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Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Innomine, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. Innomine

    Innomine Alchemist ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Do we actually know any of the ages of the people in the books? I somehow get the feeling that Dresden is around 40, but then again, I sometimes get the feeling that he isn't.

    The fact that wizards live for so much longer really throws my assumptions off.
     
  2. NightFox

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  3. The Sour Kraut

    The Sour Kraut Seventh Year

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    And for those who are too lazy to search for it:
    So Harry is 26-27 by the time of Storm Front (would have guessed older too) and 33-34 by the time of White Night. It may seem a bit inconsistent, but that is only because all people tend to round up or down. I could say I'm 23 years old now and in 10 years I could say I was born about 34 years ago - both would be true.

    Ivy is about 11 years old in White Night.
    Molly is about 19 years old in White Night.
    Justine is 24.
    Carlos Ramirez is 23-26.
    Billy and the Alphas are between 25 and 27.
    Murphy is 34-36.
    Butters is 39.
    Thomas is 39-41.
    Charity is 38-44.
    Michael is 51-59.
    Luccio is about 200.
    Ebenezar is about 300.
    Ancient Mai is about 400.
     
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  4. vexcelsior

    vexcelsior Muggle

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    Luccio was born around the War of 1812, so she's only 200 or so.
     
  5. The Sour Kraut

    The Sour Kraut Seventh Year

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    Right you are. Fixed it.
     
  6. XxEnvyxX

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    I always thought Michael was younger...
    He met Charity when he was 21~22 (at least I thought that) and had than early children...I put him around 40~44, not over 50.
     
  7. Innomine

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    Interesting, yeah, I was way off on dresdens age. I guess thats probably why I was less than impressed with his skill with magic in storm front.
     
  8. The Sour Kraut

    The Sour Kraut Seventh Year

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    Which reminds me that I forgot Charity. She is 38-44 in White Night.
    Yes I'd have thought Michael a bit younger, too. But according to the timeline he is most probably at the younger end of the spectrum, so around 50 by the time of White Night.
    Michael and Charity are together for about 20-21 years.

    The timeline we have is a bit old, by the way. New one can be found here:
    http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,1592.0.html
    Fixed my earlier post to include some new information.
     
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  9. Samuel Black

    Samuel Black Chief Warlock

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    Agreed with the Michael thing. I always put him at early forties, not fifties. I also put Harry at about 22 or 23 when Storm Front happened. Hm... Like the timeline, though. Clears alot of the ages up.
     
  10. XxEnvyxX

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    If you think about it, even if we say a year equals a month

    Ancient Mai is around 34~36
    Merlin and McCoy 27~29
    Luccio around 16~18

    after the first 17~20 years, which are mostly 'normal', start the 'month count' they count somehow differently...so we just add them or something like that to get the 'physical age'.

    Harry would be 2~3...no wonder everyone who is someone calls him a child, by wizard standard he is a little brat *grin*

    Nothing offically, but when you see it like that you can 'use' the child-comments. Maybe an easy formula to calculate in 'human years'.

    Just an idea I played with...
     
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  11. Innomine

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    That actually is a pretty interesting way of putting it into perspective.
     
  12. QuaziJoe

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    I have to agree, thats an interestign approach, but maybee 15-20 years on top of that.

    I like to go off a general age/4 approach. that way you have a nice curve working on your side.

    That puts,
    Ancient mai at 100
    Ebenezer at 75
    Luccio in her 50's
    and Harry at about 7 years.

    If ancient mai's the oldest then I dougbt she'll last any longer and being equivalent to a person in their 30's is still way to young...

    How long is she supposed to live for then another two centures...? I figure she's going to be gone relatively soon, barring any plot devices that may extend her time here.

    noteable events in harry's life

    first showed sign of magic at age 10: Magicly 2.5 years old
    killed Justin at 16: Magicly 4 years old(big tantrum)
    At around 28 storm front happens: magicly he's 7 years

    I guess amongst the magic community that would be fairly impressive.

    I suppose divided by 5 would work as well. but there physical appearances, barring harry wouldn't match in my head.
     
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  13. Aekiel

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    Guess that makes Luccio a bit of a pedo then :p. Though she is in a 20 year old's body, which kinda offsets it a bit.
     
  14. XxEnvyxX

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    If you want to talk about pedo...
    Maeve, how old do you think she is? In her early 700s? Older, younger?
    And she practically through herself at Dresden to get him in some kind of bargain...

    Mostly everything with magical folks is along those lines with an unbelievable age difference. But as long as they don't LOOK like it, why not?
     
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    Yes, but Maeve happens to be part of an immortal, amoral, debt-obsessed race of supernatural nymphomaniacs. Luccio is just a 200 year old human in a 20 something year old body.
     
  16. Fuegodefuerza

    Fuegodefuerza Minister of Magic

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    Ummm, how about Thomas and Justine? She'd be like 16 when they first hooked up. And he'd be well into his thirties. ¯\(°_o)/¯
     
  17. Aekiel

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    Psychic vampire that feeds through sex. Besides, 16 isn't so bad an age over here (legal age is 16), though him being in his early thirties is a bit weird.

    But that's beside the point - the Raith house is one where the father subjugates his daughters by means of incest when they first discover their... vampireness(?) and tries to have his sons murdered. It's a fucked up family, what else would you expect?
     
  18. XxEnvyxX

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    Add to this that love would literary kill them, so I doubt that you get much love (that doesn't include sex here right now, they get plenty of that) in this family...but still better than despair and fear, ne?
    Imagine you grow up, hit puberty and go all angsty like many teenagers do and your family feeds of despair.