Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20180101191335/@comment-1916997-20180112021209

Aine1989 wrote:
 * bangs head against wall*

Emma is 30, 29 when she started dating Hook. That is an adult. Emma was 16 or 17 when she was with Neal, which is a child. Two adults with an age difference is fine, an adult and a child is not.

And Emma was 17 when Henry was born. He was either born in March/April or August of 2001, because this show managed to give him two birthdays. Both of these are when Emma was 17. She was 18 in October 2001. Esk is right, this doesn't really pertain to anything, and being 17 1/2 or 18 is really no different. The justice system in this country is dumb and decided that 18 means you are magically no longer a child, but I disagree, because it leads to thinking like you have. 17 sleeping with 24 is wrong, but 18 with 24 is right? No, there is literally no difference. What matters to me is the age of the people. I think a 20 year old sleeping with an 80 year old is about as wrong as you can get.