Typical mother

Yup.

Why does Hatate's mother look old when all of the Tengu are all ageless near-immortals?

You know, this is nearly "nostalgia"pool worthy

Black_Gold_Saw said:

Why does Hatate's mother look old when all of the Tengu are all ageless near-immortals?

Maybe Hatate's mother is more, MORE older than Hatate.
Well, this is Gensoukoumuten's work, he treats Touhou Universe as something like our everyday life.

Black_Gold_Saw said:

Why does Hatate's mother look old when all of the Tengu are all ageless near-immortals?

She might have had Hatate when she was in her late adulthood. I mean she easily could be 2000 years old.

Black_Gold_Saw said:

Why does Hatate's mother look old when all of the Tengu are all ageless near-immortals?

Aya's mother looks around the same if I remember right during the postman story.

Just a mother doing what a mother always do.

I presume you've noticed Hatate's clearly doing the first three things her mother lists in the picture. :D

HighPriest said:

I presume you've noticed Hatate's clearly doing the first three things her mother lists in the picture. :D

Then... do you think it is possible she did the fourth thing, too?

jongyon7192p said:

Then... do you think it is possible she did the fourth thing, too?

It certainly seems plausible if she follows the same pattern her mother describes. Alas, both this and the following image show approximately same amount of her and nothing in her posture reveals if the fourth item of the list happened or not. The first three most certainly did! More research is necessary.