Comments by "EvilGuacamoleGaming" (@EvilGuacamoleGaming) on "Laws Broken: Indiana Jones" video.

Objection! I site death of the author. It doesn't matter what Lucas or Spielberg say in regards to her age at the time of the affair- if it's not in the movie it's not part of the movie. As such, we would need to go with in movie clues to judge her age. At the very least Jones seems perfectly interested in women of legal age in this and other Indy movies; he also seems to have continued interest in her when we see her in this movie and, if you include Crystal Skull, well past this age. He also seems to have this interest regardless of if she's easily controlled (as is implied happened 10 years prior) or not (every instance we see her). This eliminates the profiles of those we know seeking sex with minors- a pedophilic sexuality or a desire to groom. From all we know Marion could have been 18 or older when the affair occurred. In addition, she says '10 years' but that's a nice round number and could be rounded. She also doesn't state her age and could be 28 or even older. Do we even have a concrete age for Indy? She was the daughter of his professor which could indicate he wasn't that old himself at the time. I hate to use the defense but there are those 'Romeo and Juliet' laws that make age of consent fuzzy for those who are just barely over the age of consent themselves. As an aside, this is only a logical defense because we are discussing fiction. In fiction we get to shape how we engage with it. Reality isn't like that. I don't want a character I like to be a child predator and I am thus motivated in my defense to that end. This is reasonable when it is a character. It's not a pattern of thought for real people. All we have to go on is tidbits of what happens in the movie, unlike the living testimony when it comes to real life victims.
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