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\\\"Arisia from Green Lantern physically ages herself from about 13 Earth years to at least 18 Earth years so she can pursue a crush on Hal Jordan. Later, to make Hal Jordan not look like a skeeve, this was subject to several Retcons, and, in current continuity, 13 years on her world are equivalent to 240 on Earth.\\\"

I\\\'ve never been able to find whether DC addressed that it\\\'s not so much if Arisia an adult by Terran standards, it\\\'s if she\\\'s considered by her \\\'\\\'own\\\'\\\' species to be mentally, physically, and emotionally adult and ready to go screw around with Green Lanterns. To me, a [[BizarreAlienBiology handwave]] that Arisia\\\'s species had to meet certain conditions to physically mature, and she used the ring to bypass/meet them, would have been more acceptable then a \\\'oh, she\\\'s definitely old enough in Earth years\\\' retcon.

And is there a trope for that sort of distinction? Terran vs alien maturity, etc.?

\\\"Arisia from Green Lantern physically ages herself from about 13 Earth years to at least 18 Earth years so she can pursue a crush on Hal Jordan. Later, to make Hal Jordan not look like a skeeve, this was subject to several Retcons, and, in current continuity, 13 years on her world are equivalent to 240 on Earth.\\\"

I\\\'ve never been able to find whether DC addressed that it\\\'s not so much if Arisia an adult by Terran standards, it\\\'s if she\\\'s considered by her \\\'\\\'own\\\'\\\' species to be mentally, physically, and emotionally adult and ready to go screw around with Green Lanterns. To me, a [[BizarreAlienBiology handwave]] that Arisia\\\'s species had to meet certain conditions to physically age, and she used the ring to bypass/meet them, would have been more acceptable then a \\\'oh, she\\\'s definitely old enough in Earth years\\\' retcon.

And is there a trope for that sort of distinction? Terran vs alien maturity, etc.?

\\\"Arisia from Green Lantern physically ages herself from about 13 Earth years to at least 18 Earth years so she can pursue a crush on Hal Jordan. Later, to make Hal Jordan not look like a skeeve, this was subject to several Retcons, and, in current continuity, 13 years on her world are equivalent to 240 on Earth.\\\"

I\\\'ve never been able to find whether DC addressed that it\\\'s not so much if Arisia an adult by Terran standards, it\\\'s if she\\\'s considered by her \\\'\\\'own\\\'\\\' species to be mentally, physically, and emotionally adult and ready to go screw around with Green Lanterns. To me, a [[BizzareAlienBiology handwave]] that Arisia\\\'s species had to meet certain conditions to physically age, and she used the ring to bypass/meet them, would have been more acceptable then a \\\'oh, she\\\'s definitely old enough in Earth years\\\' retcon.

And is there a trope for that sort of distinction? Terran vs alien maturity, etc.?

\\\"Arisia from Green Lantern physically ages herself from about 13 Earth years to at least 18 Earth years so she can pursue a crush on Hal Jordan. Later, to make Hal Jordan not look like a skeeve, this was subject to several Retcons, and, in current continuity, 13 years on her world are equivalent to 240 on Earth.\\\"

I\\\'ve never been able to find whether DC addressed that it\\\'s not so much if Arisia an adult by Terran standards, it\\\'s if she\\\'s considered by her \\\'\\\'own\\\'\\\' species to be mentally, physically, and emotionally adult and ready to go screw around with Green Lanterns. To me, a [[BizzareAlienBiology handwave]] that Arisia\\\'s species had to meet certain conditions to physically age, and she used the ring to bypass/meet them, would have been more acceptable then a \\\'oh, she\\\'s definitely old enough in Earth years\\\' retcon.

And is there a trope for that sort of distinction?