Grooming: "when someone builds a relationship, trust and emotional connection with a child or young person so they can manipulate, exploit and abuse them."
Idk about y'all but that is strangely accurate to this case. It might not be for sexual favors but she is still molding him to match what she wants and that just feels wrong to me. I also disagree with how shes doing this to destroy the empire. What about the innocent villagers who had even worse life's than her? They are the ones who are going to pay for it most, at the end of the day, if the empire is thrown into chaos. But she has been through a lot so i can sort of understand...though I'm still hoping she'll change.
On another note...are you perhaps the author of glass sight, between others?
That was close definition but not the right one grooming is “ grooming is befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse” and she’s not doing that. Yes she is manipulating him for her bidding but that’s it.
No but it would be considered grooming if there was an age gap hence the definition including “child or young person.” She’s 1 year older than him? I get that you could say she’s 400+ years old, but I wouldn’t even consider her alive in a sense, so she wasn’t even aging. She was pretty much in a state of insanity because her emotions became a blur, hence the cycle of feelings from love, resentment, attachment, to the current: nothing. That’s the only “aging” she goes through, but based on the novel, it’s kinda useless and I won’t spoil how.
Also yes haha did you recognize my @? I haven’t written in a while due to circumstances though.

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How stupid must you fucking be if you think a flimsy piece of cloth will block her from the book like???
Also, what the hell gives you permission to decide who does or doesn't deserve books???
And...look. I'm sorry- I'm quite liking this as well, but what she's doing...isn't that....grooming..?