Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25519666-20150113214237/@comment-1916997-20150114030048

Sonofaphrodite wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I think all the princes and princesses are supposted to be older than their Disney counterparts. Which makes sense, because I don't care how much makeup you put on them, you can't convince me that Snow, Charming, Cinderella, Thomas, Aurora, Phillip, Ariel, Eric, Belle, Mulan, Rupunzel, Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff's actors are all in their teens. Plus, several of them have babies on the show now, and I'm pretty sure ABC and Disney are not trying to promote teenage pregnancy. In case you've forgotten, Cinderella/Ashley Boyd conceived a child when she was only nineteen years old. A more obvious example is that Emma gave birth to Henry was she was merely eighteen. You also need to keep in mind that the Enchanted Forest is a typical setting of any epic fantasy series, which is a primeval location where primitive customs and suppositions of the Middle Ages are rampant. Though they may not be as blatantly shown as other works from the same genre, such as A Song of Ice and Fire (or Game of Thrones if you watch the television adaptation of the book series), there are still some hints here and there (e.g., the forming of alliances between kingdoms through a betrothal, Aurora's shock that Prince Phillip's traveling companion (Mulan) who fought in battles with him is a woman, etc.) Therefore, it should be expected that many of the characters we've seen in Once Upon a Time will be very young, which means there is a high chance they've married and given brith at an earlier age than what individuals from our world would consider one to be a grown adult.

The whole point with Emma is she was a foster kid/orphan, so of course her morals were loose and she did things like steal and make babies with a guy she just met at a young age. As for your point about Fairy Tale Land using some Medieval customs, I agree of course, but at the same time, we must remember this is not our world in Medieval times, it is a fictional world in modern times (for them) where magic is a primary compontent. On top of that, they are trying to keep this a family friendly show, so I don't think we're going to get too deep in Medieval customs of our world or FTL's Medieval like customs. It is also for this reason that I don't think we'll get explaination about how Christianity got to FTL. And so if things like Medieval customs and Christianity are off limits, the princesses being 16 and pregnant is also off limits. Besides, a big part of my argument is that almost all the actors listed (with the exception of a few) are all clearly out of their teens in physical appearance. So if Adam and Eddy really wanted you to think these characters were in their late teens-early 20's, they wouldn't have cast everyone in there late 20's-early 40's.