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a younger person falling in love with an older person/guardian figure (not related by blood) ≠ grooming
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an adult/guardian prepping the younger person for sexual/romantic relations by the time they reach age of consent = grooming
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a younger person liking an adult ≠ pedophilia
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an adult like a child = pedophilia
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in taehyuk's case neither grooming nor pedophilia apply to his situation since he was not preying on child hyo-un nor had any sexual/romantic attraction to him... and in this case he feels weird that:
1. they are both men
2. he raised hyo-un (rightfully so)
but to apply either of those terms would just be factually incorrect because its just not true...
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-now it is upsetting that the author took this route of the new dragon (hyo-un) landing sight on a child and assuming the form of a child, when we the readers know that taehyuk raises him from child to adult....bringing any children into sexual stories always feel wrong, unless theyre kids/siblings of the main cast...but its not fair to label taehyuk as a pedo/groomer