#realistically based on their maturity level an elf!MC ought to be in their 60s but they prioritized making MC and Kade contemporaries in ag
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Thinking about the age gap between Tyril x elf!MC.
Thinking about how Tyril is the elven equivalent of 25 even though he's about 75 actual years old.
Thinking about how we don't know how old MC is but we do know that they are within two years of Kade's age (or even the same age—I think I found an inconsistency) and that the two of them were orphaned and subsequently adopted about 20 years ago, which MC says is as long as they remember (despite the fact that on more than one occasion MC has mentioned remembering their parents, most notably in b2 they mention remembering their parents' teachings, which means MC wasn’t an infant when they were killed).
Thinking about how Tyril said MC is young for an elf.
Thinking about how by elven standards, 20 human years makes one "very small" (equivalent of a 6 y/o).
Thinking about how elven years must work very oddly because if their average lifespan is 300 years, then an elf who is 30 (random guesstimate for MC—they're likely a little bit younger) would be the equivalent of 10, which tracks with the "very small" comment, but which would not make MC the adult they very clearly are (and keep in mind that elves reach maturity at 50, which would be the equivalent of 16 in human years).
And also thinking about how I either have MC's backstory mixed up or there are some small inconsistencies that make it very difficult to tell but even disregarding the math above, the best I can reason is that Tyril is one of those dudes in their 20s who goes after the barely legal teenagers 😬
#playchoices#blades of light and shadow#tyril starfury#tyril x mc#btw before anyone hits me with the 'it's fantasy it's not that deep' I'm doing this for FUN (and procrastination)#definitely not shading Tyril either I've just been interested in this for a while and it's kinda funny to me with the numbers laid out#I wonder if their relationship is immoral by elven standards considering MC isn't technically 'legal'#realistically based on their maturity level an elf!MC ought to be in their 60s but they prioritized making MC and Kade contemporaries in ag#the only other option is that when elf!MC talks about their age they automatically talk in equivalents#so if they mention something from when they were 16 they were actually 50 when it happened#but considering that they are culturally human (completely detached from their elven culture and heritage) I very much doubt that#and elves don't talk in equivalents either anyway
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