#Leo's rocking the light up sketchers and bragging to the rest of the seven that he can wear the cool shoes

[theamazingmaddyas]

Rereading The Dark Prophecy, and here's my take on Leo fitting in Georgie's overalls despite being 16, while Georgie's 7, as someone who is the exact same body type as Leo (scrawny and not that tall, but also not like super short).

Firstly, there's no way that Leo's 5'6" (also: 66 in, 167.64 cm, 1.67 m) like the wikipaedia states he is. The only mention of his height I remember in the books is that he's taller than Coach Hedge, at 5'0, so where 5'6" comes from, I'm nto entirely sure, but I don't buy it. I'm personally 5'4", and that's what I see Leo as, max.

Now for fitting in Georgie's clothes, Leo and Georgie have the same age gap as my own brother and I (9 years), and my brother is on the taller side for his age like Georgie. When I had just turned 17, and he had just turned 8, I'd forgotten a costume for a Halloween event, and I'd be darned if I didn't dress up. So, I stole my brother's Army Costume he had, but wasn't wearing. So, yes, it is possible Leo could fit in Georgie's outfit, but there's 2 glaring details we need to add:

The sleeves

The pant legs

Now, overalls don't have sleeves, so we can ignore the fact that the long-sleeve jacket of my brother's I wore stopped at my mid-forearm. It didn't look unnatural since I just rolled up the sleeves to just below my elbows, just a bit cropped, but the torso and the t-shirt fit just fine.

The pants legs on the other hand? They appeared like a pair of high waters (which, for those who don't know end above your ankles.) Now, fun fact about me is I wear combat boots nearly everyday, and have since middle school, so with my boots on, the pants looked natural. This, obviously, is because I was taller than my brother, by a good half-a-foot or a bit more, at the age of 17.

So, I can totally see Leo fitting in Georgie's overalls, just them looking like a pair of cropped pants, but not in an unnatural way.