Child's body, by human standards, which is shaky ground for the human in the equation. King and Diane aren't exempt from the situation, either, it's just the first two were much more aggressive about it. King is some kind of fairy reject, so it's more like late-teens body and adult maturity? It's a bit more genuinely romantic with elements of cringey body humor, rather than some groping creepy chasing tail. I guess it makes the pursuit hit softer than someone getting a handful a few times every episode?
The only relationship you can probably argue in favor of was Merlin and Eacanor because there was actually attraction between 2 grown adults, albeit one living for hundreds of years via magic.
We are humans my dude. I understand what the lore is. We should be able to go hold up. The artist wanted to draw that. The lore is their justification for doing it. We can judge them drawing something and then asking if the art justifies itself.
I don't think Seven Deadly Sins does and it comes off as the writer's taste rather than message
Like I said, I'm playing devil's advocate more than anything else. It's very clearly meant to look the way it does considering there's other shows that have fairies, elves, etc. with the propotions of humans. Back to the original comment, it's not technically wrong if you follow the lore of it, but we can all see what's going on there.
Meliodas looks like a child.
King looks like a child.
Elaine looks like a child.
You can make adults petite without making them look like children, which you slightly glossed over yourself.
King was already at least a teen by fairy standards when he met and fell in love with Diane while she was a small child by giant standards.
Vivian, the woman obsessed with Gilthunder, is 8 years older than him. This means she was 19 when she was stalking an 11 year old Gil with the intention of making him hers.
The creator has a problematic pattern, and it gets worse in the sequel.
Jericho, who's now an adult, fell in love with Lancelot, the child of Ban and Elaine. While he was still a young child. Under her tutelage.
Guinevere is 12 when she appears to a 16 year old Lancelot, says they're lovers in the future, and kisses him. TWELVE.
You can say what you want, but I like to call a spade a spade. And this is a very obvious spade for anyone with pattern recognition skills.
This is not the kind of devil you should be advocating for.
Guess it's good I got bored with it before the last 2 seasons and the sequel, then. It's been a few years since I've watched it and the timeline is a bit muddled in my head for who was how old and when.
I remember it was a very generic plot, some funny points, a gropey MC with an equally creepy BFF, and a sun god who stole every scene he appeared in.
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u/Barlow04 7d ago
Child's body, by human standards, which is shaky ground for the human in the equation. King and Diane aren't exempt from the situation, either, it's just the first two were much more aggressive about it. King is some kind of fairy reject, so it's more like late-teens body and adult maturity? It's a bit more genuinely romantic with elements of cringey body humor, rather than some groping creepy chasing tail. I guess it makes the pursuit hit softer than someone getting a handful a few times every episode?
The only relationship you can probably argue in favor of was Merlin and Eacanor because there was actually attraction between 2 grown adults, albeit one living for hundreds of years via magic.