I was actually looking in to that after playing Atelier Totori and Meruru, because one of the girls would have been in her 30's by the third game (Meruru) but instead they aged her down to 8. Why? Because they literally say no one wants to see her in her 30's. Oh and turning her in to an 8 year old was an accident. They were actually trying to make her in to the "ideal age" of FOURTEENOriginally Posted by Psychotic
Just looked into this and you're right, Lulu is the joint oldest - Aerith is also 22. Even the likes of Lightning, Fang and Freya are only 21. I was thinking "Huh, surely Imperial General Celes will be older" and she's just 18. The best I can come up with is Rosa in The After Years at 36, but bear in mind that's a sequel and she's 19 in the original FFIV. Square has a really weird attitude towards women.
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Apparently to some, women are past their prime by 25. But its always bugged me because I mean some of these characters have like years and years of experience and high up positions and they're like... 19. And I'm not saying that's impossible but it sure as heck is much more unlikely than they make it. Like in Xenosaga, Shion Uzuki is in an extremely prominent position for one of the biggest companies in the universe heading all these major projects and how old is she? 22.
That's part of what I was talking about with Cidney. FFIV Cid: 54. FFVII Cid: 32. And you know Cid Kramer, Cid Fabool, Cid from VI, Cid from X, you know they're older than 30. How much do you want to be Cidney is under 25? I could be wrong but its just a feeling
