I think its less about grooming and more about position of power/authority. Obviously MC has the power in this situation, she is raising both Hansel and Gretel as a mother figure. Coming from a position of power (providing food, roof, clothes etc) she has a positive influence on these children and is in a position to influence them. Obviously MC isn't trying to groom him but as someone with the power in this dynamic she should be responsible to not return those feelings & she should understand that Hansel may like her bc she was his sole provider (literally adopted them). I think stories like this a very much in the grey area
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U guys have to stop using the word grooming loosely. It’s defined as someone who purposely created a relationship of trust with a young person in order to manipulate, exploit and abuse them. By reading his definition, now is it really grooming and pedophilic? It’s unfair for the author cuz ur comments will cause new readers to leave. It is already confirmed at the beginning of the story that our MC met up with Hansel when he grew up and these types of stories are not new. We got elves and vampire stories and I don’t see anyone complaining about those stories. Yes, our MC met with them as a child and travelled with them for a while bc she’s in danger of being caught by with hunters, but she is very clear she clearly has been planning to leave the kids sooner bc of this. It wasn’t her intention to meet with them as a kid to begin with and she doesn’t even kno Hansel developed a little crush on her