Aging up existing characters

Created by S G, Modified on Mon, Sep 21 at 4:58 PM by S G

Allowed, within limits.

You can age up a fictional character only when all of the following requirements are met:

Their canonical age is 12 or above 12.
Their adult age is explicitly stated.
Their visual representation matches the stated adult age.

All three requirements must be met together. Meeting only one or two of these requirements does not make the character eligible to be aged up.

You cannot age up:

Characters canonically under 12
Characters played by real actors in live-action. If a character has a live-action adaptation, we follow the original age and they aren't eligible.

The reason for the second rule: aging up a character portrayed by a real person means depicting a real person, which falls under article 7.4.