Talk:Tadashi Hamada/@comment-123.243.60.75-20150211074938/@comment-24667521-20160607020937

This conversation is old af but I'm always down to discuss ships so here we go.

So we've got Hiro (14), Tadashi (18-21, we'll say he's 18), and Elsa (21-22). All three of whom are pretty mature for their age due to circumstances--Hiro is a prodigy, and a superhero, Tadashi is a responsible older brother, and Elsa is a ruler who is responsible for a whole country as well as her own powers, and all three have been through some kind of trauma. Their age aside, the fact that they're more mature for their age already places a pretty heavy split between Elsa and Hiro as opposed to Elsa and Tadashi. Now, maturity is retry hard to gauge, so for the sake of this discussion, let me put it like this: if a character is previewed to be "mature for their age," we'll add a few years to their physical age, to get an idea of their mental age.

So... Hiro(14) + maturity = 16-17 Tadashi(18) + maturity = 20-21 Elsa (21) + maturity = 23-24

So essentially what I'm saying is that despite them both being "mature for their age," Elsa and Hiro still have a large gap considering that Elsa was already ahead of Hiro to begin with. Maturity gaps can make or break a ship for me, and while a relatively small one isn't too bad (ie Hiro/GoGo, Hiro/Anna etc), a large one like this is hard for me to see, even though they have a lot in common. Tadashi on the other hand is comfortably in the middle, so I can see him being with someone both on Elsa's level or on Anna's (who is closer to Hiro's) level.

...I hope that made sense. There are some characters that I'm really particular about who they're shipped with cause I feel like they'd only work with a particular type. Elsa and Hiro are examples of this, and while they have a lot in common, I think Tadelsa works better both in the maturity and personality departments. :D