I'm sure many of you have seen my latest pic I've commissioned of Shantae in her Seer Form in some classic Damsel in Distress peril. And well, I got hit with a notification saying that the pic is "Underage Sexuilized Content." This isn't anything new to Shantae related kink pics and to be honest, I did half expect to get that since I have heard of artists getting that same notice and this isn't even the first time this has happened to me either. The first time I ever got this was on my story of Shantae being turned into a fembot. In fact, when I was writing my Risky's Ship Head Replacement fic I half expected to get one there two since it once again involve Shantae in peril, this time being petrified yet I didn't. But I did here which only shows just how inconsistent DA is with lewd Shantae art. Why did I get this notice on my most recent pic? Because DA, and a lot of people who are both fans and not fans of Shantae, seem to think she's 16 years old. She isn't. If she was really 16 or younger I wouldn't be commissioning or writing stuff about her. I DO NOT and WILL NEVER have anything done for me that does involve any character under the age of 18 and I do not enjoy that kind of art either no matter how many times people try to excuse themselves by saying that the characters are "aged up". In fact, allow me to explain to you why Shantae isn't 16.

1. The misconception that she is 16 came from an intern that was working at Wayfoward and was in charge of there Twitter account. Someone was asking about Shantae's age and this intern just said 16 without even asking Matt Bozon or anyone else who has been with the series longer than she has. No one who has ever worked on a previous Shantae game in the past has ever done so under the impression that she was 16. Thankfully someone at Wayfoward did manage to clear this up as well as how they don't make games with the intent of making people feel uncomfortable and in fact this morning someone even shared a tweet that proved this farther as well as a Know Your Meme post I found a few weeks ago, I'll leave links to those, but still this is on that intern for not double checking before pulling a "fact" from nothing. https://mobile.twitter.com/RoninDudeArt/status/1271240749904879616 https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1515977-shantae
2. When she's not being the guardian Half Genie of Sequine Land her other job is belly dancing, and belly dancing or Baladi as it's sometimes called can be a very sexual thing. Aside from how little clothing the dancer wears they often preform dance moves that make the audience draw there gaze to there mid section or there ass depending on the move. And what does Shantae do to transform in this serries? Yep, Belly Dance! Shantae even has some dance moves in both the original GBC game and Risky's Revenge where her rear is facing you and she shakes it. While it is true that Belly Dancing isn't exclusive to females, one writer and fellow Shantae fan I follow here has even admited he's done Baladi in the past, and I'm not going to act like I have deep intermite knowledge of Belly Dancing but even someone who sucks at dancing like me can admit that Belly Dancing can be very sexual.
3. Let's for a moment assume that Shantae is 16 and that the guys at Wayfoward know this two. If she really was 16 do you really think they would be comfortable with most of the stuff Shantae has gone though in this series? Aside from the Belly Dancing I just went on about and how one of the moves in the original GBC game even has her winking at the player there's also most of what she has worn throughout this series. Hell, her main outfit is nothing but a bra with long pants. But there's also stuff like the Space Princess outfit from Risky's Revenge and Pirates Curse where she wears even less than her main outfit covering only her boobs and mid section. What about the Costume Pack for Half Genie Hero where one of the outfits is her in a short bikini and panties and the other outfit where she wears Patrica Wagons outfit from Mighty Switch Force which is quite literally a leotard. Then there's the various win screens across the series of her in a bikini where in all of them she often looks at the player with almost Bedroom Eyes kind of. That's not even talking about some of the enemies in the series like one from Pirates Curse which is literally a mass of tentacles that bind her and is an easy Henti Joke. There is even an enemy in the unreleased Gameboy Advance sequel that attack's Shantae by spanking her!

But yeah, that's all the reasons why I think Shantae ISN'T 16. Though I guess if you want to count them her art work in Risky's Revenge where she looks way older than her Half Genie Hero design or how her voice actress Christina Vee makes her sound could be considered a fourth and fifth reason. I know what I say here probaply isn't going to change much but unless her age is actually said in universe or something no, I am not going to change my thoughts on this. That pic of Seer Shantae isn't going down just because of some misconception.