traininggauntlets

So you think if one person is ever in a position of authority over another and those two subsequently end up in a romantic pairing, any number of years after that imbalanced power dynamic no longer exists, it's automatically grooming? Do you have any dialogue examples that Byleth was grooming his or her future partner during part 1? I'd love to hear those. There are certainly people who analyze every word of dialogue more thoroughly than I'd ever think to, so by all means, if you have any I'd love to ponder them.

Byleth and his/her former students are similar age and 5+ years removed being in an actual teacher/student relationship. So unless someone feels that having ever been in that position disqualifies two people from being a romantic pairing, I would say it's probably fine... the series has done much worse - topic for another day!