So that is why you speak to others as a petulant teenager over this matter, you identify with Aria. Thanks for clearing that up. You enjoyed your relationship and that is great. You were not victimized and you felt you were mature enough to be in that relationship. Also great. It is disgusting and unfortunate when people are mislead mistreated, raped, taken advantage of, etc. You believe that you weren't. Perfect. I am going to hope that your older boyfriend in high school did not treat you as Ezra has treated (Read: manipulated and took advantage of, lied to. I also want you to read that you have tried to combat many in previous discussions that he did none of these things and that her friends were always on board. Please re-watch the first 2 seasons and accept that you maybe are not interpreting information the way others are) and as Bowie did (Read: even though the adult woman looks fondly on what she is talking about the story she tells is of a teenager who was, while not coerced into having sex, but was pursued. Being pursued in that manner can lead an individual to feel powerful, sexy, and worth it. But it is grooming. There are plenty of personal accounts of women discussing older men pursuing them and the feeling and emotions that accompanied them only to change later). With all of that, you are positive that every person has the right to decide if they are mature enough or that they can consent regardless of their age. I can see your point of view. What I do not see is how you can continue to follow guilelessly the Ezria relationship. Because Ezra did a lot of shitty things. Aria did a lot of shitty things. It was not a healthy relationship. At all. So while you can identify and I can understand that, there is little in way of evidence that can make Ezra not a creep.