#and then it was $16 and then it was $18 and THEN it was $TWENTY

[the-doodle-nerd]

Yeah, I always assumed Connie was early to mid twenties as of the most recent albums.

Time to show my work. In License to Drive, I believe Eugene mentions being in college for 7 years, which would put him at around 19-20 years old since he graduated high-school at 12 unless he took a gap year, which is unlikely, it's Eugene. Connie was teaching Eugene and she already had her license which probably places her at 16. 14.5 at the absolute earliest if she got a restricted license in one of the states that offers that, but I think that's unlikely, but that's the minimum. I'm gonna go with the traditional 16 to get her license since Buck got his license as soon as legally possible, which was on his 16th birthday.

So, Connie is around 3-4 years younger than Eugene. We also know Buck's dad, Cash Oliver, indirectly met Eugene right before Buck was born. He lived with the Burnette's from the time he was 8-18. And from Cash's description, it sounded like he was still fairly young. Maybe 10-14? (Seeing as Eugene moved when he was 12 I'm guessing that's around the time they were in the same general area as Harlanville but this is just wild speculation.) So, Eugene was approximately 10-14 by my best guess, when he ran into Cash, and Buck is 16, that would place him at 26-30, which also lines up with Katrina pointing out that they both were not 25 when they started dating but the way she phrases it makes it sound like they are currently at least 25, but most likely older. With Connie being 3-4 years younger, this should place her at around 21-27.

My personal headcanon is that Eugene is 28 and Connie is 25. This answer is way more involved than I thought it was going to be.

AiO Thought of the Week

Age is truly just a foreign concept in Odyssey and there are no true answers but here are my headcannons:

Katrina is older than Eugene from somewhere to a few months upto a year and a half.

Eugene was 17-18 when he was hired at Whit’s End but is widely assumed to be older because of his voice and academic level but he 100% looked his age.

The writers said on the official pod Jay's age is a dependent variable. So I think when Jay is hanging out with Zoey, Buddy, or any of the other middle schoolers he is 13/14. With the rare exception, Jay is otherwise 17 however his appearance is still skued toward the 13/14.(this might be because of his height but that's a different headcannon) These numbers only apply to album 58 and beyond before that he is younger and is more consistent in age.

Jason is in his 40s.

Connie still hasn't quite reached her 30s but is almost there. I know she's still earning her degree but if Eugene is any indication 10yrs is not an unreasonable amount of time for a degree from CCCC. Plus I think she's swapped majors like 3 times.

Eugene and Katrina are very early 30s

Whit despite being born in 1925/26 is an ageless being of perpetual Eldersness and is therefore older than anyone in a given room and yet, still possess the ability to out-manuver the authorities both physically and mentally

Jack and Wilson are also ageless beings but not on Whit's level.

Tom lived just out of town and so aged normally, I guess. I have no evidence but I feel like he was born in 1931.

Bernard despite being one of the original "old men that make up Connie’s friend group" is good decade or so younger than Tom and Whit, still way older than Connie though.

[oneguardian15]

anyone else run into this yet? this is the only show i’ve seen this for so far (voltron legendary defender) but i’m honestly just getting reeeaaalll tired of netflix’s shit (see below the little padlock in the corner of the voltron icon i have circled at the top of the image)

and yes, the entire series is locked.

[junotter]

Part 2 of my modern avatar au, The Gaang (part 1)

[lunamond]

The disproportionate hate show!Criston gets is so bizarre. No argument I’ve seen his haters make sofar has made any sense to me.

He is outside of Mysaria the only siginficant lowborn character we meet. He rises up from the son of a steward of a minor house to the position of King‘s Guard thanks to Rhaenyra, who then pressures him into having sex with her, sth that could get him executed. Afterwards she not just rejects his proposal, but laughs in his face.

And when as a result of this experience Criston is shown to be emotional distraught and bitter, people call him an incel? (I assume that they refer to his ideology and not his actual status as a celibate, because not being celibate is literally what started this mess)

It really rubs me the wrong way, when people remove all context from this situation. A lower class person getting a well-off position from a person with authority, who they then end up having sex with is ALWAYS a relationship with a power imbalance (Obviously there are irl relationships like this, who work out and manage to be relatively healthy, but that doesn‘t remove the imbalance of power and the increased likelyhood of abuse).

We see Criston‘s reluctance when Rhaenyra makes her move. It does not matter if Criston was attracted to her or not. The simple fact that he is in a vunerable position makes him denying her a risk. It also does not matter that Rhaenyra had no malicious intentions, the simple fact that she ignores Criston‘s refusal and continues pressuring make this whole scene super uncomfortable. Her ignorance and naivety does not erase the impact of her actions.

Criston growing to hate her afterwards is perfectly justified.

As a man who grew up in Westerosi society, he inevitably holds misogynist beliefs, which is reflected in the insults he uses after this. But compared to the acts of every single character on this show, singling out his character is pretty ludicrous, when we have plenty of male (and female) characters who have done worse:

Like commiting SA (Viserys, Aegon), grooming young girls (Viserys again! I really hate this man, Daemon, Otto, Corlys and Rhaenys because telling your daughter she has to sleep with a grown man when she is 14 is pretty much the same thing Otto does to Alicent) and the only major crime Criston is guilty of sofar: murder (Daemon killed his wife and the servant in Driftmark, also he did large scale police violence which people love to forget about, Rhaenys killed potentially hundreds of smallfolk at the coronation)

Obviously, anybody is allowed to dislike whatever character they want, but a lot of people flatten Criston into just a misogynistic bitter incel who is just mad that Rhaenyra has sex, ignoring every bit of context we get for his behaviour.

This becomes escpecially weird, when those same people have no problem stanning Daemon, who calls his 1st wife a „bitch“, „uglier than sheep“ and then murders her, because he sees her as inferior as a none-valyrian. But Criston calling Rhaenyra, a person he feels personally wronged by, a „spoiled cunt“ is apparently a too far.

It is just really frustating when the character with the canonically lowest social standing gets afforded the least amount of nuance by the fandom (the writers are obvs not excempt from this criticism either).

[yellowraincoat]

Me every time it’s time to reread Cress:

[skyward-floored]

I'm realizing I think a lot of the Links are younger then most people generally put them at

[cavennmalore]

just realized alvar is like a forty year old man. what the hell

[quietwingsinthesky]

sorry side note. saw someone in the tags of that poll saying claire is “16”. you. you guys know she’s like. 20-something the last time we see her in the show, right. like if i remember correctly she is 20 Exactly when she has werewolf drama. you guys are aware that claire is an adult woman, right. that’s. she’s an adult. she’s not 16. sorry this is fucking with my head. you guys know she’s a fucking adult don’t you. please god say sike.

[edennill]

Actually no I think Númenóreans go through puberty later than normal humans but like, it overlaps. Barely.

So (assuming Númenórean women get periods? they might not get periods because elves don't? if not the timing is still similar but we don't get a neat marker) the girls might start menstruating at about sixteen or seventeen — technically very late, but by far not outside the realm of human experience, with everything else spaced out accordingly.

[felidaefatigue]

men really gotta stop writing fictional excuses to put "worldy" "older" feminine minds/psyches into childrens bodies just so an old man can fuck them

[chronal-anomaly]

kinda wild how Overwatch just kept recruiting essentially children huh

[milo-is-rambling]

Me when I remember I’m 19 and not 18 and the entire last year and a half has felt like a dream

[catullansparrowlet]

If I had a nickel for every time the person I'm carding to check I can legally serve them alcohol flips the script on me and accuses me of being too young to serve alcohol, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird it's happened twice.

[thelonelynindroid]

I am so fucked. I haven't had a crush on a man under 40 for three years. And I haven't had a crush on a real life person for longer

[pothame]

also maybe it’s just me but it feels so disgusting and weird to me to cast fuaiz in that role when he’s only 18

[reikane-enthusiast]

Midori is only like..15 here..it’s only been 3 years..oh man..

( ribbon worm virus btw )