Teacher/Student

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Related tropes/genresMentor Fic, High School AU, College AU, Age Difference
See alsoUnderage, Forbidden Love
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Teacher/Student is a trope that describes the forbidden love of a teacher and their student, usually either in a high school or college setting. The trope usually includes age difference, and has acquired a bad rep for 'encouraging pedophilia' according to antis.

Teacher/Student Relationships in Canon

Student/Teacher Relationship in Fanon

Canon Students and Teachers

Some works are set in the canonverse, and pair characters who are teachers with their students. This is particularly common in Harry Potter fandom where the majority of characters are either students or teachers at Hogwarts. Popular pairings include:

Student/Teacher AUs

Other works use AU settings, often High School AU or College AU, and cast one character from the pairing as a teacher, and the other half of the pairing as their student. As of Sept 2022, over 3000 AO3 works used the Alternate Universe - Student/Teacher tag. The most represented fandoms in the tag were:

Example Fanworks

All stats as of September 2022:

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