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The age of puberty has declined over the centuries as girls get better nutrition, as well, so throughout the middle ages the age at which a girl could expect her first period was around 16, where modern girls often get it much younger. 

The idea that women in earlier ages were married and mothers in their early teens is a myth. Marriages of children were usually only between noble families, and made for political reasons, or creepy old bastards who wanted a child-wife and could get away with it because they were rich and powerful. They often would point to the fact that the Roman elite did the same thing as justification. The Romans, of course, would point to the Greeks doing the same thing as justification, the Greeks pointed at the Assyrians, and so on back through the ages. 

It was considered disgusting by normal people then and still is. 

Let’s look an an egregious example, Henry the bloody VIII:

First marriage:

He was 18, Katharine of Aragon was 23.

Second marriage:

He was 40/41, Anne Boleyn, depending on which theory you believe, was anywhere between 24 to 32.

Third marriage:

He was 44, Jane Seymour was 28.

Fourth marriage:

He was 48, Anne of Cleves was 25

Fifth marriage:

He was 48, Catherine Howard, depending on which source you believe, was between 17-22. And yes, people at the time actually were squicked out by this age difference. And rightly so.

Sixth marriage:

He was 51, Catherine Parr was 31. 

Even the most notorious LECHER and WIFE MURDERER in history did not marry teenagers in at least 5 if not 6 out of 6 marriages. 

And here’s another Tudor tidbit, both Henry VII and VIII knew how traumatic and damaging it is for women marrying/having children too young. Henry VII’s mother was married at 12 and gave birth to Henry VII at 13. It caused so much damage and trauma that she never had another child after him despite being married three times.

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And as for the marriage of Elizabeth Woodville to King Edward IV, she was 27 at the time. He? Was 22. 

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The ukulele chords for Change Your Mind are

Eb Bb and Ab when played with standard GCEA ukulele tuning.

Edit: Eb Bb and Fm sound good too, and you can even alternate for a harmonic feel.

If someone has figured this out already then whatever but I was trying to play along and figured those out!

First of all, they hired James-fucking-Baxter for that part. There is a reason this man is hired for shit like this. He is literally the only person insane enough, only person Good Enough, to make shit like this

His method of animation is also unbelievably expensive. There’s a reason his recent work have been primarily short segments in animated television versus big movie productions. Not that he doesn’t have any projects going on- he probably does, but he works for DreamWorks, so it’s either in their movies, and not a lot of full on 2d animation anymore.

His own animation studio also closed down, because of course 2d’s popularity went down for a while, and also the fact that it’s, once again, expensive.

“His name’s James Baxter, he just travels around on his beach ball making people happy.” - Adventure Time

Animator James Baxter became a legend during his time at Walt Disney Animation Studios during the Disney Renaissance. He continues to do work at multiple studios (after owning his own studio) and gives lectures on animation at CalArts. This is just a small sample of his renowned work.

Lead Animator for:

Belle - Beauty and the Beast

Rafiki - The Lion King

Quasimodo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Guest Animator on:

Adventure Time (also guest voice) - “James Baxter the Horse”; “Horse and Ball”