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* Quite a few ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fans ship [[Noble Demon|Kaiba]] and [[Butt Monkey|Jonouchi]] [[Foe Yay|together]]. This has a few problems. The first if that Kaiba's a teen genius who's [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|incredibly wealthy and has a lot of influence]], while Jonouchi barely makes enough to get by, so socially, Kaiba far outranks him. Kaiba's also much smarter, stronger, and a better duelist than Jonouchi. Adding it all up, it basically means that Jonouchi would be Kaiba's bitch, whether he likes it or not - several fanfics actually have it that Jonouchi lives in Kaiba's mansion, which further adds to the unfairness of the ship as it makes Kaiba his landlord as well. A lot of fans fetishize this, giving them a VERY unequal Master-Servant style relationship.
* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' and ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' we have Athrun and Cagalli, which was canon between the two series. He's an [[Ace Pilot]] and she's the [[Rebellious Princess|daughter of the ruler of an island nation]] who takes up her father's position after his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in the first series. [[Word of God|This was actually the reason cited by the show's head writer as to why the relationship wouldn't work out.]] People who support the ship [[Fridge Logic|point out one often-forgotten fact]]: Athrun is ''also'' the son of a national leader, but he didn't take his father's place because said nation isn't a monarchy.
* In [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], Gendo Ikari has an affair with Ritsuko Akagi. He's Commander of NERV, and she's a direct subordinate as head of Science Division. Their relationship is loveless and doesn't end well. He previously had a relationship with Naoko Akagi (Ritsuko's mother, who was head of Science Division before Ritsuko came to work for NERV), and that one was also loveless and ended poorly.
** If Misato's feelings toward Shinji are more than platonic, their relationship would also be this (he's a pilot, she's his direct superior as Operations Director).
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** At least within their own commands. Military personnel of different ranks in different commands or branches are allowed to have personal relationships.
*** Not quite. Officer/enlisted or even junior enlisted/NCO pairs are frowned upon, and can still be a court-martial offense.
** Corporations and universities often have similar rules. Some (militaries included) even have rules preventing already-married spouses from being placed in positions where one would be the superior of the other.
* Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
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