originally a reply to a post on fandom so ignore the quality
Created sticks are usually made at around midteens physically (unless made to be a different age by the creator, but I feel like younger Alan didn't give two shits how old his stick figures were), and are on the mental level of a little kid (relative term, but at least younger than 15). They need at least some time for their mental age to catch up with their physical age (yk, some downtime where they arent fighting for their lives), and during said time, their brain does a lot of development very quickly, so this time is very necessary.
This is why when I write Dark, he's a bit more "childish" than the others in a way because he never got that down time. He went from fighting for his life to "BLOW SHIT UP" in like 10 minutes, which doesn't leave much time to stop and take a breather. He was basically tricking his brain into thinking he's in a life-or-death situation by being involved in all of the blood and violence, so even though he and Chosen obviously had the upper hand, his brain was more focused on keeping the bitch alive than actually developing properly.
With those 7 years, its not like he didn't develop at all, he was just always a bit behind his physical age. (For example, age 17 was more like age 12-ish because of this very rushed development.)
After they at least somewhat catch up to their starting physical age, they'll age pretty normal from then on. I have a whole headcanon about created sticks' lifespans and and what contributes to them, but I've already said enough.
but uh now i have time to sooooo-
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