[ SECRET POST #3364 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3364 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Glass Scientists]


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03.
[Ghostbusters remake]


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04.
[All for One Webseries]


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05.
[Castle]


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06.
[DC Comics]


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07.
[Reign of Fire]


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08.
[Steven Universe]


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09.
[K. Tempest Bradford]


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10.
[Against the Wall]


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11.
[Queer Literature, "In the Company of Shadows"]


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12.
(Star Wars Rebels)


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13.
[Jeeves and Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse]


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14.
[Giles Coren]


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15.
[James Marsters/Rick Grimes of The Walking Dead]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 086 secrets from Secret Submission Post #481.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/nKNpCXL.jpg
[Castle]

[(Anonymous)]

... I've been out of touch with Castle for so long that it took me a good 2-3 minutes to realize that was Alexis.

I guess she's not playing the aloof college-age daughter anymore? (That bugged me. Like, I totally get being that age and changing and her not wanting to be the naive Daddy's girl anymore, but she went from that to giving Castle huge family version of "just not that into you" signals every other episode.)

[caerbannog]

Same, she's all grown up!

[starfleetbrat]

She is still at college I think, but we mostly see her working in Castle's PI office now, she solves cases with him sometimes but mostly seems to hang out with Haley.

[(Anonymous)]

So you're saying you're ageist. Good to recogise these things about yourself.

[(Anonymous)]

I read it more as OP feeling uncomfortable with her attraction to a character much younger than themselves? Don't see how ageism fits into it.

[(Anonymous)]

If you judge a potential romantic (even fantasy) partner as unsuitable due to their age, and that person is an adult over the age of consent, then that is a form of ageism.

No harm, no foul, other than in RL potentially missing out on a meaningful relationship due to a hangup.

[(Anonymous)]

How, exactly, is it a form of ageism, when the only thing they're uncomfortable with are their own feelings? They're not judging the person on the grounds of their age, or calling into question the validity of a relationship with someone of that age.

They're uncomfortable about their feelings for a character who, though she may be over the age of consent now, was not that way at the show's beginning. It's a whole lot more complicated than "ew, age difference" when it involves a character you have watched evolve from under-age to over-age.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, no, that's a pile of bullshit and you sound like the creepy middle-aged weirdo that creeps out college kids in bars because "hey, they're legal." But you do you.

[(Anonymous)]

da

They sound more like the whiny newly-minted 18-year-old kicking up a fuss because they weren't instantly invited to sit at the grown-ups' table, and their teachers, their parents, and their parent' friends haven't immediately started treating them like a peer.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah. I'm just not as judgemental as you appear to be. I recognised this same sort of ageism in myself when I realised an actor I was crushing on was entering primary school the year I started college. It was an entirely depressing thought, frankly.

[(Anonymous)]

...No, it's not. It's being a reasonable human being with reasonable limits.

[(Anonymous)]

No, don't you understand! If you're a forty-year-old who has matured emotionally past the age of 22 and isn't interested in taking advantage of someone who is almost certainly at a different financial and social developmental stage than you and who has very little in common with you because you developed the majority of your personality while they were still figuring out what their fingers and toes were, then it's because you're a bigot. Sketchy old dudes hitting on girls their daughters' age have had it right all along!

[(Anonymous)]

Uh-huh. Or maybe it's because people are constantly being told how creepy it is to be attracted to people considerably younger than themselves.

[kallanda_lee]

Ugh, how old are you? I'm personally getting to that phase where 18-19 would just feel skeevy. Now OBVIOUSLY there are exceptions - but I'm just saying, you will probably come to a point in your life where you realize just how young people in their late teens are, mentally speaking. And that's not an insult - it's just, they have less mileage on life. And again, YES, some teens have already had a lot of "life" - but I ALSO had that as a teen, plus now I have all these years on top of that.


So yeah, I can totally get why OP would feel that way.

[diet_poison]

Are you fucking serious?

Am I ageist because I don't want to date men much older than me? Or much younger (though I'm young enough that's kind of a moot point right now)? What if I grow older still single and decide I still don't want to date men much older or younger than me? Can you explain exactly how that's ageist? People are comfortable with different things.

People talk about age gaps here all the time. Some people love them, some are meh, and some actively dislike them (like me), but this is the first time I've ever heard anyone call it ageist.

[(Anonymous)]

She's very cute!

[philstar22]

I totally get with this. She reminds me a bit of Willow from Buffy with that haircut. And Willow was one of my first crushes on a woman. She's still a bit young for me, but I can totally get the attraction.

[nightscale]

I'm not attracted to her(at least in part because of how young she was when this first started), but I do think she is very pretty. I did kind of prefer her long hair, she still looks very nice though.

[(Anonymous)]

Before I even read the secret, I looked at the picture and thought "She is very beautiful." Don't feel bad, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

Haven't seem Castle in an age, but suddenly Alexis/Ryan seems like a viable ship instead of creep fodder.

[blitzwing]

She's legal, so who cares? Rub one out in peace.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly I think she's the only reason I'm still watching. I was never really into her character but this season I have really enjoyed her and her relationship with Hayley. And she does look amazing!

[(Anonymous)]

Ooh, I haven't watched this show in ages. I loved the early father and daughter relationship, and thought the actress was so cute and adorable and played such a sweet character.

She looks so grown-up here!! You probably don't need to feel weird about finding her attractive. She's always been attractive, just in a more youthful way previously. She looks very grown up here!

I hope her character is still nice. Just because she was my favorite character when I was still watching the show. (I have a weakness for daughters who love and get along with their father in fiction! Maybe because I am one!)

[(Anonymous)]

She is! I am very happy with her current character development, because I've always loved her relationship with her dad.