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Since: May, 2014
6th Mar, 2020 07:18:14 AM
Plot-Relevant Age-Up. Can also be Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome.
Edited by StarTropes
The protagonist’s daughter has just been born, but the writers don’t want to wait years of in-universe time before she becomes relevant to the plot, so they do one of two things: Accelerate the aging process in some way, or bring her adult self from the future.