the adultification of kanaya maryam is so real like the more you think about it the more everything makes sense
she was groomed by doc scratch as a young child, she became the mother to both her species and a universe at 13, to say nothing of the audience's perception of her—how often has she been portrayed as the mom friend? as the towering badass ruthless girlboss (a perception which always seems to have a sexual undertone) who never faltered or struggled in her teenage years? why does the responsibility always fall to her shoulders? how come she never gets to be treated like any other teen girl? let's not forget that this is a phenomenon that's heavily biased towards black girls
I fully agree. This panel always stuck in my head when thinking about Kanaya. She's just a kid trying to figure who she is in this mess of a world. The same as the rest
















