Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26838855-20190803131136/@comment-2112031-20191109124645

Hi everyone, it's been a while.

BEJT wrote:

I actually wasn't particularly complaining in this case. I still think that saying 16 was a mistake on Marvel's part and not an intentional calculation. However, given that there is a plausible in-universe explanation for why he might consider himself to be 16 that we can use, I am choosing to believe it as a canon thing that Peter considers himself 16 because he has had 16 birthdays (and that that might also be something that the United States has decided to adopt in general, considering that's the only way Flash can also be "16"), and so for consistency's sake, it's OK for this to also call him 16. It would be a little odd for it to say 17.

Also, if we consider it as justified for the birthdays reason in-universe, then that would suggest that The Daily Bugle seems to denote ages by birthdays rather than biological age, so it would have an implication on all the other ages on the site, suggesting it's more likely by birthday than biology. It's another of those instances where it's about intention of the writer vs. in-universe justification and leniency. Funny enough, people were discussing this on the movie's headscratchers page on TV Tropes and I was the one who provided an answer there. Here's what I said:

"According to Peter's passport, he was born on August 10 (which is a reference to the August 10, 1962 release date of Amazing Fantasy #15). The events of Homecoming occur in September 2016 (just over 2 months after Civil War), during which Peter states he's 15, putting his date of birth on August 10, 2001. Peter got snapped sometime around Spring 2018 (prior to his 17th birthday) and was resurrected around October 2023 (8 months prior to the events of Far From Home, which starts off in late June and then continues into July 2024). Basically, Peter is biologically 17, but has only celebrated 16 birhdays and, for the sake of convenience and an attempt at retaining normalcy, seemingly prefers to count using his birthdays rather than counting the number of days he's been alive."

So basically, yeah, I agree with you.

Mrmichaelt wrote:

I vote for June 26-July 3. Agreed, me too.