mixelation:

in some ways i love “power imbalance” ship discourse. it’s like watching dude bros debate power levels. you’re trying to turn an extremely complex and nuanced scenario into crunchable numbers. i think that’s why so many people are fixated on age gaps tbh. and then often they fail hilariously because they’ll be like “well, it’s a five year age gap between adults, so that needs to be addressed–” and then not even consider the insane dynamic of (check notes) dating your direct commanding officer with mind control powers in a fantasy military setting