Quote Originally Posted by Alleo View Post
They might be ingame of age (but I wonder if 16 is adult in other city states too) but that does not change the problem for me that they still look like teenagers. I mean one could have an ingame culture that sees 14 year old or younger girls as adult enough to marry but I am quite sure that this would not make it less creepy for quite some of us.

In the end I have no problem with characters (no matter the gender or race) that have a crush on us but I wish they would tone it down with those that are so often with us (and that still look so young). 5.1 was the worst for me in that regard, especially since the german version was much more obvious with it. She is one of my favorite characters, but I did like her a bit more in stormblood.
16 seems to the low edge of "acceptable to be regarded as adults" to me, especially considering the non-modern setting. 14 sounds too young, but 16 is an age where even in modern Western society, people start to be given some adult permissions. It's the age they can choose to leave school, get their driver's license or learner's permit (depending on where you are), possibly is the minimum working age, start looking at jobs and careers...

And also? There's nothing weird about a 16-year-old having a crush on someone, if that is indeed the case, whether you regard her as adult or not. It's not like either she or you are trying to act on it.

(And are other people jumping straight from the "emotional attachment" in-game to "must be aiming for a physical relationship"? Because I don't make that jump so I don't see it as an issue, but I realised maybe that's what other people are thinking.)