Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25519666-20150113214237/@comment-3393671-20150114021502

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 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 is expected that many of the characters we've seen will be very young, which means they may have married and given brith at an earlier age than what individuals from our world would consider one as a grown adult.