I know that time in the Dark Realm Passes differently from the real world, but if Aqua gets out of the dark realm and gets back to the real world, won't the 12 years that she missed in the real world flow back to her and change her a bit? Like hair-length? I could be wrong but, I don't know. What do you guys think?

well, it's kind of possible, not sure yet, guess we'll have to find out soon. the thought of her with longer hair would make her more beautiful than ever, which i thought was impossible lol

Um I'm just going to point this out, if all Aqua's years flowed back into her, wouldn't she die? I mean not like there's alot of food in the relm of darkness...

If Ansem the wise's apperance didnt change when he came out from the realm of darkness, then Aqua's certainly won't.

i think time stops in the relme of darkness

The time stop in ream of darkness! Aqua will never changed!

I agree. I don't know why but it seems that time does stop in the realm of darkness.

I agree with the last three comments.Maybe time dosn't affect those who are trapped in the Realm of the Darkness.Maybe they don't have to eat and their appearences don't change at all.Like if time never even came to be in the Realm of the Darkness.

Isn't the fact that time is weird in the realm of darkness enough for this sort of a topic? Anyways I do not think the years will come back to her because the weird time ends up being a sort of relative time travel.

time is the exact same in the RoD.

 

in the secret ending, when aqua talks to ansem the wise, Ansem says "Its been almost a year since ive seen that boy" well in real time, its been almost a year too, no where in any of the games does it say time is different in the RoD.

 

just pointing this out.

I think even after they exit the Realm of Darkness, Aqua will still maintain her same age

I think she'd look pretty badass with long hair.

 

Also, wouldn't she end up around 30 or so?

Wait, she was 18 in BBS right?

Holy sh-, 30. Her young adult years just got eaten up.

 

Man. And no, since aging happens slowly in the ROD, that will affect hair growth as well, since hair "ages".

Something like that. You have to use KH logic with this. It's the same reason she hasn't died from 12 years of starvation yet. KH=/= Real world logic.

time is the exact same in the RoD.

 

in the secret ending, when aqua talks to ansem the wise, Ansem says "Its been almost a year since ive seen that boy" well in real time, its been almost a year too, no where in any of the games does it say time is different in the RoD.

 

just pointing this out.

 

True, it was never said in any of the games but Nomura confirmed it in a Famitsu Interview:

 

-- At that point, it seems like Aqua has been lost for a long time.

 

Nomura: Yes. From when she comes to the world of darkness to when she meets Ansem the Wise, over 10 years have passed in the outside world. The flow of time is different in the world of darkness and the outside world, so it doesn't feel like 10 years have passed. But there's no mistaking that she's been in the world of darkness for quite a long time.

 

Here's the link to the rest of the interview: http://www.khinsider.com/khinsider/famitsu-interview-february-2010.html

I just think she will come back the same age she is in the Secret Ending. I think Nomura's trying to keep Terra, Aqua and Ven all close to the same age as they were in Birth By Sleep, to have one older out of the trio would just be strange. Plus, there's easy explanations for why they haven't aged.

 

Terra: Xehanort took over his body, he not long after gave up that body to become SoD, so one could assume that when Xehanort comes back he will be the same age as he was when he was apprentice Xehanort and that when he gets out of Terras body he will start to look like he did before.

Ven: His heart is not in his body, one could assume that because Vens heart wasn't in his body he didn't age.

Aqua: Time in the darkrealm most likely comes to a complete stop while you're in there.

Ansem didn't age, Aqua wont either.

Her state will be the same as when she entered the realm of darkness. The 12 years won't pass by, since the time that passed is frozen on the ROD

Aw hell shed be so hawt with long hair