>If the timeline problem turns out not to be a problem because they
>aren't his kids at all, for example, then that alone wouldn't be good
>enough for me. Because the plot is proceeding on the basis that the
>idea of Peter being their father is PLAUSIBLE. If it's manifestly
>implausible on timeline grounds to readers, then logically it should be
>likewise implausible to the characters, and they should react
>accordingly.

So let me see if I've got this straight...you can accept a universe inhabited
by guys with spider powers, Norse gods, an ageless super soldier, a wasp woman,
shape changers, a big green guy, and you don't think that there could be a
plausible explanation for kids being of an unusual age.

Got it.

See, all you really had to do was explain it reasonably, and I'm there.

jms

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