12 is pretty bad. 14 is biological adulthood in 99.99999% of humans (no pedo), at least. Japan's age of consent is 13–about as developed a country as you'll find. I've never had sex with anyone under 18 or 19 (nor have I yearned to), but I do think our consent laws are convoluted. There IS no perfect solution, but I have a friend being screwed over in a consensual 16 y/o thing and it's modified my thoughts on the issue. What an exaggerated disaster it's turned into. I mean… LIFE DESTROYED FOREVER kind of disaster. Ugh… slide.
I'm just curious about the ''EXTENT'' to which Q is in control. I believe it's all part of the movie, but how precisely I have no clue.