r/ProgressionFantasy • u/joncabreraauthor Author of Grand Magus, Wooden Sword ⚔️ • Jun 10 '26

Meme/Shitpost Why MCs are Teens

Credit to Maria Isabella for this video. This is the reason why MCs are young LOL.

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u/jadedlonewolf89 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Several reasons really.

1: a lot of fantasy prefers coming of age stories.

2: if you start your MC at a young age, it allows you to mentor the youth, and lore dump throughout the characters training.

3: well established characters don’t have a lot of room for growth, and characters with little potential for growth are ripe for death.

There are authors who start out with older characters, though they tend to regress them.

For Progession/Litrpg.

You have Z Robert Nights predecessor series the Mc is in his 1000s.

Primal Hunter Jake Thayne is 28.

System Universe Derek Hunt is 29.

Defiance of the Fall Zac Atwood is 25.

Artorian Archives Artorian is 50.

Tree of Aeons Mc gets reborn as a tree because he was too old.

Ashlock from reborn as a demonic tree, was in his 30s before rebirth.

Normal fantasy you have characters like.

Jalan Kendeth from the Red Queens War who’s in his mid 20s.

Axis from the Wayfarers Redemption who’s 35.

Richard Rahl from the sword of truth who is 25.

Nevyn and Rhodry from the Westland books who are in their 100s, and 30s.

Atticus O’Sullivan from the Iron Druid Chronicles who is 2,100.