I mean that last part is totally true and applies no matter what Rufus's age is, but the way in which Rufus is a manchild is still wierd to me. Like if Rufus is an Elon Musk, his name would be connected to at least one Tesla by now and people would have heard about it. This 'he basically doesn't exist until his dad's dead' business is the thing I'm stuck on. He's clearly already psychologically separated himself from his father (that 'I'll rule by fear' speech is 100% rehearsed and no one can tell me different), and even rich sociopaths' kids are generally expected to, like, buy some accomplishments before they're considered The Heir to their parent's bought accomplishments. Rufus being named VP without anything of that nature on his resume at all is very weird and it seems like the Board would at least be resentful of that and not treat him with the deference they show him in the OG.

(It doesn't help that Rufus totally has, like, Potter Puppet Pals!Draco Malfoy's voice in my head. Sorry, Rufus's actual voice actor, you did a fine job my brain just does this XD)

Also, are intel agents forced to retire at 35? That seems odd to me. I can accept Tseng being 30 a lot easier though - this is an FF game, 30 is positively ancient by their standards. ;P (and at least Tseng has demonstrable skills cough)