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I think Adult Child might be flexible enough to cover that. If there is a page for it, it would probably be The Same But More Specific. Besides, is there anything remarkably different between Adult Child and "Adult that acts like a teenager" that they need to be split?
Edited by Oreochan "Learning without thinking is labor lost. Thinking without learning is dangerous."
Manchild is probably closer to what you're looking for (yes Manchild and Adult Child have distinctions).
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^ Which would be...?
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^ According to Manchild and Adult Child's page, Manchild is about adults acting like children, while Adult Child is adults acting more like children because they hang around them a lot. I always thought that Adult Child was simply adults acting like children until I read the two tropes closely. It looks like Adult Child is being confused with Manchild and more than a few examples need pruning.
Edited by Oreochan "Learning without thinking is labor lost. Thinking without learning is dangerous."
More than a few Adult Child potholes may also need fixing. Case in point: Misato Katsuragi - Manchild (or "Woman Child", to be precise), or Adult Child?
On that note, I don't get how the phrase "adult child" is different from "man child" in meaning. Methinks one or the other needs a better name.
Edited by MarqFJA Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
I took Adult Child to the TRS so it can be discussed there. I agree that Adult Child and Manchild sound basically like the same thing. I know that Manchild is a preexisting term, but I don't know about Adult Child.
"Learning without thinking is labor lost. Thinking without learning is dangerous."
Is there a trope for when an adult character behaves like a teenager? Because it doesn't seem to fall under Adult Child.