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When I see these uber cute images I just kinda imagine a real human in my mind and they come out looking my age (mid twenties). As a fan of people playing with their gender and presentation and posting pictures of it, though, the youngest looking person Ive seen is 35... So all of those 20 year olds better keep taking care of themselves.
Cartoons have missing features, so it leaves room for your own interpretation of it. Isn't it wonderful?
How the fuck are oversized hoodies children's fashion??
You reallllllly want to die on this hill, don’t you?
Just google oversized hoodie for once! All the top image results are adults wearing them!
I totally understand this, because we often attribute features that are either androgynous or culturally considered feminine (but especially androgynous features) with prepubescence. So you've got the rounded faces and lack of secondary sex characteristics that we would associate with older people, plus fashion that could easily be considered "younger," and despite probably being intended to be 20 or so, they look much younger.
As somebody who's got that scruffy white Jesus look going on but doesn't have a square jawline and often wears hoodies, I've more than once been mistaken for a high school/college student - even by high school students no less - despite being in my 30s. Being hit on by college kids almost 10 years younger than you is an awkward experience I would not wish on anyone. As is having your mom be mistaken for your grandmother.
I think you interpreting the characters in the image says more about you than it says about the artist tbh