"By the way, apparently Iroh is Zuko's grandson, not his son? That means he can't possibly be more than a few years older than Team Korra. So what, they're letting teenagers be generals now?"
Keep in mind that you're probably using Tenzin or Lin as a frame of reference here, and Iroh most certainly does not have to be a teenager. Tenzin is Aang and Katara's youngest son, and he was born when Katara was 34 and Aang was 32. Tenzin, himself, didn't have any children until he was in his forties.
If you'll look at the actual numbers, it's been 70 years since the finale of the first Avatar. Zuko was 16 when it ended, so even if he had a kid at 25 (the mean age today when people have kids), and his own child had a kid at 25, that would mean that Iroh is likely in his mid-thirties. (Years since the finale ended) minus (the years it took for Zuko to have a kid) minus (the years it took for Zuko's children to have children) equals the age of Iroh. (71)-(9 or 10)-(25)= 36-ish.
It's still pretty young for someone to be a general, but he's definitely not a teenager.
If you go by the mean age of people having their first children back in the 1920s (20-22. Let's say 21), it's possible that Iroh is actually in his mid forties instead.
Given how young-looking his character was drawn, though, I'd go with the mid-thirties option as being more probable.
(Oh yeah, on an slightly related note, the stuff said in the main post were my thoughts EXACTLY, but summed up far better than I could've ever done myself. I still had fun watching it up until this point, but man... I almost wish I didn't see the finale and just had a really clear and perfect idea of what should have happened in my head instead.)
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Date: 2012-06-25 01:22 pm (UTC)Keep in mind that you're probably using Tenzin or Lin as a frame of reference here, and Iroh most certainly does not have to be a teenager. Tenzin is Aang and Katara's youngest son, and he was born when Katara was 34 and Aang was 32. Tenzin, himself, didn't have any children until he was in his forties.
If you'll look at the actual numbers, it's been 70 years since the finale of the first Avatar. Zuko was 16 when it ended, so even if he had a kid at 25 (the mean age today when people have kids), and his own child had a kid at 25, that would mean that Iroh is likely in his mid-thirties. (Years since the finale ended) minus (the years it took for Zuko to have a kid) minus (the years it took for Zuko's children to have children) equals the age of Iroh. (71)-(9 or 10)-(25)= 36-ish.
It's still pretty young for someone to be a general, but he's definitely not a teenager.
If you go by the mean age of people having their first children back in the 1920s (20-22. Let's say 21), it's possible that Iroh is actually in his mid forties instead.
Given how young-looking his character was drawn, though, I'd go with the mid-thirties option as being more probable.
(Oh yeah, on an slightly related note, the stuff said in the main post were my thoughts EXACTLY, but summed up far better than I could've ever done myself. I still had fun watching it up until this point, but man... I almost wish I didn't see the finale and just had a really clear and perfect idea of what should have happened in my head instead.)