Time Snap: Can Physics Make It Sci-Fi?

[stefan r]

The pedo comment was hardly required to make an otherwise good point.

16 is legal age of consent on the beach in New Jersey, South Carolina, Hawaii, the United Kingdom, or the West, North, or East coast of Australia. So most beaches in the English speaking world. A 20 year old male quietly having a lustful thought about a 16 year old wearing a bikini on the beach would not be considered "a pedophile" anywhere that I am aware of. The authorities in Texas would not have an issue with a 20 year old dating a 16 year old. The couple would have to get married or wait a year and a half to consummate that relationship legally. Seniors dating freshmen was very common in both my high school and college experiences. I can edit my post to "18 year old daughter" if it makes you more comfortable.

Finding out that you had a daughter you did not know about would be disturbing. The surprise incest theme is common in ancient stories. The Oedipus story spawned numerous plays. In the book Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

Spoiler

Ship disturbs Deve by telling her about Freya's one night stand with one of Deve's exes.

It is a TV trope. If your character has a sexuality that you are writing about I am not sure how you would avoid mentioning this problem. Clearly the protagonist was interested in the mom who was nearly the same age and had many of the same genes.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

“Jailbait” explicitely means the person in question is underaged, should have been pretty obvious that was the term being referenced. No need to then rattle off a list of different nations’ ages of consent.

 

[Tiran]

This topic sounds like the plots of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five or the Time Traveler's Wife. And a little like The Arrival.