[ SECRET POST #3548 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3548 ⌋

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

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[Dark Souls 2]


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[Ouran High School Host Club]


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[Darren Criss]


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[Great British Bake Off, Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc]


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[The 100]


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[Death in Paradise]


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[Xena Warrior Princess]

















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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, sorry. Adventuring is for the young, there comes a point where soft furnishings, afternoon naps, and knees that don't ache in the damp take precedence over running around in the forest and that age starts around 40-45. I know Kevin Sorbo was older as Hercules, but he got real lucky with his face and 1990s makeup techniques. I don't think he could get away with it these days.

[kallanda_lee]

Dude, I'm pretty sure 40 is not when people retire and do afternoon naps. And Sorbo is ten years older than Lawless.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not 40 yet but I'm within pitching distance of it, and I've already started the afternoon napping.

[ketita]

I'm not even 30 yet but I take afternoon naps.
I'm in grad school.
Sometimes when you don't sleep enough at night a short nap in the middle of the day keeps you going.

[(Anonymous)]

DA. Depends on the person. I know people have said that Lucy Lawless is in great shape, but at 40+ your body stops healing as fast and takes injuries harder. There's a reason most professional athletes retire before they hit that age. Doesn't make it impossible for someone to be that physically active with no problems, but it does make it less likely. And less likely = less believable, at least in this case (a character on TV).

[(Anonymous)]

I'm 41 and I've been feeling my age really creep up on me lately. I have actually taken to napping in the early evenings on occasion.

[(Anonymous)]

My body started falling apart pretty much literally the instant I hit 40. (I'm 42 now.) Plantar Faciitis, kidney stones, needing reading glasses, and just generally being slower and not dealing as well with exhaustion and recovery from strenuous things.

Could someone be in amazing shape and be a warrior princess well into their 40s? Sure. My cousin is 10 years older than I am and still a ridiculously fit Marine. But it is less likely and bodies definitely do tend to start to age a lot at 40. As the other anon said, there is a reason pro athletes tend to retire younger.

[rivulet027]

I work nights and sleep all day, does that count? I'm only 33, but I do love a good nap on my days off.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but bamfy old people in fiction who can still do the same shit as a 20-year-old without being bothered by any creaking joints, bad eyesight, heart problems etc. is a nice fantasy.

[(Anonymous)]

No, for fit older (45 is not old FFS, crack a dictionary) people it's reality.

[(Anonymous)]

Ahem. Some of us have knees that ache AND YET we run around in the forest. I'll even cavort naked with a faun if there's one about.

[(Anonymous)]

Lucy Pevensie never really recovered from her first trip into Narnia.

[(Anonymous)]

Life goals.

[(Anonymous)]

Tell that to my OH who has just qualified as a centurion [100 miles in under 24 hours]aged 70

Ageist idiot. Just because you can't do it (or are some young tyke who thinks everyone over 40 is over the hill) doesn't make it a rule.