Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181208003742/@comment-5430952-20181213041059

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:Except people don't shrink that much as they age.

And in fact, in RWBY, a 40 year old person easily looks like they're in their 20s. Taiyang, Raven and Qrow being prime examples, especially Raven considering she gave birth on top of all that.

So why would a woman in her 60s look like she's in her 80s instead? She should look 20 years younger like everyone else. That depends on a lot of things, Someone. Since Maria has been in hiding for decades, she's probably been under a lot of stress, which causes people to age faster. Not to mention we know nothing of her teammates and possibly living relatives, so it soudns like she had next to nothing left to live for besides self-preservation, which would also age her faster. So there could be very plausible reasons for her to look older than she actually is.