Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25273017-20140809200340/@comment-25222572-20140816020429

216.227.94.84 wrote: 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. The point of this was, why was Allison making such a big deal over turning 17 (presumably making her a year older than the majority of that particular sophomore class) back in Season One, if her best friend Lydia was also turning 17 and had no problem with it.

Not that it is uncommon in real life for people to be that age in that grade.