Migrants to IJ, 2007

I've had a discussion about that very point with someone before. Henry VII's mother was 12 when she gave birth to him (actually that's probably why she had no other surviving children, there is evidence the birth did damage to her body, but that's irrelevent to the point). At that age she would have been married and running her own household. If she gets turned into a vampire at that age and then we fast forward to now. She's 600ish years old in a 12 year old body.

Normally I don't like to write about anyone under 16 (age of consent where I live) because I class anyone younger than that as a child and while I know they do have sex and I might refer to it in a story I wouldn't feel right portraying it graphically (that's a personal squick though not any kind of moral judgement on people who do write younger), but in the above example I could easily write about it (well except for the fact I don't write het lol) because to me she's not 12 she's 600. I could probably write it if it was set back when she actually was 12 because clearly to be running a household and such she would have to have a level of maturity I wouldn't expect from a modern 12 year old.