Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25273017-20140809200340/@comment-216.227.94.84-20140816014042

LadyX wrote: ^ exactly. The reality of the situation is irrelevant to the fictional story they are in, where in she is a minor, and he is a cop. A cop who is six years older than her. Pretty sure he would be going to jail for statutory. He holds a position of power in the eyes of the law. Also, I like thinking of him as a good cop, and I think that's the image Jeff and co want to portray, which would be ruined if he started canoodling with a minor.

Also keep in mind, she may be 16. The only indicator we have of her age is Sheriff's statement that she was 16 a few episodes before her birthday, but his statement about how long ago his wife died was off when compared to her file. He's not too great with dates. And I found it strange from the beginning that Allison was freaking out about people thinking she was held back because she was stupid when she was turning 17 a few weeks prior to Lydia's birthday, but then Lydia was suddenly turning 17 too as a sophomore? I know she took great strides to hide her intelligence from people, but being held back takes A LOT, and for her to do that deliberately doesn't make sense, especially seeing as her teachers talked about her being best in the class during parent/teacher meetings. Lydia is 17 as a junior, and is going to turn 18 soon, which is not unheard of and is actually pretty common. In the last episode remeber her mom said her 18th birthday was just a few weeks away. so she was 15/16 as a freshmen, 16/17 as a sophomore and 17/18 as a junior, 18/19 as a senior. Just because she will be 19 doesn't mean she was held back or anything, it could be she is just one of the older ones in her grade. I am going to be a junior and there are some people thar are turning 18 towards the end of the school year so it's not all that surprising.