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SpiritedDreaming wrote: It brings up the same issues that people had when Jaune kept hitting on Weiss; it just seems 'okay' now because it's an older woman hitting on a younger man. While one comment may be funny or seen as harmless, repeated instances and running gags are not.

The issue with Jaune and Weiss was that he kept pursuing the same person long after she made it known his interest was unwelcome. Seriously, she shut him down cold on pretty much the first day and like half a year later he hadn't stopped. I'm talking about multiple different women having the same interest with no repeat performances.

Sentry 616 wrote: But why do you think that's funny?

Mainly because it is Jaune. He's an awkward dweeb who has not been even remotely popular with women his own age. It wouldn't be nearly as funny with Ren.

AntisocialMedia wrote: Nonetheless, this being a lousy hill to die on, all I'll say is something to keep in mind going into this volume - that no one, least of all themselves, thought of nineteen-year-olds this way when Miles and Kerry were nineteen.

The whole "old enough to be your parent" thing has never been without a little controversy, but I don't recall seeing any real person be this hysterical about it. Equating flirting with sexual harassment is a bit much, though. Latter is obviously more a thing these days due to the increasing micromanagement of social interaction. Don't know if the former is a generational thing or regional thing. Would really hate to think a younger generation is now being brought up to think so little of themselves, but it wouldn't surprise me.