people often ask me: how old is snap chalkzone?
I never really thought about it until people started asking me. I tend to detach non-human characters from human concepts like age- and there are a few different perspectives that you can attempt to answer this question from.
first of all: snap was created with a fully formed personality and never ages. he’s essentially ageless- and he was created by rudy when rudy was 8- so he’s a Superhero Caricature as seen through the eyes of an 8 year old.
second of all: He does things that only adults can do- and he also does things that are suspiciously childlike. He owns a house and a car, he has a crush on an obviously adult woman, and the crush is mutual. these are things that might suggest that he is an adult- But he also spends a lot of time hanging out with elementary school age kids, which suggests that they are around the same age.
an important thing when thinking about this is that Snap has no concept of aging. He was never a baby- and he was never a kid, and he was never an adult. Another thing to consider is that Simple =/= Childlike.
Snap is simple. His personality is cartoonish and he hardly has any emotional depth considering he’s never been in a situation with emotional peril. He’s a circlehead- and has a very simple design. He’s also short.
this could be seen through an Invader Zim type lens- Snap is like Zim in that a lot of people think he’s a kid, he hangs out with kids, but in reality he is a being with no concept of human aging.
in conclusion: snap is one of the most ageless characters i've ever encountered. from every angle i've looked at this i truly beleive that he wasn't meant to be interpreted as having an age- like every other 'zoner, he has absolutely no concept of aging or death so we can't assign him an age, because he doesn't have one.
