aged up
Artificially advanced years
Aged up describes a character who has been depicted as older than in their original or canonical form.
The term appears most often in fan art and fan fiction, where creators imagine young characters as adults: an aged-up version of the cartoon protagonist.
Sometimes used to sidestep concerns about depicting minors in mature content.
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- character arcProtagonist's gradual transformation
- character designVisual development of personas
- fan artFollower-made creative homage
- time skipNarrative temporal leap
flash-forward · life experience · aging · wisdom · senescence · senior citizen · lifespan · elderhood · decision-making · longevity · responsibility · reboot · independence · redesign · sequel · self-awareness · gerontology · coeval
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