#character ages

[agentrouka-blog]

I get that it's more vague and contradictory in the book but for the movie they cast two actors in their mid-40s, essentially the same age, with no indication that their characters don't correspond.

Yet I never see anyone referring to Ryan Gosling's character as an "older man" the way some do Sandra Hüller's character an "older woman".

[autumnslance]

There's a lot of commentary I see that "Krile feels older" or "Krile ought to be older" or "no way Krile's only 22" and so forth. But like I said in the post here about character ages being all over, and characters like Nanamo being younger on purpose for their plotlines to work, Krile's younger age and seeming maturity does make sense.

Replaying the end of Dawntrail base MSQ on the last of my four alts, there's a comment that Krile's very sensitive Echo has been active since birth. We always knew she'd had it since she was very young, but that it's been active in some form since infancy is new.

(The first Encyclopaedia Eorzea said "she discovered" it when age twelve, so is this lore adjustment meant to be "that's when they finally researched out what her gift actually was"?)

Imagine growing up an empath, feeling everyone's emotions - especially when directed at you - and able to randomly without warning see scenes from peoples' pasts. In a world where this is not common, and where the Echo was all but forgotten - indeed, Krile may have been the trigger to begin seeking out such powers among others, leading to the discovery of Minfilia's own gift and what it meant.

We finally have a short story in Chronicles of Light vol 2 of the day Galuf gifted Krile her distinctive hood, her first meeting with Ejika...and descriptions of how very difficult it was for Krile growing up. The Isle of Val was a haven due to how sparser the population was compared to Sharlayan, and most of them adults. She had no real friends her own age.

EDIT: She did spend time in the orphanage Galuf ran, early on, but it seems it shifted to her spending time with him directly and on the isle, especially when things became more difficult due to her Echo.

So this is an orphan girl raised by scholars, with few other children to interact with, while struggling to control an ability no one else understood at the time. She had to learn to control herself, to handle things no child should be asked to.

(Also why Minfilia was her "dearest friend" despite their distance and the 5 year age disparity; those were the kind of relationships young Krile had to keep herself from being overwhelmed, and who else could understand what she had been going through her whole life?)

And Krile still has her doubts, her fears, her insecurities. She expresses many of them honestly over time. She isn't actually a woman who hides her emotions. That she doesn't act out the way some of our other early twenties friends and companions do speaks very much to the differences in their upbringings, but also in what Krile had to deal with since birth. It makes sense she approaches things with far more calm and reserve, and comes across as more mature for it, given that history. She relies on her scholarly background to get her through a lot.

My last point is, we know she went to the Studium at the same time as the Leveilleur twins. She went, presumably, at the usual age for attendance, while they of course began very early. Krile is described as a mentor for them, the upperclassman who looked after them in their cohort.

And, frankly, being asked to look over a pair of pre-to-early adolescent prodigies would age anyone. Look at what they put their childhood babysitter, Urianger, through, for another example!

[whyiseveryusernametaken898]

People who don't google character ages when they start a show piss me off.

What do you mean you watched the entire thing not knowing how old this character is?

I can't form an opinion on any character unless i know how old they are because i'm gonna be way more forgiving if they were 15 when they did something wrong than i would've been if they were 20.

Like no wonder so many people hate Azula. Half of the fandom thinks she is older than Zuko for some reason.

[soviet-supersoldier]

The moment you realize: Logan’s son Akihiro is actually older than Omega Red.

Akihiro was born in 1946. Arkady's birthdate hasn't been revealed per se, but this is what he looked like in 1966:

A year later, Arkady was shown to be struggling with the manifestation of his mutant powers. Which -- if he was 13 when that happened (we truly don't know how old Arkady is here, but he looks like a child) -- means Omega Red was born in 1954.

That's the kind of knowledge about a character that really shakes a person up. And makes you think.

[lace4forest]

The Chains Ages in Linked Universe.

I saw people talking about the Chains age in Linked Universe, and I have my thoughts on them.

I've done a LOT of research on the Links and how old they were, I even tried to figure out how long Legend was in Koholint for. (We go with old Canon because new Canon doesn't make since,(Footnote 1) but basically that's the last time we see Legend in normal Zelda Canon)

Anyways-

This is from Jojo's QnA doc on the Linked Universe Discord- ^^^

And this is my thoughts on their ages. Side note, I'm not going off of looking up their ages through google, I'm going off info you can find in game and cross referencing it with other games and the Hyrule Historia and Encyclopedia. Time was 9 in his game and that's about 20 years later so he would be 29. (Unless if we counting Majora's Mask, then he could be 30-32)

Twilight was a "Late Teen" (Also it does state hold old he is) so 17 making him 21 to 22.

Warriors is also "Late Teen" (He was a trainee at the beginning of the war) making him 22 to 26

Sky is also stated to be around 17 making him 18 to 19

Wild is 117 and this would make him either almost 118 or just turned 118.

Legend just became "Of age" in ALBW and that's 16 in his era making 17.

Hyrule we know is 16 making him 18.

Four is 15 or 16 in Four Sword, but he isn't "Of age" so probably 15. making him 17.

And we know Wind is 13 almost 14. (He said it himself)

I just find it very funny the Toons are the youngests. Age explanation and footnotes below cut.

Time - He is 9 at the beginning of his game and becomes an "Adult" 7 years later at 16. This is one of the times it proves that 16 is "Of age" in the Zelda series. We aren't sure how much time has passed between Oot and MM, so we can guess he's 29 to 32 (Making Link in MM 10 to 12 as a good guess.)

Twilight - It's stated in a guide that he is 17. His game also was originally supposed to be a continuation of Oot and MM in the Wind Waker style, with Time all grown up and living on his own. But they changed it to what it is now. So it's just 17+4 or 5 making him 21 to 22.

Warriors - There is no official age and you do NOT need to be 17 to wield the master sword. All we know is that he's "Late Teens" making him between 16 to 19. Making his age in LU between 22 to 26.

Sky - He is stated to be around 17. Making him 18 or 19 (Even if we say he's 16, then he would be 17 to 19.)

Wild - he is 117 years old. We know this. it's been "Less than a year" so he could be almost 118 or already be 118, he probably doesn't remember his Birthday, so there is no saying exactly. (His Zelda should know though. Maybe.)

Legend - SO. I feel like people are gonna fight me on this, but I got the math and hours of research to back it. At the beginning of ALTTP, some guards say that Link shouldn't be out here or that he's too young to wield a sword (Or even start learning to) In BOTW Wild got the Master Sword at 12-13. And people said he was still very young and a prodigy, which means he was already learning the sword by that time. and we also know that in BOTW they think of "Of Age" as 17 instead of 16, meaning they probably make them learn stuff when they are a little older. There's also the connection to Oot, In Wind Waker its stated that Wind is the same age as Time when he Defeated Ganon (Making Wind Canonically 16) And Twilight is the age of what Time should have been when he decided to settle down, making him 17, which leaves us with Legend's age. Most likely taking Times age from the beginning of his game. LONG STORY SHORT- In ALTTP Link is between 9 to 10. NOW. The Oracle games, Link is still a CHILD, so before "Of Age" (Aka less than 16) A LOT of people call him a CHILD and wonder why he has a sword! making him most likely around 11 or 12. Same things with Link's Awakening. (FOOTNOTE 1). Then we have ALBW. Link has a job now and is learning to become a smith. so most likely after his return home, as well as he needs to learn this stuff before becoming a full adult, but then again he lives alone, so we could accurately say 15 to 16. SO LONGER STORY SHORT. We can say 16 and be GENEROUS. Making Legend 17 in LU (but probably closer to 16).

Hyrule - It's literally a plot in his game he is 16, making him 18 in LU.

Four - He is a Child in Minish Cap (So less than 16) and same with Four Swords. He has to be older than 12 because he was given a sword willingly. So between 13 to 15, but we can be nice and say 15 in Four Swords, making him 17 in LU.

Wind -

I do want to say, it's literally stated in his game he is the same age as Time when he KILLED Ganon as an ADULT. It's just the art style of the game.... He JUST turned 16, so people are still calling him a child. (Like how people call 18 year olds children in rl) But also he does look 12 in game... ART STYLE WHYYYYYY (also thats what Twi was supposed to look like lmaoooo)

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FOOTNOTE 1 - The Encylapedia has wrong information that's easy to disprove and I want to throw it out a window. It also switched the order of the Oracle games and Link's Awakening, even though Oracle of Ages LITERALLY ENDS With Link taking the boat out to sea to head home, and LITERALLY Transitions to Link's Awakenings Opening. ITS THE SAME BOAT. I'm Gonna Cry- NINTENDO WHYYYYY.

[wildhorizon]

Hi i just want to ask. Do you have any headcanons character age? You once shared your headcanon sexuality so, i would love to hear about your ages headcanons.

These headcanons are pretty loose, not really set in stone or anything, but if I had to decide what age I think they are, this is what I'd say:

I think Martin is the oldest person in the Crew.

Followed by Aviva and Koki who are the same age, one year younger than Martin.

Followed by Jimmy who's one year younger than the girls.

And Chris is last, being the youngest, 4 years younger than Martin.

I would like to believe that the crew had finished building the Tortuga, and were able to begin their world-traveling adventures, as soon as Chris graduated college. And I like to believe that the start of the show is very soon after they started their adventures.

So at the start of the show, Chris is 22 years old, Jimmy is 24, Aviva and Koki are 25, and Martin is 26.

By season 7, at least two years have passed, because in the season 2 episode Snow Runners, at the end, Chris wears a santa hat and throws food out to wild creatures, saying "It's right around that time of year," implying that it's near Christmas time. Then later in season 4 we get A Creature Christmas, so that means at least two Christmases have passed.

So by season 7 Chris is 24, Jimmy is 26, Aviva and Koki are 27, and Martin is 28 (or close to that anyway).

[natsuki208]

This is just a friendly reminder for myself about most of the Sonic cast’s canon ages, after yet another stupid decision made by SEGA (if you’re a fan you’ll know too).

UPDATE: There, I moved Shadow back down to unknown.