in most cases i wouldn't defend this but you're forgetting that she is immortal. she doesn't age. anyone could probably recognize her as any age they want. if a hot immortal took me in as a child i would probably by flustered a lot for them as well...tita had to mature at a young age because of what he went through before clete adopted him, they only get together because tita convinces her when he's an adult.
Could you fall in love with your mother figure/father figure? I can't. For me that person would be just like a mom/dad. Just because we are not related by blood and the parent figure is a HOTTIE, we don't fall in love even if they are immortal. Although it completely varies from person to person, I'm no one to judge as everyone has their own fetishes and kinks... Sorry if I offended you....
Could you fall in love with your mother figure/father figure? I can't. For me that person would be just like a mom/dad. Just because we are not related by blood and the parent figure is a HOTTIE, we don't fall in love even if they are immortal. Although it completely varies from person to person, I'm no one to judge as everyone has their own fetishes and kinks... Sorry if I offended you....
Dont worry you didnt offend me because you got me wrong. Why would i fall inl ove with someone who i see as a parent figure. Let us say, given that i fell in love with a hottie means that i dont see him as parent figure in the first place and rather I see that person as a man. And just because she raised him, doesnt mean he sees her as a mother figure. And you should know rather than a mother figure, he sees her as someone like a childhood friend(sweetheart) he grew up with. "Raising" someone doesnt always mean that they will see you as a parent figure. You might be reading too much yaoi/smut that you have become too open minded with perverted things. Just to remind you, falling "in love" is sincere and isnt lust nor a fetish ;)
...although clete is 'way older', she is also immortal and she doesn't age. if your problem is with her being a 'motherly figure' then you seriously don't understand this story. rather than clete being a motherly/family figure to tita, she's the first person to be considerate towards him. the first person to make him feel warmth. the first person to welcome and probably love him. love can be taken in any way. tita doesn't see clete as a mother, he see's her as a WOMAN. tita is soon to be a man so you guys should expect him to have some romance in his life, at this point who cares if it's the person who raised him.. he just needs love. of all sort. he deserves it. :)