" insets. but you're going about it all wrong in terms of science and particularly biology.
It's been a years since I covered this in university biology so please sciencefags feel free to correct me if I'm wrong (which could definitely happen after so long, I very much welcome constructive feedback from feel bio-nerds since this sort of insect stuff wasn't my focus). It just seems to be that you could have found "prettier" bugs/amphibians for your characters to settle down with.
Because I'm already this far down the rabbit hole here are some alternatives you could uses where the "mates" are at least in the same ballpark as far as genus and type
. Here are some examples very similar to a cockroach that are kind of cute with prettier exoskeletons and colouration:
Melyroidea magnifica
Polyzosteria mitchelli
Elliptorhina javanica
Eucorydia sp.
As for frogs and toads, it's a massive misconception that they're gross and nasty and spread warts to people. In fact, toads don't have warts at all, they're simply bumpy glands. Apart from a lack of research because you want him to have an "attractive" (in relative terms) spouse there is no reason for him to 'settle' for a different species due to your misconceptions. Here are some cute examples of toads you could draw from. I promise they are all wart- and contageon-free:
Brachycephalus ephippium (Pumpkin Toad)
Bufo japonica
Also some pretty and interesting markings.
Bufo viridis (the American Green Toad)
Incilius periglenes (The Golden Toad)
Absolutely stunning golden colour
Bombina bombina (Fire-Belly Toad)
Fascinating and beautiful markings
Those are just a handful of examples. Cynthia, stop trying to make your frog/toad/bug characters attractive. We get that Wogglebug is your ideal partner but this is supposed to be focused on kids. Maybe make it kid friendly? Like maybe give little short science lessons about the different species involved. Kid-appropriate lessons, like preferred habitat, what makes them unique, why they have the colours and markings they do. It would go a long way towards making the books truly education and for their intention (hooking up single characters) less obvious. I've been following you for years (pretty much since page one) and my biggest overall critique is that none of it is concise or age-appropriate. Childrens' fiction needs to have a fun story, yes, but it also needs morals and lessons the child can take to heart and apply to their every day life.
Focus less on finding an "attractive" mate for your characters and focus more on Wogglebug's adventures and the lessons he learns while he's traveling. Worry less about how attractive the mates of him and Frogman are for you personally. I assure you none of the kids care.
I'm not just being mean. Think back to when you read as a kid. Did it matter to you if the prince married a physically beautiful princess, or was what happened important because they had a good heart? If your focus was their appearance then you completely missed the mark and I guess that's something you have to unlearn on your own. No amount of Kiwi help will help you break free of that, you need to work it out yourself.