midnightfairy's Book Journey

“I like it when men beg”

Is this foreshadowing

(I’m going into this blind idk what the book is about, so please dont roast me if this was a silly post 😭)

Ignoring the whole Bardugo aging them up in the newest editions, the ages of the characters are not totally throwing me. Whilst I'm not instinctively reading them as in their late teens, historically (and presently) there have been children their age or younger involved in gangs, crime syndicates, rebellions, war etc. The concept of 'adolescence' is relatively new. For much of history once you hit something like 10-12 that's it, off to work you go and earn your keep, you're a fully fledged member of society.

I immediately think of figures like Joan of Arc and Alexander the Great. Joan was 17 when she led troops in the lifting of the Siege of Orléans, and Alexander was 16 when he had his first military command and started quashing rebellions and conquering land. There are many more young military and gang leaders, and followers, throughout history across the world that just show it's really not that strange. Don't underestimate children and teens.

Also, so far in SoC specifically, you definitely get those dumb moments where you see their youth between the trauma and life experience. It's not really mindless, slapping on 'they're seventeen, by the way.'