Charmy Nonsense Important Information

by SAJ-Man

Just some info to keep in mind for the future chapters of Charmy Nonsense. Mostly pertaining to Espio and Vector's stories. But also concepts and aspects about the Charmy Nonsense world that might be different from the game canon or just not explained well enough for my tastes. Like character powers, geographical info, FCs that aren't really FCs in the traditional sense, etc.

3. Character Ages

This one's gonna be a quickie. One of my friends has brought this to my attention: I haven't established the ages of all the characters! I don't know if you guys have noticed, but I shifted some ages here and there. It's probably not a huge deal in most cases, but for characters like Ray, who canonically don't have a definite age, it's a little problematic. So I'm just gonna clarify their ages here!

Espio: 16 years old. Originally, I was going to age him up to 18, I like to think he's older than Sonic. But I suppose I want to be as close to the game canon as I can get. So he's 16, just like in the games, he just acts like a 50 year old or something. X'DDDD

Vector: Okay, he's supposed to be 20. Howeverrrrrrr, I really wanted him to be older than that. (Even though I just said I want to be as close to the game canon as I can get X'DDDD) Alright, my reasoning for aging him up is simple: his backstory. The timeline I have set up for him is dependent on his age being higher than 20 in the current time. So I aged him up to 25. Yes, I know, that's a lot of years added on. But trust me, it's for the best. XDDDD

Charmy: 6 years old. I would have aged him up a little bit, but I don't have his backstory quite as ironed out as Espio and Vector's. So I thought I'd just stick with the game canon for our sweet bee boy. :3

Mighty: 16 years old. I kinda want Mighty to be a year older than Sonic (seeing as he was a prototype for SEGA's mascot before Sonic, AKA Mr. Needlemouse at the time :D). Plus Mighty reads like a more mature, more stable Sonic. He's not as rambunctious and irresponsible as Sonic. Not saying Sonic is completely irresponsible, just that Mighty is a bit more attentive of his friends than Sonic. But, I think in order to get that across, I could just make him a couple months older than Sonic. So technically, Mighty is 16 and 1/2. ;)

Ray: Whoo boy. It's the big one. So here's the dealio, Ray doesn't have a set age according to both the game canon and the Post Genesis Wave Archie comics canon (the only two continuities he is a part of). In SegaSonic the Hedgehog, no one's age is listed. In Mania Plus, Ray is, and I quote, "a bit younger than Mighty". That's not helpful really, but thanks Mania Plus XDDDD And then there's the Pre Genesis Wave Archie canon (which I don't consult for my stories anyway, but for the sake of thoroughness). In this canon, Ray was 10 when he first showed up, then he disappeared for 6 years or something and it turns out he was trapped in a random alternate dimension, where time isn't a thing (gasp. -_-) So when he was finally rescued and brought back to Mobius, he was still physically 10, but mentally he was 16. So yeah, he was suddenly just a old as Mighty, but still a kid- Ken Penders is weird okay? We're gonna ignore him and all of his works, okay? X'DDDDD

So I decided, it would be best if he was older than Tails (to further differentiate the two), but young enough to where he hasn't hit "puberty" and that his attachment to Mighty would feel similar to Sonic and Tails' relationship (timid-ish younger brother with stronger older brother).

So I said all of that to say, Mighty is canonically 16, according to Knuckle's Chaotix, so I decided to make Ray 11. 5 years between them is a good amount I think. Plus, no one else is 11 in the series so I thought it'd be nice to put someone in that spot.

And there you have it, the boys ages in Charmy Nonsense. Hope that clears things up for you guys. Thanks for reading and I'll see ya next chapter! :D