Talk:Ian/Ina Kingsley/@comment-38133342-20200626194344/@comment-1140743-20200806194013

It being fiction is the deciding factor. The reason why these relationships are frowned upon IRL is because we ultimately don't know what anyone's motivations are, people are complicated and the consequences can be severe.

People in fiction are less complicated. We know that the MC is 100% into the professor, we know that the professor isn't grooming her, we know MC isn't an abuse survivor, we know the professor more or less reciprocates the MC's advances. Fiction allows us to explore the most idealistic versions of situations.

Like wizards not enslaving muggles in Harry Potter. Or by ignoring the huge power imbalance between the Bloodbound MC and Adrian, her 400 year old former mass murderer billionaire boss who answers to no one.