Yeah, I looked like a grown woman (I have pictures, and looking back, it's still true) from about 14 on. Physically, my features and body didn't change much from 14-21. In that range, I was assumed to be about 17/18 all the time.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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P.M. Marc - Nov 15, 2011 9:36:00 am PST #16746 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jesse - Nov 15, 2011 9:54:05 am PST #16747 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And people have been thinking I was a grownup since I was about 13. And not because of any styling choices, most of the time.
Ouise - Nov 15, 2011 10:11:11 am PST #16748 of 30000
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Physically, my features and body didn't change much from 14-21. In that range, I was assumed to be about 17/18 all the time.
Same here, except it was from 13 to 23 that people assumed I was 18.
The low point of all this was when I answered the door for a dinner guest (who was a colleague of my father) while holding my baby sister. He thought I was my mother. (Ugh!)
I'm sure my very teenagerish disgusted reaction set him straight fairly quickly, but I'm still grossed out by it.
Kathy A - Nov 15, 2011 10:17:39 am PST #16749 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm sure my very teenagerish disgusted reaction set him straight fairly quickly, but I'm still grossed out by it.
I was 12 years old, wearing an empire-waisted peasant-style shirt that was really popular at the time (1978), and I was a fat kid. I was in line to get on one of those spin-really-fast-until-the-floor-drops rides at the local amusement park (Old Chicago, for any Chicagoistas who might remember the first-ever indoor theme park), and the teen girl running the ride asked me if I was pregnant. No, and ewwwww!!!
sumi - Nov 15, 2011 10:42:25 am PST #16750 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Akira: so they're changing the location, casting all non-Asian actors but keeping the Japanese names?
Or, is I09 just talking about the characters using the original names because those are the names that are known?
Ouise - Nov 15, 2011 10:45:07 am PST #16751 of 30000
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
the teen girl running the ride asked me if I was pregnant. No, and ewwwww!!!
Oh, that's a bad one. People! Stop asking if someone's pregnant! It's just not a good idea.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2011 10:51:54 am PST #16752 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, @thedailyMUBI just tweeted a link to your HiLoBrow posts. So you may see a few hits today...
Right the fuck on!
askye - Nov 15, 2011 4:13:15 pm PST #16753 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I think I looked basically the same from when I was 16 or so until mid twenties - when I was still being mistaken for being 16 or 17. I got carded and got surprised reactions that I wasn't 16. But when I was 16 I had a few people think I was 19 so I'm not sure what changed exactly.
Will and I saw Puss N Boots and it was a lot of fun and a lot better than I expected it to be.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2011 4:58:59 pm PST #16754 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
5 Old TIme Prejudices That Still Show Up In Every Movie. Well, "every movie" is a bit of a long shot. "Are rarely contradicted" is more accurate.
I have a beef with point #4: Only the pretty girls are allowed to live. Because Michelle Rodriguez is apparently not pretty, and Michelle Yeoh is apparently not physically capable. I think both these positions weaken their argument markedly. Oh, yeah--Sigourney Weaver is *not* traditionally pretty in Alien. I think the point may be that the more butch chicks die, but that's a slightly different angle.
Burrell - Nov 15, 2011 6:21:42 pm PST #16755 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Physically, my features and body didn't change much from 14-21. In that range, I was assumed to be about 17/18 all the time.
Yep except in my case it'd be 14-26, and I looked about 16. I was like Alyson Hannigan minus the fabulous acting career.