I think the majority of mine end up being 30s-40s, I generally like having more time to fill with backstory and older characters are more set in their sense of self. If they're going to have an identity crisis, it's gonna have to come from something really wacky, for sure. I do try to have an even playing field, though, with a good mix of all ages. I've been slacking on my elderly characters, though, really need to get on that.
Pretty much what it says on the tin, as always! I was wondering about this since I see that many users seem to have a preferred age range, or sometimes an exclusive age range for their characters! What's yours? (I'm of course talking about physical/mental age here; keep that in mind if you mostly have immortal OCs)
Also, please stay nice in your replies! Having preferences is 100% okay, but don't insult people of a given age range (ie. "elderly people are ugly", "minors are boring"), whether you're referring to real life people or just characters. I want this thread to stay enjoyable to read for everyone, no matter their age or the type of characters they write.
Usually, my age range of characters is like 30-50. I have a few outliers of course, but I mostly make middle aged characters and I dunno exactly why, I guess it’s just an age range I enjoy writing it haha.
I don't tend to have set ages for most of my characters, just a dubious sort of "eh they're an adult" or "eh they're a kid/teen" but the ones that I do fix ages for tend to be around their 20s or late teens. (though I have a couple that are in their 30s)
I don't know why it is - I guess I just enjoy having more freedom for what to do with them since most of my characters live in worlds mostly similar to ours so teens/kids have to go to school and that's a whole lot more boring to write about since it's pretty much just what you always see ahssdshjsj (not saying I absolutely don't do school settings, and this isn't to say they're not good, I'm just saying it's not my thing usually)
I already go to school so like, I'd rather just write about other things yk.
Mmm i think right now it would be from 6 to late 70s! I like to make my OCs very different from eachother, including their age!