Guild Wars 2

In the new video with Tara Strong in it, she refers to voice acting scarlet “as a teenager.”

Did I miss something in the LS where we got to hear her talking at that point, or was this a hint at some flashback or something that we’re gonna see in Season 2?

I was wondering about that too. I don’t remember any scenes of her being a teenager.

I’m thinking she meant during the Fractal story.
Scarlet was at the Thaumanova Reactor.
Was that enough years in the past to have her age?

Atlas.9704:

I’m thinking she meant during the Fractal story.
Scarlet was at the Thaumanova Reactor.
Was that enough years in the past to have her age?

Well Sylvari all in all are what? 25 years old? so it would only have to be 5+ years in the past, so who knows.

Yes, currently the oldest Sylvari is 26~27 years old, and Scarlet wasn’t a Firstborn, so being a “teenager” as a Sylvari is kinda tricky to say.

In Scarlet’s Journal we could hear Scarlet talking more normally, as she tried to rationalize things and occasionally argued with Mordremoth taking control of her (and taking credit for what she felt were her ideas). When those scenes first appeared, there were a lot of people complimenting the voice actress, saying that Scarlet sounded a lot different and much more serious. That would be what Tara is referring to.

Puddingskins.8412:

In the new video with Tara Strong in it, she refers to voice acting scarlet “as a teenager.”

Did I miss something in the LS where we got to hear her talking at that point, or was this a hint at some flashback or something that we’re gonna see in Season 2?

Haha!! I KNEW IT!
Season 2 will feature MORE SCARLET!! Season 2 story is actually the prelude of Season 1. More Scarlet! More Scarlet!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!! oh and TRAHEARNE TOO!!
MUAHAHAHAHA!!

Sigh….facepalm

She did act like a bit of an an attention seeker / drama queen.

Snowmoon.1758:

Puddingskins.8412:

In the new video with Tara Strong in it, she refers to voice acting scarlet “as a teenager.”

Did I miss something in the LS where we got to hear her talking at that point, or was this a hint at some flashback or something that we’re gonna see in Season 2?

Haha!! I KNEW IT!
Season 2 will feature MORE SCARLET!! Season 2 story is actually the prelude of Season 1. More Scarlet! More Scarlet!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!! oh and TRAHEARNE TOO!!
MUAHAHAHAHA!!

Sigh….facepalm

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Belzebu.3912:

Yes, currently the oldest Sylvari is 26~27 years old, and Scarlet wasn’t a Firstborn, so being a “teenager” as a Sylvari is kinda tricky to say.

The advantage / disadvantage of being born full grown and showing now signs of aging. A Sylvari that’s 1 hour old looks no difference than one that’s 20.

Uh… you guys know that Scarlet is 18 or younger when revealed, right? The Firstborn were born in 1302 AE; Season 1 begins in late 1325 AE (with The Lost Shores), though she wasn’t revealed until late 1326 AE. So at that point, the Firstborn would be 24 years old. Secondborn were born 6-7 years after the Firstborn, meaning that the oldest she could be – if she were one of the older Secondborn like Cadeyrn – would be 18 years old. Thus, a teenager. And chances are, she wasn’t a Secondborn given that they’re well known enough that such would be pointed out, and there was the same mender that was around for the players there. Though if she was a Secondborn, chances are on the younger ones, thus making her 16-17 (depending on time of year when she was born) when she became known to players.

Edit: Doing the math again, she most likely was one of the latter Secondborn, given that from the short story “What Scarlet Saw” we know she stayed in the Grove for 8 years, was with Beigarth for a winter, was with the charr gladium for 2 years, and with each college at least 1 year with a couple months between leaving Rata Sum (aka exiled) and going into Omadd’s machine, and then from Scarlet’s Journal in the investigation instance which is dated for late-1321 to mid-1323, if and only if that journal begins shortly after going into the machine as believed. Thus, she would have been born about 12-14 years prior to late-1321 if so, making her 16-17 years old by the time of her reveal. This changes, however, if the journal began before her entering the machine.

Either way, she’s a teenager throughout all of Season 1.

However, the line most likely refers to Scarlet’s Journal recovered during The Origins of Madness, in which Scarlet’s tone was different than usual. And iirc, a similar tone was used in the oldest (lore-chronologically) recordings in the Edge of the Mists update, the “A Study in Scarlet” instance.

Furthermore, it wouldn’t be surprising, given that Braham and Rox both mention looking into the entity that was messing with Scarlet’s mind, that we’d end up investigating her and thus finding some more old recordings in order to figure out whom the entity truly is (whether or not it be Mordremoth).

CureForLiving.5360:

The advantage / disadvantage of being born full grown and showing now signs of aging. A Sylvari that’s 1 hour old looks no difference than one that’s 20.

This isn’t entirely true about sylvari not showing signs of aging. Their physical appearance alters based on their psychological mindset, like what we saw with Canach (a drastic change). So sylvari who have life-changing experiences will not look the same as when they were born.

A teenager chronologically doesn’t mean she had to act like a teenager. Although she kind-of did.

I think it’s probably fair to add 15-20 years to a Sylvari’s chronological age when determining how old they should act. So newborn Sylvari should act like young adults, and Firstborn would be in their forties.

Notwithstanding the tendency of some players to act like infants.