how are you gonna be 31 and posting fandom content bro leave it to the teenagers
People 10 and 20 years older than me are writing your favorite fanfics, and drawing your favorite characters. You'd have no fandom without the people you think are 'too old' to have hobbies.
This mentality is so insanely frustrating. Why do teenagers think that people have to give up their hobbies, give up fun, when they reach a certain age? Like??
When I was a teenager writing fic, I remember finding out that one of my favorite authors was in her 50s and that just was SUCH a revelation for me!! What do you mean, 50 year olds can write fanfic?!? Does that mean I can write fics when I'm her age?? That's AWESOME! I seriously looked up to her so much. And now I'm 35 with a husband and kid, and I'm still writing fanfic and posting fandom content - and I have no plans of stopping!
If you try to drive 30+ people out of fandom, you're going to lose the backbone of said fandom!
The ageism in fandom is fucking insane. Itβs strange that people seem to have the idea that fandom was created by and for teenagersβ¦ It was not. It was created by adults. How would we have ao3 if only teenagers were in fandom?
I donβt want to sound like I am hating on younger people in fandom, but god, yβall need to stop it with the ageism. You donβt have to give up what you love once youβre an adult. Honestly, the belief that you have to is pretty bad. It sounds like it would make people afraid of aging. Granted, modern society is so very afraid of aging.
Donβt give up what you love just because youβre an adult. You donβt have to. And donβt try to force others to do it either.
Look, just because youβre not aware of the adults in your life having hobbies doesnβt mean that they donβt. Your momβs secretly been writing smut since before you were born. She hangs out on Discord with her friends and talks about Fourth Wing and Heated Rivalry. She actually has an AO3 account and a Tumblr youβre not even aware of.
Adults are complicated humans.
my mum has an ao3 account (just a reader tho), a tumblr blog, and a discord - she's also subscribed to a patreon and we've literally taken trips for her fave podcast's live shows
my dad has a statue of gollum in my parents living room and a map of middle earth used to hang over their dining table (where we ate every meal) - he was abolutely involved in fandom culture as a teen and probably is now on reddit
my parents are fandom nerds and i'm very aware - hell i've sent my mum ao3 fics before many a time
if you think adults aren't involved in fandom culture - you're just wrong
(also some of the coolest people i've met online are over 30 and i hope that i get to be that fandom elder for someone one day because so many people have supported me over the years)
With the alarmingly deteriorating state of literacy, with the decline of literature and reading comprehension, with the rise of ai...
I fear the younger generations wouldn't even be able to appreciate the good fanfiction already there, and struggle to contribute too.
Where would we be without our Fandom elders? It is unimaginable..



















