Talk:Taiyang Xiao Long/@comment-120.145.7.133-20141230110213/@comment-24891101-20150113174106

And yet she almost certainly is.

The first explanation is the art style, where everyone looks youthful. Consider Oobleck: he's in his thirties at the least, since he's gotten a Ph.D., had a hunting career, and become a professor. Consider Ironwood, who's in his upper forties at least, if the Atlesian officer corps works anything like that of the US.

The other explanation is part of the dream theory, which contends that the stinger is actually Yang dreaming about Raven. This means that Raven's appearance is based on what Yang thinks she looks like, the only sources for which would be old photographs.