Maxton Hall viewers are voluntarily combusting, thanks to the Sutton–Lydia storyline. While the show wants you to swoon over the “forbidden romance,” viewers aren’t buying it, and Reddit is leading the pushback.The conversation exploded when a user posted in on the Maxton Hall subreddit and urged fans to speak out: “This show is romanticizing Sutton.” The OP argues that Sutton is being framed as a “good romantic hero,” which is a “problematic” choice and can be potentially harmful for younger viewers.And thousands of Maxton Hall fans agreed. Let's know why.Is Sutton from Maxton Hall giving predator vibes?The biggest complaint from fans is about the age and power imbalance that the show seems to gloss over. For many, the casting itself is weird. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostA commenter wrote:“Sutton (...) looks like a guy in his mid 30s. That (...) makes him a predator.”Another echoed:“They do not look like contemporaries. He looks way too old for her, and they have ZERO chemistry.”To add to this, a professional upgrade sent viewers overboard as Sutton became vice principal. Fans say this job role upgrade only increases his authority over Lydia and makes the romance look more predatory.Legally, viewers aren’t confused about where they stand on this:“He committed a crime, no?!? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.”Perhaps the most chilling observation calls out the framing of Lydia as a co-conspirator rather than a victim. She even gets suspended, plus calling it an affair instead of what it was (that is: abuse) is messed up.All of this builds toward a concern that the show is packaging a power imbalance as a love story, and younger audiences may internalize it.Maxton Hall fans are drawing a lineMaxton Hall Season 2 pushed Lydia's fate from uncomfortable to straight-up criminal. Guessably so, the pregnancy reveal was the tipping point. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostFirst up, it is a teen pregnancy, which in itself is an issue that most societies are trying to solve in the modern day with youth camps and preventive measures being trickled down on a larger scale. But what's worse is that he is a teacher with a lot more power and a much higher age. This is no love story.Some fans were really weirded out by the amount of Lydia and Sutton edits they saw on TikTok after last week's episode. And there's a generational split because most of us would've thought this is a fantastic storyline in our teens, but now that we are older, we all know this can lead to horrible cases.Even those who have read the books say the show simply didn’t translate how Sutton and Lydia's dynamic is written with more nuance. The core of the backlash is that the show uses romance tropes to excuse grooming. And loving each other with such a huge age gap is in no way romantic or sustainable.For the entirety of the two seasons, most fans have hated the fact that Sutton has repeatedly been shown in a sympathetic light. Even his arrest was framed as a tragedy. But is he someone we should feel for at all?RELATED: Ruby and James face the consequences of a scandal at the end of Maxton Hall Season 2Maxton Hall is available on Prime Video.