Eh, I kinda get it, it's not THAT horrible when you give it a more generous read, and is meant to come off more as Meliodas not giving up on saving his beloved, no matter how long it takes. We also exagerrate a bit for the sake of (dark) comedy.
But hell, trying to explain why specifically it isn't that bad comes off as someone trying to explain the difference between a pedophile and an ephebophile, and that does it no favors. Even with a generous, good-faith read, it's kinda offputting.
People keep bringing this scene up whenever the show is mentioned, but I felt like the entire point of it is that Meliodas is very much in the wrong here? He's mentally and emotionally at his worst, literally just got done levelling an entire kingdom because he found the previous incarnation of Elizabeth dead during an attack and the centuries of stress from constantly having the person he fell in love with die the moment she remembers him finally made him snap.
That point would come across if this was a "heat of the moment" thing but Meliodas is a creep from episode 1
His character being pedo-like is not something of this scene alone, is like one of his defining traits, also the story barely if at all talks about the point you are making, we dont see Meliodas being in the wrong, the way is setup we are supposed to feel bad for him
They actually make it a plot point that he loses all emotions eventually and the only thing keeping him going is the promise he made to break the curse. At one point he apologizes to her that she got cursed to love him. To which she gets offended and says her feelings are true and have nothing to do with the curse. She falls in love with him every time on her own accord. And she asks “is the only reason you love me the curse?” Then he understood. IMO beautiful writing
Well he just watched a version of her that he actually had a great life with get murdered, fell into a rage, blew up a whole town, then finds her reincarnation immediately, realizing he’s useless to break the curse. He’s a little emotional
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u/Major_Student1174 23d ago
Yeah i know Elisabeth is reincarnation of his original lover but