i hope this isn't super weird but i found your blog through a post about ageism in fandom spaces and i think its really, really cool that in your 50s and still engaged with your fandoms and passions. i'm 33 and i have so much anxiety about aging and feeling like every year it gets weirder to still love these things, but i've had the same nerdy interests my whole life. i've struggled with this ever since i turned 25. idk if i'll ever get past the anxiety but seeing people like you helps a lot.
Hi, love. I donโt know if youโll see this, because I assume youโre not in this fandom, but Iโm so glad that post helped you.
Honestly, fandom has been life changing for me in terms of realizing that being passionate about โnerdy/childish/weirdโ things is part of what makes my life really good. And I think the older you get, the less you actually care about what other people think.
I spent way too many years twisting myself into someone I wasnโt in order to fit in or be liked. Iโm more โmeโ in my 50s than Iโve ever been.
People in their teens, twenties, even thirties, so often have no real concept of how freeing it is to just be who you are. I know I didnโt. I was always trying to be acceptable and palatable for everyone else.
Life is too short. Indulge in your passions and hyper-fixations. Fun isnโt only for young people. And who says โyoungโ ends at twenty-five? My life has gotten exponentially better as Iโve aged.
My AGEISM tag is a fun scroll. And it includes this appropriate meme.
Reblogging to support the concept of being free and enjoying yourself more when you grow older and indulge in your hobbies.
And to your anon: I became a fangirl in my 40ies (never to late to enjoy good things).
But I think itโs important to acknowledge what @i-need-a-cure wrote in her tags :
we are made to feel weird, uncomfortable because of misogyny and patriarchy.
Finally, fangirling in your 30ies and forward is a form of feminism !
as an older fangirl I relate so hard
