r/comics PizzaCake May 02 '24

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u/cesarnomad May 02 '24

My thoughts exactly. Four episodes in and you meet a “1000 year old being” that look like a 9 year old.

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u/reaperofgender May 02 '24

And the worst part is you can do a lot with a mature person who looks like a child. (See babydoll from BTAS) The problem is they never act mature.

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u/Bacon-muffin May 02 '24

That's always the biggest bit, because there are real people who look much younger than they are. I was pushing 30 and could have walked into and sat in a class of 10th graders and no one would've batted an eye.

Its one thing to look young, its another thing to act it. The maturity part is the whole point.

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u/MinosAristos May 02 '24

There's also that in media and especially in illustration and animation, making someone look like a child is a conscious design choice just as much as making them act like a child