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What my favorite characters were doing when they were my age – part 6, age 18

Published on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Aria2 Comments

I’m on fall break, which means midterms are over, I have the second half of this week off of school, and I’m in New York for a few days! Today I went to the New York Public Library and saw a really cool New Yorker exhibit they have up (pictures below), and walked around a ton with some friends, which was a lot of fun.

Anyways, it’s October 16th, which means it’s my last day of being 18, and time for my favorite pre-birthday tradition: looking at what all my favorite fictional characters were up to when they were my age. It’s crazy that I’ve been doing this for six years, and though a lot of the characters have stayed the same from list to list, I am starting to age out of the YA age-range, and I’m going to have to get a little more creative with character lists.

Well it’s getting late, and it’s almost the 17th, so without further ado, here’s what some of my favorite characters were doing when they were 18!

What my favorite characters were doing when they were my age – part 5, age 17

Published on October 16, 2024October 17, 2024 by Aria3 Comments

It’s October 16th, which means it’s my last day of being 17! It also means that it’s time for one of my favorite annual posts, which I’ve been doing for the last five years.

I can’t believe that I’ve been doing these posts for so long, and it’s always so much fun to look at what some of my favorite fictional characters did when they were my age. There are a lot of 17-year-old characters that I’m excited to talk about for this year’s post, so here they are!

Read my posts from previous years: 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

What my favorite characters were doing when they were my age – part 4, age 16

Published on October 16, 2023October 17, 2023 by Aria9 Comments

It’s October 16th, which means it’s my last day of being 16 years old, and instead of reflecting on what I’ve done this past year, it’s the perfect time to look at the accomplishments of all my favorite characters from when they were my age.

This is my fourth year doing this post, and it’s always one of my favorites! This year especially there were so many characters to put in here–16 really is a popular age for YA protagonists! So, let’s see what some of my favorite fictional characters were doing when they were my age.

Read posts from previous years: 13 | 14 | 15

What some my favorite characters were doing when they were my age – part 3, age 15

Published on October 15, 2022October 16, 2022 by Aria5 Comments

Hello, and happy Saturday! My birthday is on Monday, so I thought this would be a good time to write the latest addition to this series I’ve done for the last couple years. This is turning into an annual thing, and I’m so excited for it. I loved talking about what some of my favorite characters were doing when I was 13 and 14, and now with 15, there are a few characters who I was able to add to this post! So, here we go into what some of my favorite fictional characters were doing when they were my age!!

What some my favorite characters were doing when they were my age – part 2, age 14

Published on October 14, 2021October 11, 2022 by Aria7 Comments

Hello! Today was a pretty busy Thursday, but I have a four day weekend coming up: an exciting one, because my birthday’s on Sunday! I did a post like this last year, but it was all about 13 year old characters. I’ve been so excited for this one for so long, and it was so much fun to put together.

I’m in a weird in between age right now: Most young adult protagonists are 15-18, and middle grade characters are usually 12 and under. But I managed to scrape up a pretty good list of characters, and I hope you have fun reading about what they were all up to when they were my age, fourteen years old!

What some of my favorite characters were doing when they were my age

Published on October 15, 2020 by Aria31 Comments

I have had the idea for this post, but of course, I waited until the very last minute, right before my birthday to write it. Anyways, I’m basically going to be listing a few characters, and what they were doing when they were my age, when they were 13 years old.

I also will have spoiler warnings right after the picture of the character, so be sure to watch for that.

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