I think part of it is cause of poor living conditions and the rate at which they’re murdered. I assume if they were alllowed good health they’d live longer?
consider: most trolls have a base lifespan of 100 or so earth years, but due to the lack of resources provided by their shitty government (and mass propoganda on highblood/tyrian regime’s part), it’s highly unlikely to see most lowbloods even live to adulthood
thoguh in beforus the lower castes still had much shorter lifespans than the higher ones which is why the highbloods had the duty of teaching and guiding the lowbloods
never forget that this was originally meant to demonstrate that lesbian representation was so rare that you wouldn’t even see two named women interact in a platonic manner let alone in a sexual or romantic one onscreen.
That’s a pretty bold claim given that lesbians and lesbian representation was never brought up once in this strip. This strip is pretty clearly about female representation in fiction and how far too often a woman is only seen as worth including in a movie as a love interest for the male protagonist. Lesbian representation is also important, but let’s not lie as to what famous comics are saying to make a point, okay? Okay.
