The latest post on this page says that Naomi Wildman is a child in this book and that this is an incorrect portrayal. She should be only 6 yrs old (not a "teenager") though she should be as mature as a teenage human. Is she actually portrayed incorrectly in this book? Or is it the poster who is mistaken about her age? --Jdvelasc 03:57, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
- I recently finished rewatching Voyager and Naomi's last appearance was Homestead, in which she was still a little girl. I don't know about Human/Ktarian growth rates (Naomi did experience Soap-Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) or her precociousness, but she should definitely still be a little girl in 2378.
- Ah, Naomi Wildman apparently matured very fast and was planning to enter Starfleet Academy in Old Wounds (novel) that same year. There must be have been one hell of a growth spurt between Homecoming and Old Wounds in 2378. -- BadCatMan 04:37, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
- I think the development was taken as an example of Ktarians experiencing a rapid growth different from humans. the fact remains that the character was 6 years old chronologically, and was played by an actress almost twice that age, and was considered to be a viable candidate for entering higher education shortly after that point in her development. i'm not sure if additions to this effect owe any explicit derivation from a source or if this is derived from a reader's interpretation of these facts. regardless of anyone perceiving an error, the simple fact is that she was an alien and obviously aging differently than a human - not an incorrect portrayal at all. anyone thinking this is 'incorrect' is really not correct, themselves... -- Captain MKB 04:41, August 31, 2011 (UTC)