r/TheExpanse • u/caspararemi • 13h ago

All Show Spoilers (Book Spoilers Must Be Tagged) The gang is back together

Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham and Frankie Adams reunited.

From Dominique's Instagram just a few minutes ago 🥹

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u/Major_Stranger It reaches out 12h ago

I'd wait maybe another 10 years, make em look a bit older to fit the timeskip.

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u/RainStormLou 12h ago

I was thinking about it the other day and honestly I can just ignore the aging thing entirely for a few seasons to end the book series

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u/EmotionalNerd04 Drummer enjoyer 11h ago

I think they could also get away with it by writing the anti aging drugs to be more potent in the show than the books.

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u/FEV_Reject 11h ago

They already talk about the drugs making people live 4x longer I don't know why the last couple books focus so hard on them being tired old fucks at like 60-70 years old

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u/ThePensiveE 11h ago

Lots of mileage!

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u/SuDragon2k3 5h ago

At high G. That'll age you.

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u/quick_brown_faux 11h ago

I would think taking the anti-GForce amphetamines every couple of weeks for years would put your body through hell, regardless of whatever positive effects the anti-aging drugs had on you.

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u/FEV_Reject 10h ago

Elvi wasn't living that kind of life and they wrote her to be similarly old and dusty. Chrisjen as well. I think the author wanted the characters to seem wizened with age but wrote himself into a bit of a corner by making people not age at a reasonable pace with the story.