- Jan 15, 2025
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Do you prefer characters to have official birth years, or do you think it's better not to specify them?
As I get older, I sometimes feel a little sad when I realize that the age gap between me and the characters keeps changing. Characters who used to be older than me eventually become younger than me.
I never thought about this when I was younger, but lately I've been thinking about it more and more. If a character was older than me when I first met them, I want to stay forever younger than them.
That's why, personally, I'd actually be happy if their birth years were officially given. Even if I get older, I can still think of them as older than me and keep that feeling of being forever younger.
My first fictional crush was an adult man. But now, I'm older than he is.
A character I fell in love with when I was 14 is still 14, while I've been an adult for quite a long time now.
(Back then, I felt like we were living through the same moment in our lives and falling in love at the same time. Now, though, the age gap between us makes me feel a little awkward about openly saying that I still love him.)
But because their birth years are established, they're technically still my seniors in life, so to speak.
It might just be a matter of how I choose to think about it, but I'd still be happy to have it as an option.
What do you think? Do you like knowing a character's birth year, or would you rather leave it unspecified?
As I get older, I sometimes feel a little sad when I realize that the age gap between me and the characters keeps changing. Characters who used to be older than me eventually become younger than me.
I never thought about this when I was younger, but lately I've been thinking about it more and more. If a character was older than me when I first met them, I want to stay forever younger than them.
That's why, personally, I'd actually be happy if their birth years were officially given. Even if I get older, I can still think of them as older than me and keep that feeling of being forever younger.
My first fictional crush was an adult man. But now, I'm older than he is.
A character I fell in love with when I was 14 is still 14, while I've been an adult for quite a long time now.
(Back then, I felt like we were living through the same moment in our lives and falling in love at the same time. Now, though, the age gap between us makes me feel a little awkward about openly saying that I still love him.)
But because their birth years are established, they're technically still my seniors in life, so to speak.
It might just be a matter of how I choose to think about it, but I'd still be happy to have it as an option.
What do you think? Do you like knowing a character's birth year, or would you rather leave it unspecified?
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